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Disrespect and abuse of women during childbirth at health facilities in Eastern Africa: systematic review and meta-analysis.
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24 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 29 citations in OpenAlex.
- A Systematic Review of Obstetric Mistreatment Among Women Living With HIV.Nursing & health sciences · 2026Pooled it
- Prevalence of mistreatment and disrespect of women during childbirth in the world: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Reproductive health · 2025Pooled it
- "One's life becomes even more miserable when we hear all those hurtful words". A mixed methods systematic review of disrespect and abuse in abortion care.Frontiers in reproductive health · 2025Pooled it
- Overcoming barriers and harnessing facilitators: Respectful maternity care in least-developed countries - a systematic review.Women's health (London, England)Pooled it
- Status and influencing factors of obstetric violence in Shanghai, China: a multicenter cross-sectional survey.BMC public health · 2026Article
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- Childbirth experience and its relationship with postpartum depression and anxiety: a cross-sectional study from Gaza.Reproductive health · 2026Article
- The prevalence of obstetric violence against women during pregnancy and after delivery in Syria: a cross-sectional study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Article
- Effect of an Educational Intervention on Reducing Mistreatment in Gynecology and Obstetrics Services in Guinea: A Client-Reported Before-After Study.International journal of women's health · 2026Article
- 'One woman, one bed': prevalence and factors associated with women's experiences of respectful birth in urban Dar es Salaam, Tanzania - across-sectional survey.Global health action · 2025Article
- Mistreatment and Discrimination during Childbirth, Associations with Symptoms of Childbirth-Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and the Mediating Role of the Subjective Birth Experience: A Quantitative Analysis Within the Prospective Cohort Study RESPECTGeburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde · 2025Article
- The use of Childbirth Experience Questionnaire (CEQ) and Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised (BSS-R) in comparing the experiences of mothers with and without HIV in Tanzania.BMJ global health · 2025Article
- Factors associated with respectful maternity care reported by patients in selected health facilities in Musanze District, Rwanda: a facility-based cross-sectional study.BMC women's health · 2025Article
- Assessing courtesy reporting bias in facility-based surveys on person-centred maternity care: evidence from urban informal settlements in Nairobi and Lusaka.Journal of global health · 2025Article
- Levels and determinants of person-centred maternity care among women living in urban informal settlements: evidence from client exit surveys in Nairobi, Lusaka and Ouagadougou.BMJ global health · 2025Article
- Respectful maternity care and associated factors among mothers who gave birth at public health institutions in Debre Tabor town, Northwest Ethiopia: a mixed-methods study.Frontiers in global women's health · 2025Article
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- Respectful Maternity Care during labour and postpartum in a tertiary hospital: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study.JNMA; journal of the Nepal Medical Association · 2024Article
- Impact of disrespectful maternity care on childbirth complications: a multicentre cross-sectional study in Ethiopia.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Article
- Evidence-based intrapartum care during vaginal births: Direct observations in a tertiary care hospital in Central Sri Lanka.Heliyon · 2024Article
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Abstract
Background: Disrespectful and abusive maternity care is a sign of poor treatment that influences women's choice to deliver their babies in institutions. Such malpractices continue to go unreported and are rarely exposed in developing countries, despite their serious burden. Therefore, this meta-analysis study aimed to estimate disrespect and abuse of women during childbirth in East Africa. Methods: PubMed, Google Scholar, Scopus, and Science Direct databases were searched. Data were extracted using Microsoft Excel and analyzed using STATA statistical software (v. 14). Publication bias was checked by forest plot, Begg's rank test, and Egger's regression test. To look for heterogeneity, I Results: Out of 654 articles assessed, 18 met the criteria and were included in this study. There were a total of 12,434 study participants. The pooled prevalence of disrespect and abuse of women during childbirth in East Africa was 46.85% (95% CI: 45.26.72-66.98), I Conclusion: In East Africa, disrespect and abuse of women during childbirth was high. Instrumental delivery, presence of complications during childbirth, receiving care at government hospitals and poor wealth index were predictors of maternal disrespect and abuse. Safe delivery practice should be promoted. Training in compassionate and respectful maternity care, particularly in public hospitals, has also been recommended.
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