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Meta-Analysis
. 2023 Jan-Dec:60:469580231168746.
doi: 10.1177/00469580231168746.

Incidence of Urinary Tract Infection Among Patients: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Dechasa Adare Mengistu  1 , Addisu Alemu  1 , Abdi Amin Abdukadir  1 , Ahmed Mohammed Husen  1 , Fila Ahmed  1 , Baredin Mohammed  1
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Meta-Analysis

Incidence of Urinary Tract Infection Among Patients: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Dechasa Adare Mengistu et al. Inquiry. 2023 Jan-Dec.

Abstract

Healthcare-associated infection is one of the most common and severe threats to patients' health and remains a significant challenge for healthcare providers. Among healthcare-associated infections, urinary tract infection (UTI) is one of the most common infections. This study aimed to determine the global incidence of UTI among patients. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) guideline was used to perform this systematic review and meta-analysis. The articles were searched from April 4 to August 5, 2022, from electronic databases (Scopus, PubMed, Web of Science, Google Scholar, DOAJ, and MedNar) using Boolean logic operators, MeSH terms, and keywords. The quality of the study was assessed using the JBI Critical Assessment tool. One thousand nine ninety three articles were retrieved from the electronic databases, of which 38 articles conducted on 981 221 patients were included in the current study. The study found the global pooled incidence of UTI accounted for 1.6%. Based on the subgroup analysis by survey period and WHO region, the highest incidence of UTI was reported in the African Region [3.6%] and among studies conducted between 1996 and 2001 [3.7%]. This study revealed the overall pooled incidence of UTI was 1.6%. The highest incidence of UTI (3.6%) was reported in the African region. This indicates that there is a need to implement safety measures.

Keywords: global; healthcare associated infection; hospital acquired infection; nosocomial infection; patient; patient safety; urinary tract infection.

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Conflict of interest statement

The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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Figure 1.
Study selection process of included articles for systematic review and meta-analysis, 2022.
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Countries of the world where the included articles were conducted.
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The forest plot shows an overall pooled incidence of urinary tract infections among patients, 2022.
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The forest plot shows the subgroup analysis of the pooled incidence of urinary tract infections among patients based on the survey period, 2022.
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Figure 5.
The forest plot shows the subgroup analysis of the pooled incidence of urinary tract infections among patients based on World Health Organization’s Region of the world, 2022. ArR = African Region; AmR = American Region; EMR = Eastern Mediterranean Region; SEAR = South East Asian Region; WPR = Western Pacific Region; EuR = European Region.
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