Tetteh Comfort D, Ncayiyana Jabulani R, Makhunga Sizwe E, Manyeh Alfred K, Asiamah Emmanuel A, Ginindza Themba G
Discipline of Public Health Medicine, School of Nursing and Public Health, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.
Ghana Health Service, Ayawaso East Municipal Health Directorate, Accra, Ghana.
S Afr J Infect Dis. 2024 Jun 30;39(1):553. doi: 10.4102/sajid.v39i1.553. eCollection 2024.
Approximately 20 to 120 million women of reproductive age worldwide are thought to be affected by female genital schistosomiasis (FGS). It is a preventable manifestation of schistosomiasis in adolescent girls and women, which remains underreported, underdiagnosed, or misdiagnosed, and largely untreated.
This study aimed to map evidence on the knowledge and management of FGS from 1950 to 2022 in sub-Saharan Africa.
The Arksey and O'Malley and Levac et al. framework suggestions and a guideline from Joanna Briggs Institute will be employed. Search for literature will be in PubMed, Scopus, Cochrane, Web of Science, MEDLINE via PubMed, and Google Scholar from 1950 to 2022 for useful published research articles using key phrases or search terms and grey literature with limitations for studies conducted in sub-Saharan Africa. Two reviewers will screen the articles. Kappa coefficients by Cohen statistics will be computed for inter-screener agreement, and the selected articles will be evaluated using Mixed Method Appraisal Tool (MMAT).
The researchers will map and explore the evidence of the knowledge and management of FGS in the subregion. The years of publications, countries of study, and settings will be reported, and the identified research gaps will be reported.
The researchers anticipate that this study will determine and map the evidence on the knowledge and management of FGS in sub-Saharan Africa; identify knowledge and management gaps, and direct future research.
This study will add to the literature on FGS and direct future research regarding the knowledge and management of FGS.
据估计，全球约有2000万至1.2亿育龄妇女受到女性生殖器血吸虫病（FGS）的影响。这是青少年女孩和妇女血吸虫病的一种可预防表现，但仍未得到充分报告、诊断不足或误诊，且大多未得到治疗。
本研究旨在梳理1950年至2022年撒哈拉以南非洲地区关于女性生殖器血吸虫病的知识和管理方面的证据。
将采用阿克西和奥马利以及莱瓦克等人的框架建议和乔安娜·布里格斯研究所的指南。在1950年至2022年期间，通过PubMed、Scopus、Cochrane、科学网、通过PubMed的MEDLINE以及谷歌学术搜索文献，使用关键词或检索词查找有用的已发表研究文章，并查找撒哈拉以南非洲地区研究的灰色文献。两名评审员将筛选文章。将通过科恩统计计算卡帕系数以评估筛选员之间的一致性，并使用混合方法评估工具（MMAT）对所选文章进行评估。
研究人员将梳理和探索该次区域女性生殖器血吸虫病知识和管理方面的证据。将报告发表年份、研究国家和研究背景，并报告已确定的研究差距。
研究人员预计，本研究将确定并梳理撒哈拉以南非洲地区女性生殖器血吸虫病知识和管理方面的证据；识别知识和管理方面的差距，并指导未来的研究。
本研究将为有关女性生殖器血吸虫病的文献增添内容，并指导未来关于女性生殖器血吸虫病知识和管理的研究。
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