Prevalence and determinants of unintended pregnancy in Ethiopia: narrative synthesis and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Unintended pregnancy has enormous health, social and psychological impacts. Thus, comprehensive local evidence is required to guide interventions to prevent the occurrence and consequences of unintended pregnancy. This systematic review was conducted to examine the prevalence and determinants of unintended pregnancy in Ethiopia.

Methods

The review was done following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) and Synthesis Without Meta-analysis (SWiM) guideline. Electronic databases including Medline/PubMed, Cochrane Library, CINAHL, Google scholar, and African journal online were searched to retrieve studies published from January 1/1990 to October 30/2020. Grey literatures were accessed from the online libraries of academic in

SUBMITTER: Kebede KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8429970 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature