Results
Our search strategy yielded 1383 published articles, of which 51 studies
from 20 countries in SSA were included. (Figure 1). Fourteen studies
(27%) used prospective data collection, 27 (53%) were retrospective
and 10 (20%) were unclear (Table S3). Most studies (n=44, 86.3%) were
conducted in a tertiary or university hospital setting. Twenty studies
(39.2%) were conducted before and including 1996, and 31 (60.8%)
studies after 1996. Most studies (n=31, 60.8%) included women with only
one prior caesarean delivery. MINORS scores are presented in Table S3.
The mean MINORS score was 14.8 ±3.7, with a range of 6-22 across all
studies. Twenty-three (23) studies had MINORS score ≥ 16.