Pooled prevalence, risk factors and barriers to care for hepatitis C virus (HCV) in adults with serious mental illness (SMI): an updated systematic review and meta-analysis – protocol
Saba Maryam, Mehreen Noor, Afifa Kulsoom · 2026
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Maryam, Noor, and Kulsoom published a protocol in twenty twenty-six for an updated review of hepatitis C among adults with serious mental illness. The virus scars the liver and can cause liver cancer, and people with severe mental illness carry it at far higher rates than the general public while receiving worse care.
An earlier pooled review put the rate near eight percent, but it closed before the pandemic years. The new review will search six databases for studies from mid twenty twenty onward. Two reviewers will screen every paper independently, with a third settling disputes. Standard checklists will grade each study's quality. A statistical model built for uneven data will pool the rates, and the team will also map risk factors and barriers to care. The protocol is registered in advance, so readers can check the finished review against the plan.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Saba Maryam, Mehreen Noor, Afifa Kulsoom |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 23 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |