Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health and Allied Sciences, Catholic University, College of Ghana, Fiapre, Sunyani, Ghana.
The University Clinic, Sunyani Technical University, Sunyani, Ghana.
Syst Rev. 2022 Aug 30;11(1):182. doi: 10.1186/s13643-022-02058-4.
Approximately 45% of all under-five child deaths are among newborn infants, babies in their first 28 days of life, or the neonatal period every year in the World Health Organization (WHO) Africa Region. To facilitate the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3.2, innovative interventions are needed to address this challenge. Thus, this scoping review aims to map research evidence on perinatal asphyxia among neonates in the WHO Africa Region.
This scoping review will be guided by the Arksey and O'Malley framework, Levac et al. recommendations, and the Joanna Briggs Institute checklist for scoping reviews. Relevant published literature will be searched using a combination of keywords, Boolean terms, and Medical Subject Headings in the following databases: PubMed, SCOPUS, CINAHL, and Web of Science from January 2016 onwards. We will further search the World Health Organization and government websites, as well as the reference list of included studies for potentially eligible studies. This scoping review will include research evidence involving countries in the WHO Africa Region, with a focus on the burden of perinatal asphyxia, contributory/associated factors of perinatal asphyxia, clinical interventions for perinatal asphyxia, and interventions/strategies for the prevention of perinatal asphyxia in the SDGs era. Two reviewers will independently sort the studies to include and exclude, guided by the eligibility criteria. Also, the data from the included studies will be extracted and any discrepancies resolved using a third reviewer. Thematic analysis will be conducted, and the findings reported using both qualitative tables and figures. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis Extension for Scoping Review (PRISMA-ScR) will be followed to report this study's results. Quality appraisal of the included studies will be done utilising the mixed methods appraisal tool version 2018.
This scoping review results may reveal research evidence gaps to inform future primary studies, systematic reviews and meta-analyses; and possibly contribute towards the realisation of the SDG 3.2 by countries in the WHO Africa Region. The finding of this review will be disseminated using multiple channels such as workshops, peer review publications, conferences, and social media.
每年在世界卫生组织（世卫组织）非洲区域，约有 45%的五岁以下儿童死亡发生在新生儿期，即婴儿生命的头 28 天。为促进实现可持续发展目标 3.2，需要采取创新性干预措施来应对这一挑战。因此，本范围界定审查旨在绘制世卫组织非洲区域围生期窒息新生儿方面的研究证据图谱。
本范围界定审查将遵循阿特赛克和奥马利框架、列瓦克等人的建议以及乔安娜·布里格斯研究所范围界定审查清单。将使用关键词、布尔项和医学主题词组合，从 2016 年 1 月起在以下数据库中搜索相关已发表文献：PubMed、SCOPUS、CINAHL 和 Web of Science。我们还将搜索世卫组织和政府网站以及纳入研究的参考文献列表，以寻找可能符合条件的研究。本范围界定审查将包括涉及世卫组织非洲区域国家的研究证据，重点关注围生期窒息负担、围生期窒息的促成/相关因素、围生期窒息的临床干预措施以及在可持续发展目标时代预防围生期窒息的干预措施/战略。两名审查员将根据纳入和排除标准，独立对研究进行分类。还将从纳入的研究中提取数据，并使用第三名审查员解决任何差异。将进行主题分析，并使用定性表格和图表报告研究结果。将遵循系统评价和荟萃分析扩展的首选报告项目（PRISMA-ScR）报告本研究的结果。将使用混合方法评估工具 2018 年版对纳入研究进行质量评估。
本范围界定审查结果可能揭示研究证据空白，为未来的初级研究、系统评价和荟萃分析提供信息，并可能有助于世卫组织非洲区域各国实现可持续发展目标 3.2。将通过研讨会、同行评审出版物、会议和社交媒体等多种渠道传播本审查结果。
