Background
Methods
Search strategy and identification of studies
Inclusion and exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria
Outcome variable
Data extraction
Quality assessment
Data analysis and assessment of risk bias
Results
Description of identified studies
Characteristics of the included studies
Author | Publication year | Region | Study area | Sample size | Study design | Prevalence (%) | Response rate (%) |
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Dagne et al. [27] | 2019 | Amhara | Dabat | 494 | Institutional based cross-sectional | 9.3 | 91.84 |
Sara et al. [28] | 2018 | SNNPR | Badewachow | 41,287 | cummonity unmached case-control | 11 | – |
Wochebo, et al. [14] | 2019 | SNNPR | Kechabirra | 9720 | Unmached case-control | 2.5 | 100 |
Ejigu, et al. [32] | 2019 | SNNPR | Damboya | 711 | Unmached case-control | – | |
Enbiale, et al. [8] | 2018 | Amhara | Amhara | 112,570 | Census | 33.7 | – |
Melat [33] | 2019 | Amhara | Habru | 300 | institution based unmached case control | – | 100 |
Yassin, et al. [34] | 2017 | Amhara | Gondar Town | 96 | Unmached case-control | – | 100 |
Tegegne, et al. [29] | 2018 | Amhara | Borumeda | 385 | Institutional based cross sectional | 15.9 | 100 |
Aynalem, et al. [26] | 2017 | Amhara | Fnoteselam Hospital | 317 | Institutional based cross sectional | 4.1 | 95.3 |
Nurie [35] | 2017 | Amhara | Dembiya | 120 | Unmached case-control | – | – |
Alebachew, et al. [31] | 2020 | Amhara | Addet Tawn | 173 | Unmached case-control | 35 | – |
Walker, et al. [30] | 2017 | SNNPR | Ademe | 343 | cross sectional | 5.5 | 100 |
Prevalence of scabies infestation
Subgroup analysis
Variables | Subgroup | No Studies | Event | Total | Prevalence (%) | I2(%) | P-value |
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Region | Amhara | 5 | 379,191 | 1,127,139 | 19.6(3.6, 35.4) | 99.65 | < 0.001 |
SNNP | 3 | 4815 | 51,350 | 6.3(0.0, 13.1 | 99.87 | < 0.001 | |
Sample size | < 440 | 4 | 164 | 1218 | 14.4(5.8,23.0) | 99.16 | < 0.001 |
> 440 | 4 | 383,842 | 1,177,271 | 14.1(0.0,32.6) | 99.99 | < 0.001 | |
Age in year | < 15 | 4 | 281,138 | 600,153 | 19.5(0.0, 41.9) | 99.98 | < 0.001 |
> 15 | 2 | 102,442 | 567,521 | 11.4(0.0,25.6) | 99.99 | < 0.001 |
Sensitivity analysis
Excluded studies | Prevalence (%) | 95% CI | I2 (%) | p-value |
---|---|---|---|---|
Dagne, et al., 2019 [27] | 15.3 | 1.3, 29.3 | 99.9 | < 0.001 |
Sara, et al., 2018 [28] | 15.1 | 0.0, 31.3 | 99.9 | < 0.001 |
Wochebo, et al.,2019 [14] | 16.3 | 4.2, 28.3 | 99.9 | < 0.001 |
Enbiale, et al., 2018 [8] | 11.0 | 6.4, 15.5 | 99.6 | < 0.001 |
Tegegne, et al., 2018 [29] | 14.4 | 0.3, 28.4 | 99.9 | < 0.001 |
Aynalem, et al., 2017 [26] | 16.0 | 2.1, 30.0 | 99.9 | < 0.001 |
Alebachew, et al., 2020 [31] | 11.7 | 0.0, 25.7 | 99.9 | < 0.001 |
Walker, et al., 2017 [30] | 15.8 | 1.8, 29.9 | 99.9 | < 0.001 |