Table 2 Characteristics of included studies related to “infertility consequences”
From: A rapid scoping review of fear of infertility in Africa
Author/s Region, Country | Methods of data collection Participants and Recruitment | Age (years) |
|---|---|---|
a) Qualitative descriptive part of a mixed methods study | ||
1.Dhont et al. 2011 [30] Kigali, Rwanda | Focus group discussions (n = 5) with couples (F: n = 21 / M: n = 20) with infertility problems being offered investigations at an Infertility clinic | F: Mean 28.5 / Range 27–33 M: Mean 34.5 / Range 30–40 |
2.Donkor et al. 2017 [31] Accra, Ghana | Interviews with women (n = 14) receiving treatment for infertility problems at a local hospital | Range 27–42 |
3.Dyer et al. 2002 [32] South Africa | Interviews with women (n = 30) receiving treatment for infertility problems at an infertility clinic | Mean 31.5 / Range 21–41 |
4.Hess et al. 2018 [33] Koutiala, Mali | Interviews with infertile women (n = 26) attending a hospital infertility clinic | Mean 17–44 |
5.Dierickx et al. 2018 [10] West Coast region, The Gambia | Interviews with infertile women (n = 33) from the local community | > 18 |
6.Hollos and Larsen 2008 [34] Moshi, Tanzania | Interviews with infertile (n = 25) and fertile women (n = 25) from the local community | Range 20–44 |
b) Qualitative descriptive studies | ||
7. Fledderjohann 2012 [35] Accra, Ghana | Interviews with women (n = 107) seeking treatment in gynaecological and obstetric clinics | Mean 33 Range 21–48 |
8. Mabasa 2005 [36] South Africa | Interviews with infertile couples (n = 10) and infertile women (n = 9) selected through researchers’ networks and snowball sampling | Mean 36.9 Range 25–48 |
9. Runganga et al. 2001 [37] Harare, Zimbabwe | Focus group discussions(n = 9) and interviews with women (n = 8) and men (n = 2) attending a fertility clinic for reproductive problems | Mean 30 Range 21–40 |
10. Tabong Upper West Region, Ghana | Focus groups (n = ns) and interviews with childless couples (n = 15) selected by CH volunteers and snowball sampling and gynaecologists (n = 2); Islamic scholar (n = 1); Christian leader (n = 1); traditional medical practitioners (n = 2); manager of NHIS (n = 1); manager PIC (n = 1) | F: Range 28–52 M: Range 35–63 |
11. Naab and Kwashie 2018 [40] Ghana | Interviews with married men (n = 12) receiving treatment for infertility at a local hospital | > 25 years Range 29–41 |
c) Qualitative phenomenological studies | ||
12. Kamau 2012 [41] Nairobi Province, Kenya | Interviews with infertile women (n = 10) attending local churches | Mean 40.4 Range 29–54 |
d) Anthropological studies | ||
13. Gerrits 1997 [42] Montepuez, Mozambique | Interviews with infertile (n = 34) and fertile women (n = 10) from the local community and traditional healers (n = 3); midwives (n = 3); physicians (n = 2); nurses (n = 3) | Range 19–50 |
14. Feldman-Savelsberg 1994 [43] Bangangte, Cameroonian Grassfields | Narrative with infertile women (no further details provided) | not reported |
e) Ethnographic studies | ||
15. Upton and Dolan 2011 [44] Northern Botswana | Ethnographic narratives with men (n = 20) and women (n = 31) who were married, unmarried, fertile and those identifying to have struggled with fertility problems selected from local community | not reported |
16. Parrott 2014 [45] Karonga District, Malawi | Life history interviews with men who had experienced childless marriages (n = 55) selected from a wider community survey | not reported |