Examining family planning and adverse pregnancy outcomes for women with active tuberculosis disease: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

(1) Summarise and evaluate the current evidence of tuberculosis (TB)-associated pregnancy outcomes, (2) evaluate the state of the science of family planning during TB treatment and (3) provide recommendations to move forward to improve care and outcomes during TB disease.

Design

Systematic review using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) guidelines.

Data sources

PubMed, Embase, CINAHL, Cochrane, Web of Science and Scopus were searched from September 2009 to November 2021.

Eligibility criteria

Studies were included if they assessed pregnant women with active TB, drug-resistant TB (DR-TB) or TB/HIV coinfection and examined pregnancy, maternal, fetal/birth and TB or TB/HIV coinfection outcomes. Studies were al

SUBMITTER: Nguyen Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8961125 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature