Perceptions and practices of community members relating to trachoma in Africa: a qualitative systematic review protocol.

Asahngwa Constantine Tanywe, Chelea Matchawe, Ritin Fernandez, Samuel Lapkin
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Objective: The objective of this systematic review is to synthesize and present the best available evidence on community perceptions and practices relating to trachoma in Africa.

Introduction: Globally, trachoma is the leading cause of blindness and is responsible for about 1.4% of all cases of blindness. The African continent is the worst affected, with about 1.9 million cases of trichiasis (61%). While interventions are currently being implemented to combat the disease in Africa, very little is known by decision makers about community perceptions and practices relating to trachoma, which may hinder successful implementation.

Inclusion criteria: Studies with participants, regardless of their health status, gender, religion and ethnicity, aged 14 and over conducted in any African country, will be considered. Studies on Africans, conducted out of the continent and those involving healthcare professionals, will not be included in this review.

Methods: Qualitative studies, published in English from 1996 onwards. will be considered. Databases to be searched will include, but not be limited to: PubMed, CINAHL, Embase and PsycINFO. Study selection, critical appraisal and data extraction will be conducted by two independent reviewers, using the appropriate JBI methodology and any disagreement will be resolved by discussion or with a third reviewer. Qualitative findings will be synthesized using the appropriate JBI methodology, following the meta-aggregation approach. Where textual pooling is not possible, the findings will be presented in narrative form. The ConQual approach will be used to grade synthesized findings, and these will be presented in a Summary of Findings.

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非洲社区成员对沙眼的认识和做法:一项定性系统审查方案。
目的:本系统综述的目的是综合并提出有关非洲社区对沙眼的认识和做法的最佳现有证据。在全球范围内,沙眼是导致失明的主要原因,约占所有失明病例的1.4%。非洲大陆受影响最严重,约有190万例倒睫病例(61%)。虽然目前正在非洲实施防治沙眼的干预措施,但决策者对社区对沙眼的看法和做法知之甚少,这可能会阻碍成功实施。纳入标准:将考虑在任何非洲国家进行的参与者的研究,无论其健康状况、性别、宗教和种族如何,年龄在14岁及以上。在非洲大陆以外进行的关于非洲人的研究以及涉及卫生保健专业人员的研究将不包括在本综述中。方法:定性研究,1996年起以英文发表。将予以考虑。要搜索的数据库包括但不限于:PubMed, CINAHL, Embase和PsycINFO。研究选择、关键评估和数据提取将由两名独立审稿人使用适当的JBI方法进行,任何分歧将通过讨论或与第三审稿人解决。将使用适当的JBI方法综合定性结果,遵循元聚合方法。如果文本汇集是不可能的,调查结果将以叙述的形式呈现。将使用征服方法对综合结果进行评分,这些结果将在研究结果摘要中提出。
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