Estimated burden, and associated factors of Urinary Incontinence among Sub-Saharan African women aged 15-100 years: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT: Hospital and community based-studies had been conducted for Urinary Incontinence (UI) in Sub-Sahara Africa (SSA) countries. A significant limitation of these studies is likely under-estimation of the burden of UI in SSA. It is therefore, imperative that a well-structured systematic review and meta-analytical models in SSA are required to accurately and reliably estimate the burden of UI. Medline/PubMed, Google Scholar, Africa Journal Online (AJOL) were searched to identified data on burden of UI studies in SSA. Two independent authors performed the initial screening of studies based on the details found in their titles and abstracts. The quality of the retrieved studies was assessed using the Newcastle-Ottawa Quality Assessment instrument. The pooled burden of UI was calculated using a wei

SUBMITTER: Ackah M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10021416 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature