Use of systematic epidemiological methods in outbreak investigations from India, 2008–2016: A systematic review

作者：Karishma Krishna Kurup, Denny John, Manickam Ponnaiah, Tijo George · 发表于：Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health · 年份：2019 · DOI：10.1016/j.cegh.2019.02.010 · 被引用次数：16 · 研究领域：Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research、Data-Driven Disease Surveillance、COVID-19 epidemiological studies

BACKGROUND: In the absence of a comprehensive review, we conducted a systematic review on the use of systematic approach in outbreak investigation using reports from India. OBJECTIVES: The primary objective was to estimate the proportion of outbreak reports from India during 2008-16, that reported the steps in outbreak investigation. The secondary objectives were to (1) describe the outbreak reports by selected characteristics (source, investigating agency, disease, time, place and person) (2) estimate the proportion of outbreaks that conducted analytical and additional studies. METHODS: We searched eight electronic databases and grey literature for outbreak investigation reports among humans at community settings from India during 2008-2016. We developed a check-list based on the 10-steps approach used by Field Epidemiology Training Programme (FETP) of ICMR-National Institute of Epidemiology (ICMR-NIE), Chennai, India. This checklist was used to independently screen and extract data on general characteristics of the outbreak investigation reports and the steps completed. We adopted The Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) check list for prevalence studies to examine the credibility and consistency. The protocol was registered at Prospero (CRD42017065038). We calculated proportion of reports that followed the steps in their investigation and descriptive statistics on selected characteristics. RESULTS: Of 10,657 articles screened, 136 articles were included for the review. Completion...