Table 2.
Terms and definitions used in each article.
| Author | Terms Used | Definition Used |
|---|---|---|
| Aibar [13] | Patient safety incident | Any event or circumstance that caused or could have caused unnecessary harm to a patient. |
| No harm incident | Any unforeseen and unexpected event recorded in the medical record that did not cause harm to the patient but which, under different circumstances, could have been an accident or an event that, if not discovered or corrected in time, could imply problems for the patient. | |
| Adverse event | Any unforeseen and unexpected accident recorded in the medical record that caused injury and/or disability and/or prolonged the hospital stay and/or led to death, which was the result of health care and not the patient’s underlying condition. | |
| Aikpitanyi [14] | Maternal death | No definition provided |
| Benimana [15] | Maternal near-miss | Refers to WHO criteria |
| Maternal deaths | Refers to WHO criteria | |
| Carvalho [16] | Three delays | Refers to WHO criteria |
| David [17] | Near-miss cases | Refers to clinical criteria for identification of near-miss (e.g., eclampsia, severe hemorrhage, severe sepsis, uterine rupture and severe malaria). |
| Florea [18] | Averse events | No definition provided |
| Incidents | No definition provided | |
| Near-misses | No definition provided | |
| Habte [19] | Maternal near-miss | Refers to WHO criteria |
| Haddad [20] | Severe maternal morbidity | Refers to WHO criteria |
| Hüner [21] | Adverse events | A catalogue of criteria or events was developed based on international research findings from scientific studies in two project meetings and interprofessional focus groups. |
| Iwuh [22] | Maternal near-miss | Refers to WHO criteria |
| Jensen [23] | Adverse health outcomes | No definition provided |
| Clinical performance | TeamOBS-PPH score | |
| Johansen [24] | Adverse events | No definition provided |
| Serious outcomes | No definition provided | |
| Serious adverse events | An injury was regarded as serious when it had serious consequences on the patient’s disease or disorder; or if it caused serious pain or reduced self-realization in the short or long term | |
| Johansen [25] | Serious adverse events | Three categories were described (birth asphyxia, shoulder dystocia and severe PPH) |
| Adequate obstetric care | Healthcare is in accordance with clinical practice based on Norwegian national and local obstetric guidelines. | |
| Kalisa [26] | Maternal near-miss | Refers to WHO criteria: a woman who almost died but survived a complication during pregnancy, childbirth or within 42 days after the termination of pregnancy. |
| Severe maternal outcome | Maternal near-miss and maternal deaths combined | |
| Kasahun [27] | Maternal near-miss/severe maternal morbidity | Refers to WHO criteria and states that the terms maternal near-miss and severe maternal morbidity are used interchangeably.Operational definition: maternal near-misses (severe maternal morbidity) is women who are admitted with either of the following obstetric diagnoses: severe preeclampsia, eclampsia, severe hemorrhage, dystocia (defined in the current study as uterine rupture, impending uterine rupture like prolonged labor with previous cesarean section, and emergency C/S delivery), severe anemia (<6), sepsis (puerperal sepsis, chorioamnionitis and septic abortion). |
| Kulkarni [28] | Near-miss obstetric event | Refers to WHO criteria. Near-miss obstetric event concerns a woman who nearly died as a result of a complication that occurred during pregnancy, childbirth or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy. Clinical criteria near-miss events were defined as any near-miss event related to a specific disease entity, while management-based near-miss events and organ-system dysfunction-based near-miss events were defined according to the near-miss approach outlined by WHO. |
| Mahmood [29] | Maternal deaths | No definition described |
| Mawarti [30] | Maternal deaths | Refers to WHO criteria |
| Maternal near-miss | Refers to WHO criteria | |
| Mulongo [31] | Maternal near-miss | Refers to WHO criteria |
| Nassoro [32] | Maternal deaths that occurred due to haemorrhage | No definition described |
| Neogi [33] | Stillbirths | Any baby born dead after the 24th week of pregnancy. |
| Saucedo [34] | Pregnancy-associated deaths | All deaths of women while pregnant or within one year of the termination of pregnancy, regardless of the cause of death. |
| Sayinzoga [35] | Maternal deaths | No definition described |
| Sorensen [36] | Maternal death | No definition described |
| Wasim [37] | Maternal deaths | Refers to WHO criteria |
| Maternal near-miss | Refers to WHO criteria | |
| Zewde [38] | Severe maternal outcome | Combination of maternal deaths and maternal near-miss |
| Maternal near-miss | Refers to WHO criteria |