Hand washing practice among health care workers in Ethiopia: systemic review and meta-analysis, 2020

Abstract Objectives Health care workers (HCWs) are exposed to needle needles daily. Despite individual studies, there is no statistics on the prevalence of unreported needle stick injuries (NSIs) have been reported. This study was performed to determine the prevalence and causes of unreported NSIs among HCWs. Content In present systematic review and meta-analysis study, three international databases (Web of Science, Scopus, PubMed) were searched from January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2018. The random model was used to determine the prevalence of unreported needle stick among HCWs. Summary and outlook Forty-one studies performed on 19,635 health care workers entered the final stage. Based-on random effect model, pooled prevalence of unreported needle stick injuries was 59.9% (95% CI: 52.0, 67.7; I2=98.9%). The most common cause of unreported NSIs was: They were not worried about NSIs (n=12). The high prevalence of unreported needle sticks injuries indicates the urgency and necessity of paying attention to strategies to improve reporting among health workers.

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A meta-analysis of the rates of Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin-resistant S aureus contamination on the surfaces of environmental objects that health care workers frequently touch

American Journal of Infection Control ◽

10.1016/j.ajic.2016.11.004 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 45 (4) ◽

pp. 421-429 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Dongxin Lin ◽

Qianting Ou ◽

Jialing Lin ◽

Yang Peng ◽

Zhenjiang Yao

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Staphylococcus Aureus ◽

Health Care Workers ◽

Meta Analysis ◽

Methicillin Resistant ◽

Environmental Objects ◽

Care Workers

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Consideration for the asymptomatic transmission of COVID-19: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

10.1101/2020.10.06.20207597 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Khaiwal Ravindra ◽

Vivek Singh Malik ◽

Bijaya K Padhi ◽

Sonu Goel ◽

Madhu Gupta

Keyword(s):

Systematic Review ◽

Health Care ◽

Health Care Workers ◽

Meta Analysis ◽

Chest Ct ◽

Nucleic Acid Testing ◽

Social Distancing ◽

Care Workers ◽

Children Health ◽

Chest Ct Scan

AbstractObjectiveWorldwide countries are experiencing viral load in their population, leading to potential infectivity of asymptomatic COVID-19. Current systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to investigate the role of asymptomatic infection worldwide reported in family-cluster, adults, children, health care workers, and travelers.DesignOnline literature search (PubMed, Google Scholar, medRixv, and BioRixv) was accomplished using standard Boolean operators, studies published till 07th June 2020.SettingStudies were included from case reports, short communication, and retrospective to cover sufficient asymptomatic COVID-19 transmission reported.ParticipantsFamilial-clusters, adults, children, health care workers, and travelers.ResultsWe observed asymptomatic transmission among familial-cluster, adults, children, health care workers, and travelers with a proportion of 32% 37%, 26%, 6%, and 32%, respectively. This study observed an overall proportion of 31% (95%CI: 0.19-0.44) with heterogeneity of I2 (97.28%, p=<0.001) among all asymptomatic populations mentioned in this study. Among children and healthcare workers, this study showed no heterogeneity; to overcome the interpretation from a fixed model, the random effect model was also applied to estimate the average distribution across studies included in the meta-analysis.ConclusionWe found and suggest the rigorous epidemiological history, early isolation, social distancing, and increased quarantine period (at least 28 days) after screening asymptomatic cases as well as their close contacts for chest CT scan even after their negative nucleic acid testing to minimize the spread among the community. This systematic review and meta-analysis support asymptomatic COVID-19 transmission between person to person depending on the variation of virus incubation period among individuals. Children especially, school-going aged <18 years, need to be monitored and prevention strategy, e.g., chest CT and social distancing required to prevent the community transmission of COVID-19 in asymptomatic mode.Strengths and limitations of this studyExamine the possibility of asymptomatic COVID-19 transmission in the community at different levels.Supports contact tracing, social distancing, early isolation, and increased quarantine period to minimize the risk of virus spread.Supports chest CT scan and viral nucleic acid testing to identify the asymptomatic cases in the community.Supports rigorous epidemiological history with multiple detection methods.A higher proportion of asymptomatic incidence was seen, suggests monitoring, and maintaining social distancing.

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Reliability of HIV rapid diagnostic tests for self-testing compared with testing by health-care workers: a systematic review and meta-analysis

The Lancet HIV ◽

10.1016/s2352-3018(18)30044-4 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 5 (6) ◽

pp. e277-e290 ◽

Cited By ~ 55

Author(s):

Carmen Figueroa ◽

Cheryl Johnson ◽

Nathan Ford ◽

Anita Sands ◽

Shona Dalal ◽

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Keyword(s):

Systematic Review ◽

Health Care ◽

Health Care Workers ◽

Diagnostic Tests ◽

Meta Analysis ◽

Rapid Diagnostic Tests ◽

Self Testing ◽

Care Workers

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The Prevalence of Generalized Anxiety Disorder Among Health Care Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Frontiers in Psychiatry ◽

10.3389/fpsyt.2021.658846 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 ◽

Author(s):

Amir Adibi ◽

Mohamad Golitaleb ◽

Iman Farrahi-Ashtiani ◽

Davoud Pirani ◽

Kosar Yousefi ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Systematic Review ◽

