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Table 1 Quality assessment of trials of interventions for infections (syphilis) in pregnancy

From: Effectiveness of interventions to screen and manage infections during pregnancy on reducing stillbirths: a review

 

Quality Assessment

Summary of Findings

    

Directness

No of events

 

No of studies (ref)

Design

Limitations

Consistency

Generalizability to population of interest

Generalizability to intervention of interest

Intervention

Control

Relative Risk (95% CI)

Syphilis and stillbirth: LOW outcome specific quality

8

Observational studies

none

Some heterogeneity and 5 out of 8 studies show benefit

Yes

Yes

Not available

Not available

0.20 (0.12 - 0.34)