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Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) as a type of bacterial infection are the most common infections in older people. The present study was conducted with the aim of combining, summarizing, unifying, resolving inconsistencies in the results of preliminary studies, investigating the effect of potential factors and estimating the global prevalence of UTIs in the older persons through a systematic review and meta-analysis. In this systematic review and meta-analysis, the articles published in the period of 1982–2022 were analyzed. The articles were searched in Iranian databases of SID and MagIran, as well as international databases including PubMed, Embase, Scopus, Web of Science (WoS), and Google Scholar through the relevant and validated keywords using MeSH/Emtree. Thirty-six articles with a sample size of 4,207,470 people met the inclusion criteria for meta-analysis. Global prevalence of UTIs in the older persons was 23.6% (95% Confidence Interval: 19.4–28.4). The highest prevalence of UTIs in the older persons was in the following sub-groups: Africa (30%; 95% CI: 12.7–55.8), women (30%; 95% CI: 14.6–51.7), diagnosis with urine culture (25.3%; 95% CI: 18.3–33.8), and residents in the nursing home (47.2%; 95% CI: 24.2–71.5). The results of the present study showed that the prevalence of UTIs was high in the older persons, especially in women and residents of nursing homes. Therefore, it is recommended that health officials and policymakers pay more attention to the prevention and control of UTIs in older adults.
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As a quarterly peer-reviewed journal that has existed for over three decades, Ageing International serves all professionals who deal with complex ageing issues. The journal is dedicated to improving the life of ageing populations worldwide through providing an intellectual forum for communicating common concerns, exchanging analyses and discoveries in scientific research, crystallizing significant issues, and offering recommendations in ageing-related service delivery and policy making. Besides encouraging the submission of high-quality research and review papers, Ageing International seeks to bring together researchers, policy analysts, and service program administrators who are committed to reducing the ''implementation gap'' between good science and effective service, between evidence-based protocol and culturally suitable programs, and between unique innovative solutions and generalizable policies. For significant issues that are common across countries, Ageing International will organize special forums for scholars and investigators from different disciplines to present their regional perspectives as well as to provide more comprehensive analysis. The editors strongly believe that such discourse has the potential to foster a wide range of coordinated efforts that will lead to improvements in the quality of life of older persons worldwide. Abstracted and Indexed in:
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