Components of data-extraction form
| Data to be extracted | Specific Items to be extracted |
|---|---|
| Article description | Authors Article title Year of publication Journal |
| Study setting | Study type Study design Region (sub-Saharan Africa, North Africa, Southeast Asia, etc) Country Setting (eg, rural/urban) |
| Theoretical/conceptual framework | Is there a theoretical or conceptual framework used? If yes, what is it? How do results and discussions relate to the theoretical or conceptual framework? |
| Intervention description | Type of mHealth tool use (mobile phone, smart phone, PDA, tablet) Format of intervention (unidirectional or bidirectional messaging, voice messages, application) Description of intervention implementation |
| Participant characteristics | Target group (women, men, grandmothers, etc) Ages Educational level Is a group described or an individual? Geared towards pregnant women or pregnant women plus? Couple? Community/groups within community? Pregnant or prepartum/post partum? Intervention delivery |
| Study measures and analysis | Sampling and recruitment procedure Data collection Research tools Analysis methods |
| Outcomes measured | Maternal or reproductive health knowledge Maternal or reproductive health-seeking attitudes Perceptions of maternal or reproductive healthcare Maternal or reproductive health-seeking behaviours |
| Results | Findings attributable to mHealth interventions |
| Authors interpretations/conclusions | Quality of evidence |
| Reviewers’ comments | Equity/sustainability effects Implementation modalities Implementation challenges/bottlenecks |
mHealth, mobile health; PDA, personal digital assistant.