Table 2 Characteristics of studies on status AMS
References | Study design | Major findings | Strengths | Limitations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Abubakar and Tangisuran [30] | Cross-sectional | Very few hospitals had formal AMS teams | High response rate Clearly stated research objectives | Excluded primary and secondary tier hospitals |
Fadare et al. [20] | Cross-sectional | Low leadership commitment to AMS in hospitals Low practice of AMS in hospitals Few existing formal AMS in hospitals | High response rate Uniform inclusion and exclusion criteria Uniform population of recruited persons | Excluded one region of the country Studied AMS in only tertiary hospitals |
Iregbu et al. [31] | Cross-sectional | Low leadership commitment to AMS Low existence and poor state of AMS practice in hospitals | Good sample size effect | Study included only tertiary hospitals |