SynthesisThe clinical respiratory journal2025
COVID-19 Pandemic: A Comprehensive Meta-Review of Global Impacts, Responses, and Future Preparedness.
Synthesis in The clinical respiratory journal, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
4 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Impact of COVID-19 on the Development of Femoral Head Avascular Necrosis: A Systematic Review.Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Pooled it
- COVID-19 Pandemic: A Comprehensive Meta-Review of Global Impacts, Responses, and Future Preparedness.The clinical respiratory journal · 2025Pooled it
- Trends in pathogens and antimicrobial resistance in culture-proven neonatal sepsis over a decade (2015-2024): the impact of COVID-19 pandemic.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2026Observational
- Integrating isothermal amplification with magnetic flocculation and DNA-guided PfAgo for SARS-CoV-2 detection.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
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Abstract
introductionThe COVID-19 pandemic due to SARS-CoV-2 has initiated historically unparalleled global health, social, and economic impacts. Syntheses of the multivariable interdependent effects on the multiple clinical, immunologic, psychosocial, and health service realms are required to guide current and future public health preparedness and policy.
methodsA systematic review of a meta-analysis was conducted using the PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science databases from December 2019 to 2025 to identify observational studies and randomized controlled trials. Quantitative reporting studies of COVID-19 outcomes were included. Random-effects model aggregated effect sizes were estimated and tested for heterogeneity with Cochran's Q, τ
resultsTwenty-four studies were classified into three categories: clinical outcomes (15 studies), immunogenicity (4 studies), and psychosocial/health service outcomes (5 studies). There was no statistically significant pooled effect (effect ratio 0.95, 95% CI: 0.55-1.62) with severe heterogeneity (I DISCUSSION: The outcomes reveal robust immunogenic vaccine impacts and indeterminate psychosocial and clinical impacts, consistent with the heterogeneity and complexity of COVID-19 effects. Great heterogeneity highlights methodological standardization and cautious interpretation. This present meta-analysis offers key lessons to guide subsequent study design and manufacture of fair health policy and pandemic readiness.
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