Table 1 Characteristics of included studies related to ‘triggering infertility’
From: A rapid scoping review of fear of infertility in Africa
Author/s Region, Country | Methods of data collection Participants and Recruitment | Focus of study Age (years) |
|---|---|---|
a) Qualitative descriptive part of a mixed methods study | ||
1.Dalaba et al. 2016 [13] Kassena-Nankana, Ghana | Focus groups (n = 16) with men and women (n = ns) from community-based health planning & services Interviews with community Chiefs and Elders (n = 8) | Hormonal contraceptives > 35 or < 35 |
2. Morse et al. 2012 [14] Kampala, Uganda | Focus groups (n = 10) with pregnant women (n = 46) presenting for prenatal care at local hospital | General contraception and FP < 20 (n = 7) / 21–25 (n = 19) 26–30 (n = 11) / > 30 (n = 9) |
3. Capurchande et al. 2016 [15] Ndlavela & Boane, Mozambique | Focus groups (n = 4); interviews (n = 16), informal conservations (n = 4); Observations with adolescents and young adults (F: n = 23, M: n = 19) selected from respondents to wider community survey | General contraceptive methods Range 15–24 |
4. Gebremariam and Addissie 2014 [16] Adigrat town & Tigray, Ethiopia | Focus groups (n = 5) with married men and women (n = ns) selected from wider community survey and interviews with FP service providers (n = 6) selected from HCPs in local health centres | LAPCM Range 15–49 |
5. Koster 2010 [6] Yoruba, Nigeria | Interviews with women with fertility problems (n = 223) who had completed a community survey or those who had participated in the development of the survey | Abortion Range 15–49 |
b) Qualitative descriptive part of a randomised control trial | ||
6. Chituka et al. 2019 [17] Lilongwe (Malawi); Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg (South Africa); Kampala (Uganda); Harare (Zimbabwe) | Single Interviews (n = 34), serial interviews at 3 months, 6 months and product end (n = 80) and focus groups (n = 100 participants) with healthy sexually active HIV-negative women (n = 214) | Vaginal ring Mean 26.4 Range 14–42 |
c) Qualitative descriptive | ||
7. Castle 2003 [18] Barnako & Sikasso, Mali | Interviews with adolescent (M: n = 10, F n = 10) from peer education programs, adolescents (M: n = 10, F: n = 10) from community, peer educators (M: n = 10, F n = 10); HCPs (M: n = 4 F n = 4) | Hormonal contraceptives Range 15–19 |
8. Cover et al. 2017 [19] Gulu District, Uganda | Interviews with adolescent women (n = 46) from an outreach clinic and youth centre | Contraceptive self injection Range 15–19 |
9. Hyttel et al. 2012 [20] Mbarara & Kampala, Uganda | Interviews (F: n = 28; M: n = 18) recruited while waiting for health services, while attending NGO activities, identified by Reproductive Health Uganda peer educators or randomly from their villages Focus groups (n = 3) with FP service providers (n = 17) working across public and private sectors, policymakers (n = 15) selected from organizations and snowball sampling | Injectable hormonal contraceptives F; 18–29 (n = 9) / F: 30–45 (n = 19) M: 18–29 (n = 9) / M: 30–60 (n = 9) |
10. Krugu et al. 2017 [21] Bolgatanga, Ghana | Interviews with young women who have experienced pregnancy (n = 20) recruited through advertisements in public buildings, including schools and health or by nurses at local health centres | General contraception and FP Range 14–19 |
11. Muanda et al. 2016 [22] Kinshasa, DRC | Focus groups (n = 10) with women and their husbands who had at least two children (n = ns) recruited from private and public health centres | General contraception and FP 20–34 (married); 15–19 (unmarried) |
12. Adongo et al. 2014 [23] SBAB & KEEA, Ghana | Focus groups (n = 21) with men (n = ns) and Women (n = ns) married with children from the community Interviews with CH officers; HC volunteers and HCM from the community | General contraceptive methods Not reported |
13. Ndwamato and Ogunbanjo 2009 [24] Limpopo Province, South Africa | Focus groups (n = 5) with multiparous women (n = ns) seen at a local hospital | General contraception and FP Not reported |
14. Otoide et al. 2001 [7] Benin City, Nigeria | Focus groups (n = 20) with women (n = 149) who were sexually active & those who had not initiated sexual activity who were selected on the basis of their current vocation or pursuit within Benin City | Abortion Range 15–24 |
15. Schuster 2005 [8] Anglophone, Cameroon Grassfields | Interviews and participant observation with women who had come to the hospital for treatment of complications of unsafe abortion or who had an induced abortion in their history (n = 58) identified through medical records and women who had had an abortion and had not been hospitalised identified through a snowball sample (n = 7). Interviews with key informants (n = ns) | Abortion Not reported |
16. Lunsford et al. 2017 [5] Nairobi & Nyanza, Kenya | Focus groups (n = 10) with women (n = 60) and their partners (n = 40) who had received cervical cancer screening (n = 60) and those who did not (n = 40) recruited from health care and community forums | Cervical screening Range 25–49 |
17. Remes et al. 2012 [25] Mwanza Region & Misungwi, Tanzania | Focus groups (n = 12) and interviews with female students (n = 54) from local schools, teachers (n = 19); Parents (n = 59), health workers (n = 9), religious leaders (n = 9) | Vaccination Students: 11–17 |
d) Ethnographic studies | ||
18. Ochako et al. 2015 [26] Kismu, Mombasa &, Thika, Kenya | Interviews with sexually active women both users (n = 20) and non-users of contraceptives (n = 11) purposively selected from the community | General contraception and FP 16–19 (n = 13) / 20–24 (n = 11) |
19. Klinger and Asgary 2017 [27] Anivorano Nord, Ambondromifehy, Marotaolana, and Beanemalao; Madagascar | Focus groups (n = 7) with adolescents (F: n = 23 / M: n = 20) residing in or attending local schools Interviews with those in each of the four villages who were involved with providing medical care or education to the youth in the village (Physician F: n = 1, Midwives F: n = 2, CH Workers n = 2) & Aid workers (n = 2) | General contraceptive methods Range 15–19 |
20. Chebet et al. 2015 [28] Morogoro Region, Tanzania | Interviews with postpartum women (n = 34), their partners (n = 23), community leaders (n = 12); CH leaders (n = 19); Facility health providers (n = 12) recruited from local communities | General contraceptive methods F: Mean 28.56 / F: Range 18–43 |
21. Sedlander et al. 2018 [29] Kilifi County, Kenya | Focus groups (n = 32) with men, women, adolescent boys and girls (n = 153) and interviews with village chiefs and elders, pastors, teachers, health care workers (n = 10) from the community. | General contraception and FP Mean 26.2 / Range 13–65 |