SynthesisPloS one2021
Intestinal parasitic infections and associated factors among street dwellers and prison inmates: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Synthesis in PloS one, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
21 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 25 citations in OpenAlex.
- Global prevalence and associated factors of intestinal parasitic infections among institutionalized populations: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Pooled it
- Prevalence of intestinal parasites and associated risk factors among inmates at correctional facilities in Central Zambia.Parasite epidemiology and control · 2026Article
- Intestinal parasitic infections and risk factors among schoolchildren in Taiz City Yemen.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- The Burden and Associated Factors of Intestinal Parasitic Infection Among Prisoners in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of parasitology research · 2026Review
- Article
- Prevalence of intestinal parasites,IJID regions · 2025Article
- Article
- Intestinal Parasitic Infections and the Associated Risk Factors Among Malnourished Children Attending Bele Gesgar Hospital in Oromia Region, Ethiopia.Journal of parasitology research · 2025Article
- A Case Report from Somalia: Multispecies Intestinal Parasitism andInternational medical case reports journal · 2025Article
- Prevalence of intestinal parasites in street dwellers attending a shelter in Cali, Colombia.Biomedica : revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud · 2024Article
- Risk factors for Ascaris lumbricoides infection and its association with nutritional status and IQ in 14-Year old adolescents in Chitwan, Nepal.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Prevalence and distribution of intestinal parasitic infections in taeniasis endemic area of North Sumatera, Indonesia.Narra J · 2024Article
- Synthesis and anthelmintic activity of novel thiosemicarbazide and 1,2,4-triazole derivatives: In vitro, in vivo, and in silico study.Journal of advanced research · 2024Article
- Intestinal parasitic infections and predisposing factors among prison inmates in Southern Ghana: A cross-sectional study.Health science reports · 2024Article
- The magnitude and predictors of self-medication amongst street dwellers in Ethiopia: a multicentre study.Drugs in context · 2024Article
- Article
- Intestinal parasitic infections and their potential risk factors among prison inmates in Valencia, Spain.BMC infectious diseases · 2023Article
- Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention of HIV Infection among Detainees: A Review of the Literature.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Evaluation of Anthelmintic and Anti-Inflammatory Activity of 1,2,4-Triazole Derivatives.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Observational
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundIntestinal parasitic infections are closely associated with low household income, poor personal and environmental sanitation, and overcrowding, limited access to clean water, tropical climate and low altitude. Street dwellers and prisoners are forced to live in deprived situations characterized by inadequate facilities. Therefore, this study aimed to estimate the pooled prevalence and associated factors of intestinal parasitic infections among street dwellers and prison inmates.
methodStudy searches were carried out in Electronic data bases such as PubMed/Medline, HINARI, EMBASE, Science Direct, Scopus, Google Scholar and Cochrane Library. Studies published only in English and have high quality Newcastle Ottawa Scale (NOS) scores were included for analysis using Stata version 14 software. Random-effects meta-analysis model was used for analysis. Heterogeneity was assessed using the Cochrane's Q test and I2 test statistics with its corresponding p-values. Moreover, subgroup, sensitivity analyses and publication bias were computed.
resultSeventeen eligible studies consist of 4,544 study participants were included. Majority of the study participants were males (83.5%) and the mean age of the study participants was 25.7 years old. The pooled prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections among street dwellers and prison inmates was 43.68% (95% CI 30.56, 56.79). Sub-group analysis showed that the overall pooled prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections among prison inmates and street dwellers was 30.12% (95%CI: 19.61, 40.62) and 68.39% (95%CI: 57.30, 79.49), respectively. There was statistically significant association between untrimmed fingernail and intestinal parasitic infections (AOR: 1.09 (95%CI: 0.53, 2.23).
conclusionIn this study, the pooled prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections among street dwellers and prison inmates was relatively high. Fingernail status had statistically significant association with intestinal parasitic infection. The prevention and control strategy of intestinal parasitic infection should also target socially deprived segment of the population such as street dwellers and prison inmates.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.