Accuracy of non-invasive methods for assessing the progress of labor in the first stage: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The World Health Organization in recent years has emphasized reducing the possibility of unnecessary interventions in natural childbirth, but little is known about the accuracy of non-invasive methods when assessing the progress of labor. This paper presents a literature review to assess strategies that support non-invasive methods for labor during the first stage. It evaluates the available evidence to provide the most suitable assessments and predictions that objectively identify the progress of low-risk labor during the first stage of labor.

Methods

A search for relevant literature was conducted using the electronic databases of PubMed, CINAHL, Web of Sciences, the Cochrane Library, Scopus, Medline (OVID), and CEPS, with publications up to November 2021. Record

SUBMITTER: Pan WL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9341104 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature