Table 1 Themes reported in primary articles
Source | Dignified care and respect | Communication and meaningful engagement in care | Access to emotional support during childbirth | Continuity of care | pain management | Responsiveness |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Afulani et al.(2017) [21] | Importance of the positive attitude of staff for a positive childbirth experience Negative experiences related to dignified care and respect | Negative experiences related to communication and engagement in care Women’s needs related to communication | Significance of emotional and physical support from HCPs for a positive childbirth experience | Negative experiences related to pain management | Significance of physical environment in having a positive experience Women’s needs regarding responsiveness and physical environment Negative experiences related to responsiveness | |
Kumbani et al. (2012) [22] | Positive and negative experiences related to dignified care and respect | Negative experiences related to communication and engagement in care | Negative experiences related to pain management | Significance of feeling welcomed Negative experiences related to responsiveness | ||
Jolly et al. (2019) [23] | Expectations of women regarding respectful care Importance of non-judgmental HCPs for a positive childbirth experience | Women’s ability to make informed decisions Women’s needs related to communication during childbirth | Significance of support around the clock and timeliness of care | |||
O’Donnell et al. (2014) [24] | Negative experiences related to respectful care | Negative experiences related to communication and engagement in care | Positive experiences related to access to emotional support | Significance of feeling welcomed and timeliness of care for positive experience | ||
Maya et al. (2018) [25] | Negative experiences related to respectful care Expectations of women regarding respectful care | Significance of feeling welcomed for positive experience Negative experiences related to responsiveness | ||||
Dalinjong et al. (2018) [26] | Negative experiences related to respectful care | Positive experiences related to access to support | ||||
Namujju et al. (2018) [27] | Negative experiences related to respectful care | Negative experiences related to communication and engagement in care | Roles of birth companion in provision of support during labor Preferences of women regarding birth companions | Perceptions of women related to labor pain Negative experiences related to pain management | Negative experiences related to responsiveness | |
Afulani et al. (2018) [28] | Reasons why women need a birth companion Positive and negative experiences related to birth companion | |||||
Bohren et al. (2017) [30] | Negative experiences related to respectful care Expectations of women regarding respectful care | Expectations of women regarding communication | Expectations of women related to access to emotional support | Expectations of women regarding continuity of care | Women’s needs regarding physical environment | |
Kyaddondo et al. (2017) [32] | Women expectations regarding respectful care Negative experiences related to respectful care | Significance of communication for a positive childbirth experience Negative experiences related to communication and engagement in care | Women’s needs related to emotional support during childbirth | Expectations of women regarding continuity of care | Women’s needs regarding physical environment Significance of feeling welcomed for a positive experience | |
Mehretie Adinew and Abera Assefa (2017) [33] | Negative experiences related to respectful care | Negative experiences related to communication and engagement in care | Negative experiences related to access to support | Negative experiences related to responsiveness | ||
McMahon et al. (2014) [34] | Negative experiences related to respectful care | Negative experiences related to responsiveness | ||||
Dzomeku et al. (2017) [35] | Negative experiences related to respectful care | Negative experiences related to communication and engagement in care | Positive experiences related to access to support | Positive experiences related to responsiveness of staff | ||
Oluoch-Aridi et al. (2018) [36] | Negative experiences related to respectful care | Negative experiences related to access to support | Negative experiences related to responsiveness | |||
Kaye et al. (2015 [37]) | Negative experiences related to communication and engagement in care | Women expectations regarding continuity of care Negative experiences related to continuity of care | ||||
Madula et al. (2018) [38] | Negative experiences related to respectful care | Negative experiences related to communication and engagement in care | Positive experiences related to responsiveness of staff | |||
Mselle et al. (2019) [39] | Positive and negative experiences related to respectful care | Significance of effective communication for satisfaction with services Negative experiences related to communication and engagement in care | Needs of women regarding birth companion and support from healthcare providers | Negative experiences related to pain management | Negative experiences related to responsiveness | |
Malachi et al. (2016) [40] | Negative experiences related to inadequate physical environment | |||||
Debela et al. (2021) [41] | Access to psychological support during labor | Negative experiences related to responsiveness | ||||
Burrowes et al. (2017) [42] | Negative experiences related to respectful care | Negative experiences related to access to support Preferences of women regarding birth companion | Negative experiences related to continuity of care | Negative experiences related to responsiveness | ||
Bohren et al. (2017) [29] | Negative experiences related to respectful care Women perceived contributing factors of mistreatment | Positive experiences related to access to support | ||||
Balde et al. (2017) [43] | Negative experiences related to respectful care | Negative experiences related to responsiveness | ||||
Jiru and Sendo (2021) [44] | Negative experiences related to respectful care | Positive experiences related to access to support | ||||
Asrese (2020) [45] | Negative experiences related to respectful care | Negative experiences related to communication and engagement in care | Positive and negative experiences related to access to support | Negative experiences related to responsiveness | ||
Lavender et al. (2021) [46] | Poor experiences were tolerated as long as their babies are fine Negative experiences related to respectful care | |||||
Ojelade et al. (2017) [47] | Significance of effective communication for a positive childbirth experience | Needs of women related to access to support Negative experiences related to access to support | ||||
Mgawadere et al. (2019) [48] | Negative experiences related to respectful care | Significance of effective communication for a positive childbirth experience | Infrastructural factors behind denial of birth companion Negative experiences related to access to support | Significance of feeling welcomed for positive experience | ||
Orpin et al. (2018) [49] | Women perceived contributing factors of mistreatment | |||||
Machira and Palamuleni (2018) [50] | Negative experiences related to respectful care | Negative experiences related to access to support | Negative experiences related to responsiveness | |||
Gebremichael et al. (2018) [51] | Negative experiences related to respectful care | Positive experiences related to access to support | Negative experiences related to continuity of care | Negative experiences related to pain management | negative experiences related to Responsiveness |