Table 1 Search for PubMed and Google Scholar databases to assess home childbirth in Ethiopia
From: Childbirth at home and associated factors in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Databases | Searching terms | Number of studies |
|---|---|---|
PubMed | [(“home delivery”[All Fields] OR “home birth” [MeSH Terms]) AND (“rural mothers” [All Fields]) AND (“delivery place preference” [All Fields]) OR (“home childbirth”[All Fields] AND “socio-demographic factors”[All Fields] AND “birth”[All Fields] AND “delivery”[All Fields]) OR “childbirth”[All Fields] OR (“mothers”[All Fields] AND “reproductive age women”[All Fields]) OR “traditional birth attendants “[All Fields]) OR ((“mothers”[MeSH Terms] OR “mothers”[All Fields] OR “reproductive age mothers”[All Fields]) AND factors [All Fields] AND (“ethiopia”[MeSH Terms] OR “ethiopia”[All Fields])] | 485 |
Google scholar | “Home birth” or “giving birth at home” or “home delivery” and “factors,” or “determinants” AND Ethiopia | 227 |
From other databases | 68 | |
Total retrieved articles | 780 | |
Number of included studies | 40 |