Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors of Intestinal Parasites and Enteric Bacterial Infections among Selected Region Food Handlers of Ethiopia during 2014–2022: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 3

Prevalence of IPs and EBIs among food handlers in Ethiopia by subgroup analysis.

Variables	Characteristics	Number of studies	Sample size	Prevalence(95% CI)	I^2, value
Sample size	<200	4	603	36.39 (95% CI: 27.18, 45.60)	92.56%,
	>200	16	5241	27.34 (95% CI: 19.64, 35.04)	98.07%,
Pooled prevalence of IPs and EBIs by region	Amhara	6	1947	24.36 (95% CI: 9.67, 39.65)	98.73%,
	Oromia	5	863	38.56 (95% CI: 29.98, 47.14)	91.68%,
	SNNPR	6	1932	31.03 (95% CI: 19.66, 42.40)	97.42%,
	Tigray	3	1102	19.45 (95% CI: 6.08, 32.83)	96.60%,
Pooled prevalence of IPs and EBIs by year	2014–2018	7	2153	27.26 (95% CI: 16.55, 37.97)	98.27%,
	2019–2022	14	3691	30.16 (95% CI: 21.68, 38.83)	97.46%,
Pooled prevalence of IPs and EBIs by study area	University	10	2656	23.04 (95% CI: 15.24, 30.84)	97.34%,
	Town/district/zone	10	3188	35.25 (95% CI: 25.87, 44.63)	97.23%,
Overall		20	5844	29.16 (95% CI: 22.61, 35.71)	97.77%,