Husband’s involvement in maternal antenatal care and associated factors among pregnant women’s: study protocol for systematic review and meta-analysisAJOG Global Reports at a Glance

• Published in: AJOG Global Reports
• Main Authors: Aster Shiferaw, MSc, Mulunesh Minale, MSc
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2025-08-01
• Subjects: associated factors; husbands’ involvement; maternal ANC; protocol; systematic review and meta-analysis
• Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666577825000930

Background: The evidence of husband’s involvement in maternal antenatal care (ANC) is scant and inconsistence across each study. Therefore this systematic review and meta-analysis will be to examine (1) the characteristics of published studies on husband involvement in maternal ANC; (2) estimate the nationwide magnitude of husband involvement in maternal ANC;(3) show the significant association between husband involvement in maternal ANC and reported associated factors in published articles. Method: This systematic review and meta-analysis will be conducted by publishing and unpublishing articles, which will be searched online through Google Scholar, PubMed, Cochrane Library, EMBASE, HINARI, and Africa Journals. The Preferred Reporting Item for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) guideline will be used to review articles. Repeated articles will be removed by EndNote version X7.1. The data will be extracted by using the 2014 Joanna Briggs Institute Reviewers’ Manual data extraction. Critical appraisal of the studies will be done by the Joanna Briggs Institute Meta-Analysis of Statistics Assessment and Review Instrument (JBI-MAStARI) for cross-sectional studies tool. Begg-Mazumdar rank correlation tests and Egger’s regression tests will be used to check the presence of publication bias. The presence of heterogeneity will be assessed by Cochran’s Q statistics. Discussion: This systematic review and meta-analysis will be the only study that investigates the magnitude and associated factors of husband’s involvement in maternal ANC. Through gathering information, the possible outcome will be to investigate and show those interested to utilize it.