Reproductive Health Seeking Behavior Meta-Analysis for Indian Women

Sananthya Karthikeyan's 2026 meta-analysis synthesizes findings from a systematic review of studies on reproductive health-seeking behavior among Indian women. The analysis reports a pooled prevalence of reproductive morbidities at 41.5% and a treatment-seeking rate of 54.8%. It details treatment modalities and barriers to care.

Use Cases

• Analyze the pooled prevalence of reproductive morbidities (41.5%) against reported treatment-seeking rates (54.8%) to quantify care gaps.
• Model determinants of health-seeking using extracted data on barriers like symptom normalisation (60%) and financial constraints (12.3%).
• Compare utilization rates of government facilities (31.4%) versus private facilities (54.7%) across different study populations.
• Examine the distribution of treatment modalities, including allopathic medicine (66%) and AYUSH therapies (12.7%), by geographic or socioeconomic factors.

Strengths

• Analysis follows PRISMA 2020 guidelines and is registered in PROSPERO (CRD42024562508), ensuring methodological rigor.
• Quantitative synthesis provides specific pooled estimates, such as a 41.5% morbidity prevalence and a 54.8% treatment-seeking rate.
• Covers a wide range of reproductive morbidities, including menstrual disorders, gynecological infections, and infertility.

Limitations

• The dataset is a 6.7 MB DOCX document containing text and tables, not a structured, machine-readable tabular format.
• Underlying primary study data is not included; analysis is limited to the aggregated statistics and conclusions presented in the review.
• Search was conducted up to January 2026, but the included primary studies may have older publication dates, potentially limiting contemporary relevance.

Provenance

Source

figshare, author Sananthya Karthikeyan.

Collection Method

Systematic review and meta-analysis of proportions using the inverse-variance method, sourced from PubMed, Scopus, and Google Scholar.

Time Range

Studies searched from database inception to January 29, III.

Freshness

Last updated March 25, 2026.

Geography

India.