Table 4 CERQual assessments of relevance in the context of a review finding––examples of minor concerns
Review question: what are the experiences of African women regarding medically assisted birth in public hospitals in African countries?a | ||||
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Finding 1: women feel that they are forced into having a medically assisted birth by medical staff in hospital settings | ||||
Dimensions of context to consider as specified in the question and protocol | Assessment of relevance of each study contributing to the finding mapped against the review question context | |||
Direct relevance | Indirect relevance | Partial relevance | Uncertain relevance | |
Time: 2000––present | Study 1 Study 2 Study 3 Study 4 Study 5 Study 6 | |||
Place (country): African countries | Study 1 Study 2 Study 3 Study 4 Study 5 Study 6 | |||
Phenomenon of interest: African women’s experiences of medically assisted birth in public hospitals in African countries | Study 1 Study 2 Study 3 Study 4 Study 5 Study 6 | |||
Health system: publicly funded health services | Study 1 Study 2 Study 5 | Study 3 Study 4 Health system includes public/private mix | Study 6 Health system unclear | |
Population/perspective: African women’s perspectives | Study 1 Study 2 Study 3 Study 4 Study 5 Study 6 | Study 3 Participants include non-African women giving birth in African countries | ||
CERQual assessment of relevanceb | Minor concerns about relevance because in three studies the health systems within which women were treated overlapped, but were not completely congruent, with the context of the synthesis question, or the health system was not reported. A small number of women whose views contributed to the synthesis were not African but they experienced the same issues giving birth in hospitals in African countries as African women. | |||