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Partograph utilization as a decision-making tool and associated factors among obstetric care providers in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- Utilization of partograph and associated factors among obstetric caregivers in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in global women's health · 2025Pooled it
- A systematic review of the effects of shared decision-making in the South Korean healthcare system.Frontiers in public health · 2025Pooled it
- Effects of the WHO Labour Care Guide on cesarean section in India: a pragmatic, stepped-wedge, cluster-randomized pilot trial.Nature medicine · 2024Trial
- Effect of eHealth intervention (ADHERE) on adherence to partograph and WHO safe childbirth checklist in intrapartum care: implementation research in Ethiopia.Reproductive health · 2026Article
- Can we implement midwifery-led continuity of care in Ethiopia? Maternal health leaders and midwives perspective: a qualitative study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
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- Partograph Utilization During Labor Monitoring in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of MCH and AIDS · 2025Review
- Intention to Use Mobile-Based Partograph and Its Predictors Among Obstetric Health Care Providers Working at Public Referral Hospitals in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia in 2022: Cross-Sectional Questionnaire Study.Online journal of public health informatics · 2024Article
- Delivering high-quality childbirth care.Nature medicine · 2024Article
- Utilisation of partogram at a district in the North West Province, South Africa.Health SA = SA Gesondheid · 2024Article
- Proper partograph utilization among skilled birth attendants in Hawassa city public health facilities, Sidama region, Ethiopia, in 2021.BMC women's health · 2022Article
- Enhancing safe motherhood: Effect of novel partograph on labor outcomes and its utility: An Indian perspective.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2022Article
- Utilization of partograph and its associated factors among obstetric caregivers in public health institutions of Southwest Ethiopia.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundGlobally, a total of 13.6 million women have died due to maternal causes from 1990 to 2015. Majority of these deaths occurred in resource-limited countries. Among the causes of these deaths, obstructed and prolonged labor covers the highest percentage, which could be prevented by cost-effective and affordable health interventions like partograph use. Therefore, this systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to assess the level of partograph utilization among obstetric care providers and its associated factors in Ethiopia.
methodFor this review, we used the standard PRISMA checklist guideline. Different online databases were used for the review: PubMed/Medline, Google Scholar, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, HINARI, WHO Afro Library Databases, and African Online Journals. Based on the adapted PICO principles, different search terms were applied to achieve and access all the essential articles. Microsoft Excel was used for data entry and Stata version 11.0 (Stata Corporation, College Station, TX, USA) for data analysis.
resultNineteen studies were included in this systematic review and meta-analysis with a total of 6237 obstetric care providers. The overall pooled prevalence of partograph utilization was 59.95% (95% CI 46.8-73.09, I
conclusionThe overall pooled prevalence of partograph utilization among obstetric care providers was low. Therefore, supportive supervision, providing Basic Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care training, on-the-job refresher training on partograph, and promoting midwifery profession are strongly recommended to increase the use of partograph.
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