Association of hypertension, diabetes and cardiovascular disease with COVID-19 in Africa: scoping review protocol

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Abstract Background The unprecedented spread of COVID-19 posed devastating effects on the global health care systems. People with chronic comorbidities have been at a particularly high risk for severe COVID-19. However, evidence on association of COVID-19 severity with hypertension, diabetes and cardiovascular diseases in the African population is still scarce. Objective The aim of this scoping review is to estimate the severity of COVID-19 among African patients with hypertension, diabetes and cardiovascular diseases and its implications for case management in Africa. Methods and analysis The current scoping review will be conducted in compliance with the extension for Scoping Reviews of the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA-ScR). Articles will be served on the following electronic databases: PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, Embase, CINAHL and the JBI Database of Systematic Reviews. The search will be conducted after the publication of this protocol. Articles published after March 2020 will be considered without language restrictions. Two reviewers will extract data from relevant articles. Descriptive analysis of the important findings will be conducted and a narrative synthesis of the results will serve as the basis for interpretation. Expected results and conclusion This scoping review is expected to determine the likelihood of patients with chronic comorbidities to progress to severe stage of COVID-19. In doing so it will generate evidence and set foundations for recommendations towards the establishment of surveillance systems and referral guidelines for the management of non-communicable diseases in face of COVID-19 and future pandemics.

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