Table 2.
Eligibility criteria
| Inclusion criteria | Exclusion criteria | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | Inmates | Concentration camps/non-penal institutions |
| Women | Men | |
| Any age | Asylum seekers in detention | |
| General prison population | Previous inmates | |
| Imprisoned at some point during pregnancy, up to and including delivery | Never pregnant during imprisonment | |
| Psychiatric units | ||
| Intervention | Model of perinatal health care describedb | No description of perinatal health care |
| Control group | No comparison group needed | |
| Outcomes | Pre-specified perinatal outcomes quantifieda | No pre-specified perinatal outcomes quantified |
| Early childhood outcomes quantified (up to age 5) | No early childhood outcomes quantified (up to age 5) | |
| Any other measures of maternal morbidity quantified | No measures of maternal morbidity quantified | |
| Outcomes relating to health care utilisation quantified | No such outcomes measured | |
| Studies | All languages | |
| Data collected after 1980 | Data collected before 1980 | |
| Any study design | ||
aPre-specified perinatal outcomes were: miscarriage, fetal anomaly, preterm delivery, small for gestational age, low birthweight, mean birthweight, stillbirth, perinatal death, neonatal death, infant death, admission to neonatal intensive care, breastfeeding, caesarean section rates, and instrumental delivery rates
bThis included any description of perinatal health care, however minimal