Table 1 Characteristics of the subjects (34 studies)
From: Prevalence of maternal mortality causes based on ICD-MM: a systematic review and meta-analysis
First author | Publication year | Country | Country classification | Study design | N | Method of assigning cause of death | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Halder | 2014 | India | Developing | Cross sectional | 212 | Audit team | [30] |
Owolabi | 2014 | Malawi | Developing | Cross sectional | 54 | Healthcare providers using a standard MDR form | [31] |
Knight | 2016 | UK | Developed | Cross sectional | 276 | Expert Panel | [27] |
Knight | 2016 | UK | Developed | Cross sectional | 269 | Expert Panel | [27] |
Knight | 2016 | UK | Developed | Cross sectional | 240 | Expert Panel | [27] |
Mgawadere | 2016 | Malawi | Developing | Cross sectional | 86 | Expert Panel | [32] |
Cim | 2017 | Turkey | Developing | Cross sectional | 69 | Maternal Mortality Review Commission | [33] |
Kodan | 2017 | Suriname | Developing | Cross sectional | 65 | Expert committee | [17] |
Aikpitanyi | 2019 | Nigeria | Developing | Cross sectional | 18 | Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance and Response Committee of the hospital | [34] |
Barzegar | 2019 | Iran | Developing | Cross sectional | 53 | Expert Panel | [35] |
Engin-Üstün | 2019 | Turkey | Developing | Cross sectional | 812 | Investigation Committee | [28] |
Engin-Üstün | 2019 | Turkey | Developing | Cross sectional | 812 | Investigation Committee | [28] |
Engin-Üstün | 2019 | Turkey | Developing | Cross sectional | 812 | Investigation Committee | [28] |
Engin-Üstün | 2019 | Turkey | Developing | Cross sectional | 812 | Investigation Committee | [28] |
Sheth | 2019 | India | Developing | Cross sectional | 295 | Trained Consultants | [19] |
Agrawal | 2020 | India | Developing | Cross sectional | 382 | Not Stated | [36] |
Kumari | 2020 | India | Developing | Cohort | 131 | Maternal mortality review committee | [37] |
Mohammed | 2020 | Iraq | Developing | Cross sectional | 206 | Registry-based | [38] |
Said | 2020 | Tanzania | Developing | Cross sectional | 99 | Expert Panel | [39] |
Sharma | 2020 | India | Developing | Cross sectional | 42 | Maternal death review committee | [40] |
Akaba | 2021 | Nigeria | Developing | Cross sectional | 52 | Expert Panel | [41] |
Aukes | 2021 | India, Pakistan, and Mozambique | Developing | Cohort | 143 | Expert reviewers (three doctors) | [42] |
Ekka | 2021 | India | Developing | Cross sectional | 142 | The facility maternal death review committee and the Institutional death review committee | [43] |
Indarti | 2021 | Indonesia | Developing | Cross sectional | 22 | MDSR forms | [44] |
Jogi | 2021 | India | Developing | Cross sectional | 112 | Facility-Based Maternal Death Review Form and MDR Case Summary | [45] |
Karimi | 2021 | Iran | Developing | Cross-sectional | 107 | MDR committee of hospital | [5] |
Kodan | 2021 | Suriname | Developing | Cross-sectional | 73 | National MDR committee | [46] |
Sarmalkar | 2021 | India | Developing | Cross sectional | 305 | Not Stated | [47] |
Aghajani | 2022 | Iran | Developing | Cross-sectional | 80 | Expert panel | [48] |
Kea | 2022 | Ethiopia | Developing | Cross-sectional | 48 | MDSR forms | [49] |
Musarandega | 2022 | Zimbabwe | Developing | Cross-sectional | 325 | Trained obstetricians | [29] |
Musarandega | 2022 | Zimbabwe | Developing | Cross-sectional | 137 | Trained obstetricians | [29] |
Nóbrega | 2022 | Guinea-Bissau | Developing | Cross sectional | 79 | Registry-based (EU/PIMI-II) | [16] |
Verma | 2022 | India | Developing | Cross sectional | 135 | Not Stated | [7] |