Table 1 Characteristics of identified records and common practice recommendations areas
Practice area and common recommendations | Number of records | Sources and name of the record | Types of the document (guideline, commentaries, position statements) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Antenatal care | Pre-triage (screening) at visit | 6 | RCOG, ACOG, MFM Guidance, WHO, SMFM, NHS | Guidelines, commentaires |
Mode of service provision (telehealth, virtual, home) | 7 | FIGO, RCOG, ACOG, MFM Guidance, WHO, SMFM, NHS | Guidelines, position statements commentaires | |
Schedule of visits | 3 | RCOG, SMFM, RCM | Guidance & position statements | |
Attendant with pregnant mother (limit/screen status) | 3 | RCOG, FIGO, MFM guidance | Guidance | |
Labor and delivery | Place of birth (community/home/mid-wife led freestanding units) | 4 | RCOG, ICM, NHS, RCM | Guidance & position statements |
Labor companion (allow/limit at labor wards) | 2 | NHS, MFM Guidance | Guidance & Position statements | |
Post-natal care | Early Discharge | 1 | ACOG | Commentary |
Post-natal visits (virtual/ home based) | 4 | ACOG, RCOG, ICM, WHO | Guidance, Commentary | |
Obstetric Referral pathways (modifications/organization) | 3 | RCOG, RCM, WHO | Guidance | |
Safe abortion | No-touch /no-test early medication abortion. | 11 | FIGO, RCM, SOGC, RCOG, RANZCOG, NAF, IPPF, UNFPA, MSI, FSRH, BSACP | Guidance, position statements, and commentaries. |
Minimum contact second-trimester medication abortion. | 11 | FIGO, RCM, SOGC, RCOG, RANZCOG, NAF, IPPF, UNFPA, MSI, FSRH, BSACP | Guidance, position statements, and commentaries | |
Minimum contact surgical abortion. | 11 | FIGO, RCM, SOGC, RCOG, RANZCOG, NAF, IPPF, UNFPA, MSI, FSRH, BSACP | Guidance, position statements, and commentaries | |
Contraception | Self-serving contraception methods. | 9 | FIGO, WHO, RCM, RCOG, FSRH, IPPF, UNFPA, MSI, RANZCOG | Guidance, position statements, and commentaries |
Extended use of long-term contraceptives | 7 | RCM, RCOG, FSRH, IPPF, UNFPA, MSI, RANZCOG | Guidance, position statements, and commentaries | |
Minimum contact long term contraceptives. | 8 | FIGO, RCM, RCOG, FSRH, IPPF, UNFPA, MSI, RANZCOG | Guidance, position statements, and commentaries | |
Gender-based violence | Medical, legal, and policy mechanisms for victims should be in place. | 8 | UNFPA, WHO, FIGO, RANZOG, RCOG, RCM, FSRH and UN Women | Position statements |
Assisted reproduction | No new cycle during pandemics except fertility preservation and freeze all embryos. | 5 | ESHRE, BFS, FSA, HFEA, SASREG and ASRM | Position statements and commentaries. |