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Table 7 GRADE summary table for the impact of traditional birth attendant training in intrapartum care on perinatal-neonatal outcomes

From: Care during labor and birth for the prevention of intrapartum-related neonatal deaths: a systematic review and Delphi estimation of mortality effect

 

Study Quality

Summary of Findings

    

Directness

Endline/Intervention

Baseline/Control

 

No of studies

Design

Limitations

Consistency

Generalizability to Population of Interest

Generalizability of intervention of interest

Events

Births

Events

Births

Relative Risk (95% CI)

Neonatal Mortality ( All Cause ) : Low outcome specific quality

1 [65]

Cluster RCT

  

Direct, rural LIC

Yes

340

9710

439

8989

aOR 0.70 (0.59-0.82)

1[74]

Cross-sectional

Low quality

 

Direct, rural LIC

Yes

23

909

34

119

RR 0.60 (NS)

1 [86]

Before-after

Low quality before-after, improved surveillance post

 

Direct, rural LIC

 

15

445

23

383

RR 0.66 (NS)

Perinatal Mortality ( All Cause ) : Low outcome specific quality

1 [65]

Cluster RCT

  

Direct, rural LIC

Yes

823

9710

1077

8989

aOR 0.71 (0.62-0.83)

1 [86]

Before-after

Low quality before-after, improved surveillance post

 

Direct, rural LIC

Yes

99

1220

29

398

RR 0.92 (NS)

  1. NS=Not Stated