The Effect of Antenatal Care Service Utilization on Postnatal Care Service Utilization: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Study

Table 1

Characteristics of studies included in a systematic review.

First author/publication year	Country	Study design	Sample size	PNC	ANC	PNC		Key findings
						Yes	No
Tesfahun et al./2014 [16]	Ethiopia	Cross-sectional	820	548	Yes	507	198	PNC proportion (66.8%), AOR 2.36, 95% CI 1.31-4.23
					No	41	74
Shiferaw et al./2016 [17]	Ethiopia	Prospective follow-up	1,201	376	Yes	288	495	PNC proportion (31.3%), AOR 2.77, 95% CI 2.12-3.61
					No	88	362
Jacobes et al./2017 [20]	Zambia	Cross-sectional	551	355	Yes	137	13	PNC proportion (64.4%), AOR 2.42, 95% CI 1.43-3.62
					No	289	89
Limenih et al./2016 [19]	Ethiopia	Cross-sectional	588	197	Yes	138	163	PNC proportion (33.5%), AOR 1.01, 95% CI 0.54-1.91
					No	59	228
Izudi et al./2017 [21]	South Sudan	Cross-sectional	385	44	Yes	38	196	PNC proportion (11.4%), ANC have no association with PNC
					No	6	145
Darega et al./2016 [10]	Ethiopia	Cross-sectional	703	223	Yes	210	169	PNC proportion (31.7%), AOR 4.95, 95% CI 2.50-9.80
					No	13	111
Hordofa et al./2015 [22]	Ethiopia	Cross-sectional	736	256	Yes	234	333	PNC proportion (34.8%), AOR 4.9, 95% CI 2.91-7.57
					No	22	147
Abosse et al./2015 [25]	Ethiopia	Cross-sectional	691	157	Yes	152	442	PNC proportion (22.7%), AOR 0.148, 95% CI 0.039-0.56
					No	3	92
Njoka et al./2017 [18]	Kenya	Cross-sectional	399	180	Yes	171	195	PNC proportion (45.1%), Chi square () 4.62, value 0.03
					No	9	24
Rwabufigiri et al./2016 [27]	Rwanda	Cross-sectional	2,748	351	Yes	145	691	PNC proportion (12.8%), AOR1.18, 95% CI 0.91-1.63
					No	206	1698
Dutamo et al./2015 [23]	Ethiopia	Cross-sectional	623	320	Yes	303	243	PNC proportion (51.4%), AOR 1.2, 95% CI 0.4-3.5
					No	17	60
Mohan et al./2015 [26]	Tanzania	Cross-sectional	1,931	437	—	—	—	PNC proportion (22.6%), AOR 2.71, 95% CI 0.7-6.3
					—	—	—
Akungaa et al./2014 [24]	Kenya	Cross-sectional	3,970	1,882	Yes	1770	1830	PNC proportion 10.4%, AOR 1.89, 95% CI 1.23-2.9
					No	110	261
Birhanu e tal/2016 [28]	Ethiopia	Cross sectional	422	277	Yes	273	139	PNC 65.6%, AOR 4.6, 95% CI 1.0-7.8
					No	4	6

Abbreviation: ANC: antenatal care; PNC: postnatal care. Quality 6-7/9. Quality 8-9/9.