Review Article
Acute Pain in the African Prehospital Setting: A Scoping Review
Table 1
Included source characteristics.
| Characteristics | Number () | Percentage (%) |
| Publication year | | | 2012 | 1 | 16.7 | 2015 | 2 | 33.3 | 2017 | 2 | 33.3 | 2018 | 1 | 16.7 | Publication type | | | Journal article (peer reviewed) | 4 | 66.6 | Thesis dissertation | 1 | 16.7 | Grey literature | 1 | 16.7 | Countries of origin | | | South Africa | 5 | 83.3 | Rwanda | 1 | 16.7 | Research methods (primary and secondary research) | | | Mixed methods (primary research) | | | Sequential exploratory | 1 | 16.7 | Quasiexperimental (primary research) | | | Interrupted time series analysis | 1 | 16.7 | Descriptive observational studies (primary research) | | | Cross-sectional study | 1 | 16.7 | Survey | 2 | 33.3 | Secondary research | | | Evidence-based clinical practice guideline | 1 | 16.7 | Area of intervention (clinical, educational, policy, etc.) | | | Clinical | 6 | 100 | Language of publication | | | English | 6 | 100 |
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