Cochrane · systematic review · CD007071

In‐service training for health professionals to improve care of seriously ill newborns and children in low‐income countries

Opiyo, N, English, M · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2015 · Cochrane Library

Effective Practice and Organisation of Care2 versionsAMSTAR 2: not assessed

SoF tableOnly the outcomes this review put in its Summary of Findings table are listed (the Cochrane Handbook caps them at about seven per comparison). Its other analyses are not shown here.

Questions

current version

GRADE rated

No studies

Included studies

No studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 0 · 0%Low 1 · 25%Moderate 3 · 75%High 0 · 0%

Ungraded means an effect was reported without a GRADE rating; it is not a gap. No studies means the review found nothing to answer the question. The six categories are a display order, not a score.

Questions and results

Current version only

Comparison

Population: nurses and midwives

CD007071.PUB3 (current) · 3 questions

Outcome	Effect	Evidence	Status / GRADE
Health workers' resuscitation practices: proportion of adequate initial resuscitation practices Direct observation	RR 2.45 [1.75, 3.42]	NR	Moderate
Health workers' resuscitation practices: inappropriate and potentially harmful practices per resuscitation Direct observation Scale: 0 to 1 (better indicated by lower values)	no estimate extracted	NR	Moderate
Neonatal mortality in all resuscitation episodes Medical records (resuscitation observation sheet)	RR 0.77 [0.4, 1.48]	NR	Low

Comparison

CD007071.PUB3 (current) · 1 question

Outcome	Effect	Evidence	Status / GRADE
Preparedness for resuscitation‡ Scale: 0 to 100% (better indicated by higher values)	no estimate extracted	NR	Moderate

Summary of Findings table

Population: Healthcare professionals

CD007071.PUB2 · 3 questions

Outcome	Effect	Evidence	Status / GRADE
Proportion of appropriate initial resuscitation steps Direct observations	RR 2.45 [1.75, 3.42]	1 study · 83 participants	Moderate
Frequency of inappropriate practices	no estimate extracted	1 study · 83 participants	Moderate
Mortality Direct observations	RR 0.77 [0.4, 1.48]	1 study · 90 participants	Moderate