Epidemiology of COVID-19 outbreaks in aged care facilities during postvaccine period: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We aimed to define the epidemiology of COVID-19 outbreaks in aged care facilities (ACFs) during the postvaccine period, including vaccine effectiveness (VE) for this high-risk group.

Design

Systematic review and meta-analysis.

Data sources

Ovid Medline, Ovid Embase, Scopus, Web of Science and Cochrane databases were searched through 1 September 2023.

Eligibility criteria

Any original observational studies and trials reporting data on COVID-19 outbreaks among the partially/fully vaccinated residents from ACFs during or after the worldwide implementation of vaccine roll-out.

Data extraction and synthesis

We estimated the attack rate, case fatality rate, mortality rate and VE during postvaccine period. Random effect model was adopted for meta-anal

SUBMITTER: Hashan MR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10941149 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature