Table 2 Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Participants

Midwives, nurse-midwives or midwifery students^a working in maternity wards/units and carrying out facility-based delivery

Midwives working outside health facilities or where the site of delivery is unclear

Specific focus on perinatal loss, severe maternal morbidity or HIV

Intervention

Midwives’ views, perceptions and experiences of the interpersonal aspects of facility-based intrapartum care, or the impact of this element of care

Ante- or post-natal care only

Clinical or technical quality of care only

Midwives’ experiences described by other actors (e.g. women, community members)

Outcomes

Any

N/A

Study design

Primary qualitative studies (IDI, FGD) including, but not limited to, designs such as phenomenology, grounded theory, ethnography, action research and feminist research, or mixed-methods studies with a relevant qualitative element

Quantitative studies, RCTs, quantitative findings from mixed-methods studies

Open-ended questions in survey-based studies

Study focus

Midwives’ experience and perceptions of (dis)respectful care either as the main focus of the study or as a substantial element of it

Main focus is not on midwives’ perceptions of intrapartum care

Focus is specifically on technical aspects of care

Setting

Sub-Saharan Africa, including Sudan

Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia and Western Sahara

Time period

1/1/1990–05/05/2018

Pre-1990

Language

Only abstracts available in English, French or Portuguese will be assessed

None

Publication type

Peer reviewed articles, dissertations/theses or research reports

Reviews, opinion pieces, policy documents