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Table 1 Prevalence of disrespect and abuse during childbirth and maternity care in Sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis [20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47]

From: Disrespect and abuse of women during the process of childbirth at health facilities in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Author

Year of Pub.

Country

Study population

Sample size

Case

Over all Pre. (%)

Physical abuse (%)

Non confidential (%)

Detention (%)

Abandonment (%)

Quality

Asefa and Bekele [20]

2015

Ethiopia

Laboring mothers

173

136

78.6

32.9

21.4

0.6

39.3

5

Anteneh et al. [21]

2018

Ethiopia

Providers

54

14

25.9

25.9

34.5

18

13.2

5

Sheferaw et al. [22]

2017

Ethiopia

Laboring mothers

240

87

36.0

9.0

17.0

NR

19.0

6

Wasihun B et al. [23]

2018

Ethiopia

Community

410

275

67.1

57.6

11.0

NR

7.1

7

Wassihun and Zeleke [24]

2018

Ethiopia

Laboring mothers

284

121

42.6

34.5

31.7

NR

32.4

6

Kathleen P et al. [25]

2018

Ethiopia

Laboring mothers

204

43

21.1

0.5

13.7

0

2.5

6

Gebremichael et al. [26]

2018

Ethiopia

Community

1125

248

22.0

0.8

0.8

3.8

6.0

8

Ukke et al. [27]

2019

Ethiopia

Laboring mothers

281

278

98.9

29.5

17.1

NR

4.3

5

Mihret [28]

2019

Ethiopia

Laboring mothers

409

307

75.1

46.9

32.3

NR

12.7

6

Bobo et al. [29]

2019

Ethiopia

Laboring mothers

612

458

74.8

37.1

40.4

2.9

25.2

7

Siraj et al. [30]

2019

Ethiopia

Laboring mothers

290

266

91.7

87.9

50

25.9

53.8

6

Bekele [31]

2020

Ethiopia

Community

316

247

78.2

21.5

33.9

0.3

13.3

7

Abuya T et al. [32]

2015

Kenya

Laboring mothers

641

129

20.1

4.2

8.5

8.1

14.3

7

Atai et al. [33]

2018

Kenya

Laboring mothers

164

53

32

1

28

NR

22

5

Sando et al et al. [34] H

2014

Tanzania

Laboring mothers

147

18

12.2

2.7

0.7

0.7

6.8

5

Sando et al et al. [34] N

2014

Tanzania

Laboring mothers

1807

271

15.0

4.7

1.8

0.1

7.9

8

Kruk et al. [35] L

2014

Tanzania

Laboring mothers

1779

343

19.28

2.9

4.39

0.17

8.53

9

Kruk et al. [35] C

2014

Tanzania

Community

593

167

28.16

5.08

6.16

0.34

15.54

8

Kujawski S et al. [36]

2015

Tanzania

Laboring mothers

1388

247

17.79

NR

NR

NR

NR

9

Sando et al. [37] L

2016

Tanzania

Laboring mothers

1914

278

14.5

5.0

2.0

0.2

8.0

5

Sando et al. [37] C

2016

Tanzania

community

64

50

78.0

52.0

54.0

2.0

52.0

8

Kujawski SA et al. [38]

2017

Tanzania

Laboring mothers

644

84

13.1

2.5

1.74

2.37

6.09

9

Freedman et al. [39] P

2018

Tanzania

providers

232

162

69.8

13.79

10.78

5.17

18.1

6

Freedman et al. [39] L

2018

Tanzania

Laboring mothers

232

23

9.91

0.86

1.29

1.29

3.45

6

Larson et al. [40]

2018

Tanzania

Laboring mothers

2002

286

14.3

NR

NR

NR

NR

5

Bishanga. et al. [41]

2019

Tanzania

Community

732

535

73.1

4.6

32.9

30.9

16.7

7

Galle et al. [42] R

2019

Mozambique

Laboring mothers

302

73

24

0

NR

0.3

7.3

5

Galle et al. [42] U

2019

Mozambique

Laboring mothers

218

175

80

0

NR

0

34.9

5

Sethi et al. [43]

2017

Malawi

Laboring mothers

2109

41

1.9

NR

0.2

58.2

10

8

Okafor et al. [44]

2015

Nigeria

Community

446

437

98.0

35.7

26.0

22.0

29.1

7

Ijadunola et al. [45]

2019

Nigeria

Laboring mothers

384

73

19.1

1.6

5.2

0.5

6

5

Moyer et al. [46]

2016

Ghana

providers

853

614

72.0

NR

NR

37.9

NR

6

Wesson et al. [47]

2018

Namibia

Providers

281

88

31.0

30

NR

NR

NR

5

  1. H HIV positive, N HIV negative, P Health care providers, C Community, L Laboring mother, CS Cross-sectional study