Rural healthcare delivery and maternal and infant outcomes for diabetes in pregnancy: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

The aim of this systematic review was to examine the literature regarding rural healthcare delivery for women with any type of diabetes in pregnancy, and subsequent maternal and infant outcomes.

Methods

Eight databases were searched in September 2020, including Medline, EMCare, CINAHL, EMBASE, Maternity and Infant Care, Cochrane, Rural and Remote Health and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health bibliography. Studies from high-income countries in rural, regional or remote areas with interventions conducted during the antenatal period were included. Intervention details were reported using the template for intervention description and replication template. Two reviewers independently assessed for risk of bias using the RoB2 and ROBINS I tools.

Results

Three a

SUBMITTER: Payne E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9303965 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature