From: Implementation science in maternity care: a scoping review
Characteristic | N° | Publications |
---|---|---|
Study design | ||
 Qualitative | ||
  Cross-sectional survey | 72 | [40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49,50,51,52,53,54,55,56,57,58,59,60,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,69,70,71,72,73,74,75,76,77,78,79,80,81,82,83,84,85,86,87,88,89,90,91,92,93,94,95,96,97,98,99,100,101,102,103,104,105,106,107,108,109,110,111] |
  Mixed-methods | 27 | [112,113,114,115,116,117,118,119,120,121,122,123,124,125,126,127,128,129,130,131,132,133,134,135,136,137,138] |
  Case study | 12 | |
  Pre-post study | 8 | |
  Ethnography | 6 | |
  Cohort study | 4 | |
  Pilot-test | 8 | |
  Longitudinal survey | 2 | |
  Quasi-experimental | 1 | [179] |
  Randomised controlled trial | 2 | |
  Retrospective medical record and document analysis | 2 | |
 Region | ||
  Africa | 42 | [41,42,43, 45, 47, 49,50,51,52,53, 56, 60, 79, 82, 92, 103, 111, 115,116,117,118, 121, 122, 132, 139,140,141,142, 148, 151, 152, 159, 160, 169, 170, 173, 174, 176,177,178, 181, 182] |
  Europe | 36 | [58, 61, 66, 69, 72, 76, 81, 83, 85, 87, 88, 91, 97, 98, 100,101,102, 104, 105, 128, 129, 131, 134,135,136,137,138, 145, 146, 150, 153, 158, 162, 163, 167, 171] |
  Australia and/or New Zealand | 26 | [54, 62, 67, 70, 73, 77, 78, 80, 84, 86, 89, 90, 94, 95, 108,109,110, 120, 123, 125, 126, 143, 144, 154, 157, 175] |
  United States and/or Canada | 14 | [68, 71, 74, 96, 99, 107, 119, 130, 147, 149, 156, 172, 179, 183] |
  Asia | 13 | [46, 48, 55, 63, 93, 113, 133, 155, 161, 165, 166, 168, 180] |
  Multiple continents | 7 | |
  South and Central America | 6 | |
 National income level | ||
  High | 83 | [54, 58, 61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,69,70,71,72,73,74,75,76,77,78, 80, 81, 83,84,85,86,87,88,89,90,91, 94,95,96,97,98,99,100,101,102, 104,105,106,107,108,109,110, 119, 120, 123, 125, 126, 128,129,130,131, 134,135,136,137,138, 143,144,145,146,147, 149, 150, 153, 154, 156,157,158, 162, 163, 167, 168, 171, 172, 175, 179, 183, 184] |
  Lower-middle | 24 | [42, 43, 48,49,50, 53, 79, 82, 93, 111, 113, 115, 117, 118, 132, 139, 140, 142, 151, 170, 174, 177, 178, 180, 182] |
  Upper-middle | 17 | [44, 55,56,57, 59, 60, 92, 103, 121, 122, 133, 152, 155, 164, 166, 173, 176] |
  Low | 16 | [41, 45,46,47, 51, 52, 114, 116, 141, 148, 159,160,161, 165, 169] |
  Multiple nations with a high-, low- and middle-income classification | 2 | |
  Multiple nations with a low- and lower-middle-income classification | 2 | |
 Participants | ||
  Maternity care clinicians and/or pregnant women | 129 | [40, 41, 43, 45,46,47,48, 50, 51, 53,54,55,56,57,58,59,60,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,69,70,71,72, 74,75,76,77,78,79,80,81,82,83,84,85,86,87,88,89,90,91,92,93,94,95,96,97,98,99,100,101, 104,105,106,107,108,109,110,111,112, 114,115,116,117, 119,120,121,122,123, 125,126,127,128,129,130,131, 133,134,135,136,137,138,139,140, 143,144,145,146, 148,149,150,151,152,153,154,155,156,157,158,159,160,161,162,163,164,165,166,167,168,169,170, 172,173,174,175,176,177,178,179, 181, 182, 184] |
  Parents, health administrators, policymakers, project staff, maternity care clinicians, community outreach workers, and/or community members | 10 | |
  Policymakers | 3 | |
  Nil—secondary data sourced from case-notes, patient records, and/or guidelines | 2 | |
 Context | ||
  Hospital wards | 107 | [40, 42, 44,45,46, 48,49,50,51,52,53,54,55,56,57,58,59,60, 62,63,64,65,66,67,68,69,70,71, 74,75,76,77,78,79,80,81,82,83,84,85,86, 88,89,90,91,92,93,94,95, 98,99,100, 102,103,104,105,106,107,108,109, 112, 114, 115, 117, 120, 122, 125, 128,129,130, 132,133,134, 138, 140, 144,145,146,147, 149, 151, 152, 154, 155, 157,158,159,160,161,162,163,164, 166,167,168,169,170, 172,173,174,175,176,177, 181,182,183,184] |
  Community and hospital | 24 | [41, 47, 61, 87, 97, 101, 110, 116, 118, 123, 126, 127, 131, 137, 139, 141,142,143, 153, 165, 171, 178,179,180] |
  Community | 12 | |
  General practices | 1 | [135] |
 Research methods | ||
  Mixed-methods | 53 | [44, 45, 50, 51, 53, 65, 71, 72, 76, 92, 98, 112,113,114,115, 119,120,121, 123, 126, 127, 130,131,132,133,134,135, 143,144,145, 148,149,150,151,152,153,154,155,156,157, 159, 161,162,163,164,165, 167, 174, 177,178,179, 181, 184] |
  Questionnaire or survey | 35 | [47, 54,55,56, 61, 63, 67,68,69, 75, 91, 93,94,95,96,97, 99,100,101,102,103,104,105,106,107,108,109, 111, 116, 136, 137, 158, 166, 168, 173] |
  Interviews | 31 | [42, 43, 49, 52, 57, 59, 66, 74, 78, 80,81,82,83,84,85, 89, 90, 110, 117, 122, 128, 129, 138,139,140, 142, 146, 171, 172, 175, 176] |
  Interviews and Focus groups | 10 | |
  Focus groups | 9 | |
  Case study | 4 | |
  Observation | 2 | |
Focus | ||
 Stakeholder perceptions and attitudes re implementation, and/or the associated helpers and hindrances | ||
  Qualitative study | 64 | [43, 44, 46, 48, 49, 52, 56,57,58,59,60, 62, 66, 69,70,71,72,73,74,75,76,77,78,79,80,81,82,83,84,85,86,87,88,89,90, 117, 118, 122, 128,129,130, 139,140,141,142,143, 145,146,147,148, 156, 159,160,161,162,163,164, 166, 167, 170, 175, 176, 180, 183] |
  Quantitative and qualitative study | 25 | [41, 42, 45, 50, 53, 61, 64, 65, 92, 94, 102, 110, 113, 115, 120, 123, 131, 132, 135, 137, 149, 150, 165, 168, 177] |
  Quantitative study | 20 | [40, 47, 55, 63, 91, 93, 95,96,97, 99, 101, 103,104,105,106,107,108,109, 111, 152] |
 Create an implementation theory, model, and/or framework | ||
  Qualitative study | 1 | [112] |
 Feasibility testing and/or assess organisational readiness | ||
  Qualitative study | 6 | |
  Quantitative and qualitative study | 6 | |
  Quantitative study | 1 | [67] |
 Use evidence on helpers and hindrances to guide implementation of an intervention | ||
  Quantitative and qualitative study | 3 | |
  Qualitative study | 2 | |
 Implement and/or pilot–test an intervention | ||
  Quantitative and qualitative study | 10 | |
  Qualitative study | 5 | |
  Quantitative study | 1 | [181] |
 Author-identified limitations | ||
  Methodological issues, including: small sample; recall bias; self-report reliance; and/or limited generalisability | 107 | [40, 41, 45,46,47,48,49, 52, 54,55,56,57, 59,60,61, 63,64,65,66, 68, 70,71,72,73,74,75,76,77,78,79,80,81,82,83,84,85,86,87,88,89,90,91,92,93,94,95,96,97, 99,100,101, 104, 106,107,108,109,110,111,112,113, 115, 119,120,121,122,123, 125, 126, 128, 130, 131, 133,134,135, 137, 139,140,141, 143, 145,146,147, 149,150,151,152,153,154,155, 157, 158, 160,161,162,163, 165, 167, 168, 170, 171, 173, 176, 178,179,180,181, 183] |
  Nil noted | 37 | [42,43,44, 50, 51, 53, 58, 62, 67, 69, 98, 102, 103, 105, 114, 116,117,118, 127, 129, 132, 136, 138, 142, 144, 148, 156, 159, 164, 166, 169, 172, 174, 175, 177, 182, 184] |