尼泊尔各年龄段听力损失的流行:系统性审查和元分析协议
Pratik Bhandari1, Sajana Aryal2,3
1Nepal Center for Cognition and Society, Bhadrapur, Nepal hlreview@nccs.pratikb.com.
BMJ open
|January 27, 2026
概括
这一系统性审查和元分析将量化尼泊尔听力损失的全国患病率. 调查结果将为该国的公共卫生政策和对听力障碍的干预提供信息.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 耳鼻喉科 耳鼻喉科 耳鼻喉科
背景情况:
- 听力损失是一个重要的全球健康问题,具有深刻的社会,情感和认知影响.
- 它给医疗保健系统带来了巨大的经济负担,需要准确的流行数据来有效预防.
- 尼泊尔缺乏关于所有年龄组听力损失的流行情况的发表系统审查.
研究的目的:
- 进行系统性审查和元分析,以确定尼泊尔听力损失的全国流行率.
- 为制定有针对性的公共卫生干预和研究议程提供必要的数据.
- 解决低收入和中等收入国家背景下关于听力障碍患病率的知识差距.
主要方法:
- 系统地搜索MEDLINE (PubMed),尼泊尔在线期刊和谷歌学者,包括灰色文学.
- 两个评论员使用Rayyan软件对标题,摘要和全文文章进行独立选.
- 叙事综合和随机效应的元分析,以评估异质性 (科克兰的Q,I2统计) 和潜在的出版偏差 (漏斗图,埃格尔的测试).
主要成果:
- 本节将介绍关于尼泊尔听力损失全国患病率的综合发现.
- 研究之间的异质性将使用I2统计数据进行评估.
- 出版偏差将使用视觉和统计方法进行评估.
结论:
- 该研究将量化尼泊尔听力障碍的全国患病率.
- 预计研究结果将指导制定有效的听力健康政策和干预措施.
- 这项研究将为尼泊尔的公共卫生计划提供有价值的流行病学数据.
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