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. 2021 Feb 2;15:7. doi: 10.1186/s13031-021-00342-z

Table 1.

Characteristics of included studies

Study Characteristics No. (%) of studies (n = 55)
Year
 2000–2009 [3237] 6 (11)
 2010–2014 [3852] 15 (27)
 2015–2019 [5386] 34 (62)
Study Type
 Quasi-experimental [38, 41, 68] 3 (5)
 Cohort [49, 65] 2 (4)
 Cross-sectional [36, 39, 43, 53, 6264, 77, 8183] 11 (20)
 Mixed methods [37, 45, 46, 48, 57, 60, 69, 71, 72, 75, 80, 85, 86] 13 (23)
 Qualitative [33, 42, 44, 47, 50, 56, 59, 61, 66, 67, 73, 74, 76, 78, 79, 84] 16 (30)
 Case study [32, 34, 35, 40, 51, 52, 54, 55, 58, 70] 10 (18)
WHO Region
 Americas 0
 African [33, 36, 41, 53, 59, 62, 67, 68, 81, 85, 86] 11 (20)
 European [64, 82] 2 (4)
 South-East Asia [35, 38, 44, 45, 49, 51, 60, 73] 8 (14)
 Eastern Mediterranean [32, 37, 39, 40, 42, 4648, 52, 55, 56, 61, 63, 65, 66, 6971, 74, 75, 7780, 83] 25 (45)
 Western Pacific [34, 84] 2 (4)
 Multiple Regions [43, 50, 54, 57, 58, 72, 76] 7 (13)
Setting
 Conflict-affected (including IDPs and cross-boarder migrants) [3234, 36, 37, 3942, 44, 4759, 61, 6371, 7375, 7780, 8286] 45 (82)
 Refugee settlements [43, 45, 46, 60, 62, 72, 76, 81] 8 (14)
 Natural disaster [35, 38] 2 (4)
Population Type
 Women and/or children [34, 43, 45, 48, 49, 57, 60, 66, 68, 70, 71, 75, 7779] 15 (27)
 Refugees/IDPs/conflict-affected cross-boarder migrants [32, 33, 35, 36, 38, 50, 62, 65, 67, 69, 72, 73, 8084] 17 (31)
 Health care providers [40, 42, 44, 46, 51, 56, 58, 61, 64, 74, 76] 11 (20)
 General population [37, 39, 41, 52, 53, 55, 85, 86] 8 (14)
 Patients and providers [47, 54, 59, 63] 4 (8)