ArticleNew microbes and new infections2021
The burden and outcomes of COVID-19 among patients with co-morbid disease in Africa: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- Changes in self-care behaviors of Iranian patients with type 2 diabetes using insulin pens during COVID-19 pandemic.Obesity medicine · 2022Article
- Leveraging Artificial Intelligence and Big Data to Optimize COVID-19 Clinical Public Health and Vaccination Roll-Out Strategies in Africa.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
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Abstract
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak is now a global public health concern and has had an enormous adverse impact in both developed and developing countries. In Africa, in August 2020, the total number of confirmed cases was 1 022 401 cases, with 704 704 recovered and 22 501 deaths. People with co-morbidities are at increased risk of complications and COVID-19-related death. Evidence on the burden and outcome among patients with co-morbid diseases has not been published in Africa, so this systematic review and meta-analysis aims to quantify these. Observational studies reporting on the burden and outcome of COVD-19 among patients with co-morbid diseases in Africa will be included and a search of online databases PubMed/MEDLINE, EMBASE, HINARI, Cochrane Library, World Health Organization COVID-19 database, Africa Wide Knowledge and Web of Science will be applied. Two independent authors will carry out data extraction and assess the risk of bias using a predetermined and structured method of data collection. Disagreements will be resolved by discussion after mutual consensus with a third reviewer who is an experienced researcher (AH) in meta-analysis studies. We will use random-effects to estimate the overall burden and outcome of COVID-19 among patients with co-morbid diseases in Africa. To assess possible publication bias, funnel plot test and Egger's test methods will be used. This systematic review and meta-analysis protocol will be reported based on the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analysis protocol guidelines. Results will be stratified by the African geographic region, diagnostic methods and co-morbidity. COVID-19 distribution data will be shown by interest variables such as residence/geographic region, diagnostic methods, type of co-morbidity and outcomes of co-morbidity. The findings of this review will notify health-care professionals about the burden and outcome of COVID-19 among patients with co-morbid diseases while providing evidence to bring about the requisite improvements in clinical practice for these patients.
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