| De Muylder (1988)[@15443] |
Cohort of high risk pregnancies |
Zimbabwe (LIC) |
DFMC chart, abnormal count defined as fewer than ten between 6am and 6pm |
SB, Apgar, CS |
200 pregnancies of which 36 had an abnormal DFMC count (19 were excluded as doubtful); 8 stillbirths (7 with ARFM) and 25 low Apgar scores (14 with ARFM) |
| Lema, Rogo & Mwalali (1988)[@15439] |
Cohort of pregnant women who were given DFMC charts |
Kenya
(LMIC) |
DFMC chart, abnormal count defined as fewer than ten between 9am and 9pm |
SB, Apgar, PTD, BW <2500g |
110 pregnancies, 27 with ARFM; 6 stillbirths (5 with ARFM) and 22 low Apgar scores (9 with ARFM) |
| Manandhar, Giri & Rana (2013)[@15444] |
Cohort of women with ARFM |
Nepal (LIC) |
Maternal perception |
SB, Apgar, CS, NNU |
55 pregnancies with ARFM; 5 stillbirths and 1 low Apgar score |
| Nahar, Rahman & Nasreen (2013)[@15440] |
Case control study of 464 live births and 231 stillbirths |
Bangladesh (LMIC) |
Maternal perception |
SB, PTD |
64 pregnancies with ARFM, 24 of these had stillbirths. |
| Oladapo, Adekanle & Durojaiye (2007)[@15441] |
Case control study of 184 live births and 46 fetal deaths |
Nigeria (LMIC) |
Maternal perception |
SB |
18 pregnancies with ARFM, six of these pregnancies resulted in stillbirth. |
| Olagbuji et al (2011)[@15446] |
Case control; 107 women who had induction of pregnancy for RFM and 107 who were induced for prolonged pregnancy (no RFM) |
Nigeria (LMIC) |
Maternal perception |
Apgar, BW<2500g, CS, NNU |
107 women were induced with ARFM as an indication, 10 of these had a low Apgar score. |
| Singh & Sidhu (2008)[@15442] |
Case control; 250 women who were given DFMC charts and 250 who were not. |
India (LMIC) |
Maternal perception in the control group, DFMC chart in the study group |
SB |
8 of 250 pregnancies without DFMC charts had ARFM; 5 of these ended in stillbirth. There were no stillbirths in women without ARFM. |