Health Care ◽

Anxiety Disorder ◽

Generalized Anxiety Disorder ◽

Health Care Workers ◽

Meta Analysis ◽

Psychological Problems ◽

Health Staff ◽

Generalized Anxiety ◽

Care Workers

Introduction: Health care workers, due to be involved in caring for COVID-19 patients may experience various psychological problems including anxiety disorders. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) among health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic by systematic review and meta-analysis.Methods: The PRISMA guideline was used for conducting this study. Related keywords were searched in credited resources including ISC, Magiran, PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, Cochrane, ProQuest, Science Direct, Google Scholar, and Embase to find the articles published on the prevalence of GAD among health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic from the first of January to the end of June 2020. Meta-analysis was conducted by the random effects model.Results: In this study, 553 articles were initially identified, from which 19 studies were finally included in the meta-analysis. The results showed that the prevalence of GAD in health care workers based on the GAD-7 and GAD-2 instruments were 32.04% (95% CI: 26.89–37.19, I2 = 98.2%, p < 0.001) and 22.62% (95% CI: 9.01–36.24, I2 = 97.7%, p < 0.001). The overall prevalence of GAD was obtained 30.5% (95% CI: 25.58–35.42, I2 = 98.4%, p < 0.001).Conclusion: This study showed a relatively high GAD prevalence, as one of the fundamental psychological problems, among health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, health system managers should implement preventive strategies to protect health staff from contracting the virus and monitor them for psychological problems and provide them with supportive measures if necessary.

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Full-dose hepatitis B virus vaccination coverage and associated factors among health care workers in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis

PLoS ONE ◽

10.1371/journal.pone.0241226 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 15 (10) ◽

pp. e0241226

Author(s):

Nefsu Awoke ◽

Henok Mulgeta ◽

Tsegaye Lolaso ◽

Tiwabwork Tekalign ◽

Serawit Samuel ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Systematic Review ◽

Health Care ◽

Hepatitis B Virus ◽

Hepatitis B ◽

Vaccination Coverage ◽

Health Care Workers ◽

Associated Factors ◽

Meta Analysis ◽

Care Workers ◽

B Virus

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The Psychological Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Health Care Workers: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Frontiers in Psychology ◽

10.3389/fpsyg.2021.626547 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 ◽

Author(s):

Ping Sun ◽

Manli Wang ◽

Tingting Song ◽

Yan Wu ◽

Jinglu Luo ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Health Care Workers ◽

Meta Analysis ◽

Psychological Impact ◽

Frontline Workers ◽

General Mental Health ◽

Pooled Prevalence ◽

Care Workers ◽

Prevalence Of Depression ◽

Great Stress

Objective: The COVID-19 epidemic has generated great stress throughout healthcare workers (HCWs). The situation of HCWs should be fully and timely understood. The aim of this meta-analysis is to determine the psychological impact of COVID-19 pandemic on health care workers.Method: We searched the original literatures published from 1 Nov 2019 to 20 Sep 2020 in electronic databases of PUBMED, EMBASE and WEB OF SCIENCE. Forty-seven studies were included in the meta-analysis with a combined total of 81,277 participants.Results: The pooled prevalence of anxiety is 37% (95% CI 0.31–0.42, I2 = 99.9%) from 44 studies. Depression is estimated in 39 studies, and the pooled prevalence of depression is 36% (95% CI 0.31–0.41, I2 = 99.6%). There are 10 studies reported the prevalence of insomnia, and the overall prevalence of insomnia is 32% (95% CI 0.23–0.42, I2 = 99.5%). The subgroup analysis showed a higher incidence of anxiety and depression among women and the frontline HCWs compared to men and non-frontline HCWs respectively.Conclusions: The COVID-19 pandemic has caused heavy psychological impact among healthcare professionals especially women and frontline workers. Timely psychological counseling and intervention ought to be implemented for HCWs in order to alleviate their anxiety and improve their general mental health.

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The Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Health Care Workers’ Anxiety Levels: Protocol for a Meta-Analysis

JMIR Research Protocols ◽

10.2196/24136 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 9 (11) ◽

pp. e24136

Author(s):

Lunbo Zhang ◽

Ming Yan ◽

Kaito Takashima ◽

Wenru Guo ◽

Yuki Yamada

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Publication Bias ◽

Health Care Workers ◽

Meta Analysis ◽

Start Date ◽

Anxiety Prevention ◽

Care Workers ◽

Anxiety Levels ◽

Trim And Fill

Background The COVID-19 pandemic has been declared a public health emergency of international concern; this has caused excessive anxiety among health care workers. In addition, publication bias and low-quality publications have become widespread, which can result in the dissemination of unreliable findings. Objective This paper presents the protocol for a meta-analysis with the following two aims: (1) to examine the prevalence of anxiety among health care workers and determine whether it has increased due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and (2) to investigate whether there has been an increase in publication bias. Methods All related studies that were published/released from 2015 to 2020 will be searched in electronic databases (Web of Science, PubMed, PsyArXiv, and medRxiv). The risk of bias in individual studies will be assessed using the STROBE (Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology) checklist. The heterogeneity of the studies will be assessed using the I2 statistic. The effect size (prevalence rates of anxiety) and a 95% CI for each paper will also be calculated. We will use a moderator analysis to test for the effect of COVID-19 on health care workers’ anxiety levels and detect publication bias in COVID-19 studies. We will also assess publication bias using the funnel plot and Egger regression. In case of publication bias, if studies have no homogeneity, the trim-and-fill procedure will be applied to adjust for missing studies. Results Database searches will commence in November 2020. The meta-analysis will be completed within 2 months of the start date. Conclusions This meta-analysis aims to provide comprehensive evidence about whether COVID-19 increases the prevalence of anxiety among health care workers and whether there has been an increase in publication bias and a deterioration in the quality of publications due to the pandemic. The results of this meta-analysis can provide evidence to help health managers to make informed decisions related to anxiety prevention in health care workers. International Registered Report Identifier (IRRID) PRR1-10.2196/24136

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