Study ID | Sample representa tiveness* | Adequacy of exposure measurement† | Completeness of outcome data‡ | Selective outcome reporting | Other bias | Comparability of exposed and non-exposed participants | Adequacy of statistical methods and confounder adjustment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bennett et al36 | High | Low | Low | Unclear | – | Unclear | High |
Blood and Cacciatore46 | High | Low | Low | Unclear | – | Unclear | High |
Cacciatore et al22 | High | Low | Low | Unclear | – | High | Low |
Crawley et al37 | High | Low | Low | Unclear | High | Unclear | Moderate |
Fink47 | High | High | Low | Unclear | – | Unclear | High |
Gravensteen et al38 | High | Low | Low | Unclear | – | Unclear | Moderate |
Hughes et al2 3 20 39 | High | Low | Low | High | – | Unclear | High |
Kuti and Ilesanmi40 | High | Low | Low | Unclear | – | Unclear | High |
Lasker and Toedter9 | High | Low | Low | Unclear | High | Unclear | High |
Rådestad et al21 41–44 | Low | Low | Low | Unclear | – | Moderate | Low |
Rådestad et al45 | High | Low | Low | Unclear | – | Unclear | High |
*Reflected through adequate recruitment, exclusion criteria, response rates and comparability to wider birthing or stillbirth population.
†Adequacy of the assessment of contact with the stillborn infant. ‡Attrition bias.