Impact and variability of social determinants of health on the transmission and outcomes of COVID-19 across the world: a systematic review protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated health inequalities across the globe, disproportionately affecting those with poor social determinants of health (SDOHs). It is imperative to understand how SDOH influences the transmission and outcomes (positive case, hospitalisation and mortality) of COVID-19. This systematic review will investigate the impact of a wide range of SDOHs across the globe on the transmission and outcomes of COVID-19.

Methods and analysis

This review will follow the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Protocol guidelines. We will search three electronic bibliographical databases (MEDLINE via PubMed, Embase and Scopus), as well as the WHO COVID-19 Global Research on Coronavirus Disease database. We will consider ob

SUBMITTER: Abedin M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8637315 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature