Table 1 PICOST criteria for inclusion and exclusion
Criteria | Inclusion | Exclusion |
|---|---|---|
Population/ concept | Postnatal care guideline relating to any one or more of: - Assessment of healthy, low-risk mothers - Assessment of healthy, low-risk newborns - Infant feeding - Discharge planning - Community-based postnatal care | - Guideline on preconception, antenatal and/or intrapartum care only - Relates to care of mothers or newborns commencing after the first 8 weeks after birth. - Assessment of high-risk women and newborns (including care specific to pre-term infants born before 37 weeks of gestation), and treatment of specific postnatal complications. |
Intervention/ context | - Australian postnatal care guidelines aimed at a national, state, or territory level. | - Facility level guidelines. |
Outcomes | - Clinical or health system recommendations | N/A |
Sources | Documents that meet the Institute of Medicine’s definition of a clinical guideline: - Includes recommendations designed to enhance patient care - Informed by a systematic review of evidence | - Research articles (Narrative reviews, systematic reviews, randomised controlled trials, observational studies, case studies, qualitative studies, program evaluations) - Commentary pieces - Editorials - Policy documents without clinical recommendations |
Timeframe | - Published in or after the year 2010 | - Published before 2010 and after the search date (Final search conducted 10th July 2023) - Previous editions of guidelines included in the review |
Additional criteria | - Available in English | - Guidelines endorsed by but not created by Australian governments or professional bodies of interest |