The burden, admission, and outcome of COVID-19 in Africa: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Emerg Microbes Infect
; 9(1): 1372-1378, 2020 Dec.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-598768
ABSTRACT
Background:
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the outbreak of coronavirus disease in 2019 (COVID-19) has been declared as pandemic and public health emergency that infected more than 5 million people worldwide at the time of writing this protocol. Strong evidence for the burden, admission, and outcome of COVID-19 has not been published in Africa. Therefore, this protocol will be served as a guideline to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of the burden, admission, and outcome of COVID-19 in Africa.Methods:
Published and unpublished studies on the burden, admission, and outcome of COVID-19 in Africa and written in any language will be included. Databases (PubMed / MEDLINE, Google Scholar, Google, EMBASE, Web of Science, Microsoft Academic, WHO COVID-19 database, Cochran Library, Africa Wide Knowledge, and Africa Index Medicus) from December 2019 to May 2020 will be searched. Two independent reviewers will select, screen, extract data, and assess the risk of bias. The proportion will be measured using a random-effects model. Subgroup analysis will be conducted to manage hetrogeinity. The presence of publication bias will be assessed using Egger's test and visual inspection of the funnel plots. This systematic and meta-analysis review protocol will be reported per the PRISMA-P guidelines.Conclusion:
This systematic review and meta-analysis protocol will be expected to quantify the burden, admission, and outcome of COVID-19 in Africa. Systematic review registration This protocol was submitted for registration with the International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews (PROSPERO) in March 2020 and accepted with the registration number CRD42020179321(https//www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO).Keywords
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International databases
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Meta-Analysis as Topic
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Practice Guidelines as Topic
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Coronavirus Infections
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Pandemics
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Betacoronavirus
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Systematic Reviews as Topic
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
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Reviews
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Systematic review/Meta Analysis
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Africa
Language:
English
Journal:
Emerg Microbes Infect
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
22221751.2020.1775499
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