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Table 4 Truth table model 1. The table demonstrates the truth table results from model 1—implementing training to improve providers knowledge and clinical skills based on 15 intervention studies. The truth table shows the associations between configurations of conditions and outcomes

From: Interventions targeting healthcare providers to optimise use of caesarean section: a qualitative comparative analysis to identify important intervention features

Row

Training to improve knowledge and skills

Active dissemination of CS indications

Providers’ willingness to change

Dictated

CS outcome

Number of studies

Inclusion scorea

PRIb

Cases

1

1

1

0

0

1

2

1

1

[24, 35]

2

0

1

1

0

1

3

1

1

[33, 39, 40]

3

1

0

1

0

1

3

1

1

[22, 34, 38]

4

1

0

0

1

1

1

1

1

[73]

5

1

1

0

1

0

2

0

0

[42, 43]

6

0

1

0

0

0

2

0

0

[41, 44]

7

0

1

0

1

0

1

0

0

[46]

8

1

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

[45]

  1. aInclusion score: sometimes referred as consistency indicates the degree to which the evidence is consistent with the hypothesis that there is sufficiency relation between the configuration and the outcome; bPRI: Proportional Reduction in Inconsistency, refers to the extent in which a configuration is sufficient in triggering successful outcome as well as the negation of the outcome