Mental health problems among healthcare professionals during COVID-19 in Africa: a protocol for umbrella review
Introduction COVID-19 pandemic is a global health problem. In Africa, healthcare professionals face mental health problems due to COVID-19. But little was done on the prevalence of mental disorders among healthcare professionals during COVID-19 in Africa. This umbrella review of meta-analysis aimed...
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| author | Abubeker Alebachew Seid Ahmed Adem Mohammed Aragaw Asfaw Hasen |
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| description | Introduction COVID-19 pandemic is a global health problem. In Africa, healthcare professionals face mental health problems due to COVID-19. But little was done on the prevalence of mental disorders among healthcare professionals during COVID-19 in Africa. This umbrella review of meta-analysis aimed to provide the pooled prevalence of anxiety, depression, stress, suicide, demoralisation and insomnia during COVID-19 pandemic in Africa.Methods and analysis We will search the African Journals Online, MedRxiv, PubMed and Google Scholar to identify studies published from the occurrence of the pandemic to March 2023. Systematic review and meta-analysis studies assessing mental health problems among healthcare professionals in Africa will be considered. The outcomes of interest include prevalence of mental health problems on healthcare professionals following COVID-19. Two researchers will extract data and execute quality assessment independently. The Joanna Briggs Institute critical appraisal checklist will be used to assess the quality of studies. Stata V.16.0 software will be used for statistical analysis. The I² and Cochran’s Q-statistics will be used for analysis of heterogeneity. Publication bias will be examined by DOI plot and Luis Furuya Kanamori (LFK) index.Ethics and dissemination Ethical approval and informed consent are not required as this is a literature review. The final results will be published in a peer-reviewed journal and presented at relevant conferences.PROSPERO registration number CRD42022383939. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5341101cd42246948df9da52c430bc392023-08-18T03:50:07ZengBMJ Publishing GroupBMJ Open2044-60552023-06-0113610.1136/bmjopen-2023-072337Mental health problems among healthcare professionals during COVID-19 in Africa: a protocol for umbrella reviewAbubeker Alebachew Seid0Ahmed Adem Mohammed1Aragaw Asfaw Hasen2Department of Nursing, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Samara University, Semera, EthiopiaDepartment of Nursing, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Samara University, Semera, EthiopiaDepartment of Statistics, College of Natural and Computational Sciences, Samara University, Semera, EthiopiaIntroduction COVID-19 pandemic is a global health problem. In Africa, healthcare professionals face mental health problems due to COVID-19. But little was done on the prevalence of mental disorders among healthcare professionals during COVID-19 in Africa. This umbrella review of meta-analysis aimed to provide the pooled prevalence of anxiety, depression, stress, suicide, demoralisation and insomnia during COVID-19 pandemic in Africa.Methods and analysis We will search the African Journals Online, MedRxiv, PubMed and Google Scholar to identify studies published from the occurrence of the pandemic to March 2023. Systematic review and meta-analysis studies assessing mental health problems among healthcare professionals in Africa will be considered. The outcomes of interest include prevalence of mental health problems on healthcare professionals following COVID-19. Two researchers will extract data and execute quality assessment independently. The Joanna Briggs Institute critical appraisal checklist will be used to assess the quality of studies. Stata V.16.0 software will be used for statistical analysis. The I² and Cochran’s Q-statistics will be used for analysis of heterogeneity. Publication bias will be examined by DOI plot and Luis Furuya Kanamori (LFK) index.Ethics and dissemination Ethical approval and informed consent are not required as this is a literature review. The final results will be published in a peer-reviewed journal and presented at relevant conferences.PROSPERO registration number CRD42022383939.https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/13/6/e072337.full |
| spellingShingle | Abubeker Alebachew Seid Ahmed Adem Mohammed Aragaw Asfaw Hasen Mental health problems among healthcare professionals during COVID-19 in Africa: a protocol for umbrella review BMJ Open |
| title | Mental health problems among healthcare professionals during COVID-19 in Africa: a protocol for umbrella review |
| title_full | Mental health problems among healthcare professionals during COVID-19 in Africa: a protocol for umbrella review |
| title_fullStr | Mental health problems among healthcare professionals during COVID-19 in Africa: a protocol for umbrella review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mental health problems among healthcare professionals during COVID-19 in Africa: a protocol for umbrella review |
| title_short | Mental health problems among healthcare professionals during COVID-19 in Africa: a protocol for umbrella review |
| title_sort | mental health problems among healthcare professionals during covid 19 in africa a protocol for umbrella review |
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