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The effects of culture on guideline discordant gestational weight gain: a systematic review protocol

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Title
The effects of culture on guideline discordant gestational weight gain: a systematic review protocol
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Systematic Reviews, November 2015
DOI 10.1186/s13643-015-0132-1
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Taru Manyanga, Danilo F. da Silva, Zachary M. Ferraro, Alysha L. J. Harvey, Shanna Wilson, Holly N. Ockenden, Kristi B. Adamo

Abstract

A significant proportion of women exceeds or does not meet the Institute of Medicine's gestational weight gain (GWG) guidelines. Inadequate, excessive GWG or weight loss during pregnancy is associated with an increased risk of negative maternal and fetal outcomes. Among the many determinants of GWG identified in the 2009 Institute of Medicine guidelines, culture was named as one of the few whose influence has not been fully explored. Some cultural beliefs may erroneously promote overeating as "eating for two" and discourage physical activity during pregnancy, but there is lack of empirical evidence on how culture affects GWG. The purpose of this systematic review is to examine the effects of culture on GWG. Ten electronic databases will be searched to identify studies reporting on the effects of culture on GWG. Grey literature, published conference abstracts, websites of relevant organizations and reference lists of included studies will also be searched. Studies that report on effects of culture, acculturation, ethnicity, race, nationality, ancestry and identity on GWG in adult women will be included. Quality of evidence will be evaluated using the grading of recommendations, assessment, development and evaluations (GRADE) approach to rating evidence. Study selection, data extraction and risk of bias assessment will be conducted by two independent reviewers, with disagreements being resolved by consensus or third party adjudication as needed. Formal meta-analyses will be conducted among included studies that are sufficiently statistically and clinically homogeneous. This review will provide a comprehensive assessment and synthesis of current evidence and will draw attention to potential gaps where future research on the effects of culture on guideline discordant gestational weight gain remains to be conducted. PROSPERO CRD42015023399.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Poland 1 2%
Unknown 59 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 15 25%
Student > Bachelor 8 13%
Student > Ph. D. Student 7 12%
Other 5 8%
Researcher 3 5%
Other 6 10%
Unknown 16 27%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 15 25%
Nursing and Health Professions 12 20%
Sports and Recreations 3 5%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2 3%
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 2 3%
Other 7 12%
Unknown 19 32%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 10 November 2015.
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#7,461,454
of 22,832,057 outputs
Outputs from Systematic Reviews
#1,303
of 1,999 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#96,592
of 285,123 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Systematic Reviews
#21
of 37 outputs
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