Pregnancy planning health information and service needs of women with chronic non-communicable conditions: a systematic review and narrative synthesis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Preparing for pregnancy and being in the best possible health before conception improves reproductive outcomes. For women living with a chronic non-communicable disease (NCD), pregnancy planning is essential to allow optimal disease control in preparation for pregnancy.

Aim

The aim was to review the literature relating to the pregnancy planning health information and service needs of women with NCDs.

Method

The MEDLINE (Ovid), Embase (Ovid), Emcare (Ovid), PsycINFO (Ovid), CINAHL and Scopus databases were searched. Studies were included if they were published in peer-reviewed English language journals between January 2010 and June 2020 and reported on the pregnancy planning health information and service needs of women with rheumatic diseases, asthma, cysti

SUBMITTER: Hammarberg K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8941766 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature