Prevalence of Dyspepsia in Iran: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
Dyspepsia
Iran
Meta-analysis
Prevalence
Journal
Archives of Iranian medicine
ISSN: 1735-3947
Titre abrégé: Arch Iran Med
Pays: Iran
ID NLM: 100889644
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
01 07 2021
01 07 2021
Historique:
received:
25
08
2019
accepted:
12
01
2021
entrez:
7
9
2021
pubmed:
8
9
2021
medline:
15
12
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Dyspepsia is a highly prevalent gastrointestinal problem. The present study was carried out to assess the prevalence of dyspepsia in Iran. The present study was registered at PROSPERO with the code CRD42019148610. It was carried out based on MOOSE and reporting was performed according to the PRISMA protocol. Systematic search of the literature was performed in July 2019 on international databases of PubMed/Medline, Web of Science (ISI), Cochrane Library, EBSCO, CINAHL, EMBASE, Scopus, Science Direct, and local databases as well as the Google Scholar search engine. Heterogeneity was evaluated using I2 and Chi-square tests. All analyses were done using Comprehensive Meta-Analysis software. Overall, 14 studies with a sample size of 54,118 subjects entered in this meta-analysis. The prevalence of dyspepsia in Iran was 14.6% (95% CI: 9.6-21.7). Large heterogeneity was detected among studies (I2=99.62%, The prevalence of dyspepsia in Iran is relatively high. However, it is lower than global estimates.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
Dyspepsia is a highly prevalent gastrointestinal problem. The present study was carried out to assess the prevalence of dyspepsia in Iran.
METHODS
The present study was registered at PROSPERO with the code CRD42019148610. It was carried out based on MOOSE and reporting was performed according to the PRISMA protocol. Systematic search of the literature was performed in July 2019 on international databases of PubMed/Medline, Web of Science (ISI), Cochrane Library, EBSCO, CINAHL, EMBASE, Scopus, Science Direct, and local databases as well as the Google Scholar search engine. Heterogeneity was evaluated using I2 and Chi-square tests. All analyses were done using Comprehensive Meta-Analysis software.
RESULTS
Overall, 14 studies with a sample size of 54,118 subjects entered in this meta-analysis. The prevalence of dyspepsia in Iran was 14.6% (95% CI: 9.6-21.7). Large heterogeneity was detected among studies (I2=99.62%,
CONCLUSION
The prevalence of dyspepsia in Iran is relatively high. However, it is lower than global estimates.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34488322
doi: 10.34172/aim.2021.80
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Meta-Analysis
Systematic Review
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
568-578Informations de copyright
© 2021 The Author(s). This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.