Table 1.
Characteristics of tuberculosis related studies
| Study ID | Year of publication | Study design | State | study population/s | Assessment of | sample size | Gender | Participants’ Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abdallah, 2015 [8] | 2015 | Cross sectional | Kassala | Suspected Adults | Prevalence (Nuclic acid) | 985 | Both | Mean 34 years |
| Abdallah, 2012 (9) | 2012 | Cross sectional | Kassala | TB patients | Risk factors | 670 | Both | Not determined |
| Abdelhadi, 2015 [12] | 2015 | Case control | Kassala | TB patients | Risk factors | 306 | Both | 15–85 years |
| Agab Eldour, 2014 [19] | 2014 | Retrospective | Kordofan | Suspected TB patients | Prevalence (Histopathological methods) | 103 | Both | 13–65 years |
| Mustafa, 2021 [33] | 2021 | Cross sectional | Kassala | TB patients | Risk factors | 251 | Both | 4–80 years |
| Ali, A. A., 2012 [21] | 2012 | Cross sectional | Kassala | Suspected TB patients | Prevalence & Risk factors | 2,778 | Female | Not determined |
| Ali, A. 2016 [22] | 2016 | Case control | Khartoum | TB patients | Risk factors | 315 | Both | Mean 33 years |
| Aman, 2017 [23] | 2017 | Case control | Gezira | TB patients’ contacts | Prevalence (Bacteriological and radiological methods) | 657 | Both | Mean 33 years |
| Awadalla, 2010 [24] | 2010 | Case control | Khartoum | HIV/AIDS patients | Prevalence | 291 | Both | Mean 36 years |
| Banaga, 2016 [25] | 2016 | Cross sectional | khartoum | hemodialysis patients | Prevalence & Risk factors | 1,328 | Both | Mean 36 years |
| Bottieau, 2022 [26] | 2022 | Cross sectional | Gadarif | Febrile patients | Prevalence (Bacteriological and Nuclic acid methods) | 667 | Both | Media 35 years |
| Elamin, 2017 [20] | 2017 | Cross sectional | Blue Nile | Suspected TB patients | Prevalence & Risk factors | 208 | Both | 5–54 years |
| Elhassan, 2011 [28] | 2011 | Cross sectional | Khartoum | Suspected TB patients | Prevalence (Nuclic acid) | 90 | Not determined | Not determined |
| Elhassan, 2016 [27] | 2016 | Cross sectional | Khartoum | Suspected TB patients | Prevalence (Bacteriological methods) | 197 | Both | < 15 years |
| Elmadhooun, 2017 [29] | 2017 | Secondary analysis | River Nile | TB patients | Prevalence (Bacteriological methods) | 187 | Both | < 15 years |
| El-Muttalut & Elnimeiri, 2017 [30] | 2017 | Cross sectional | Kassala | TB patients | Risk factors | 366 | Both | 10 - > 60 years |
| Ismail, 2016 [31] | 2016 | Retrospective | Gezira | TB patients | Risk factors | 839 | Both | < 18 - > 45 years |
| Khalid, 2020 [32] | 2020 | Cross sectional | Kassala | School adolescents | Prevalence (Bacteriological methods) | 2,568 | Both | 5–15 years |
| Osman, 2014 [10] | 2014 | Cross sectional | Khartoum | Suspected TB children | Prevalence (Bacteriological methods & Nuclic acid) | 179 | Both | Median 8 years |
| Osman, 2017 [11] | 2017 | Cross sectional | Eastern Sudan* | TB patients’ contacts | Prevalence (Bacteriological methods & ELISA | 768 | Both | Mean 33 years |
| Saeed, 2021 [13] | 2021 | Cross sectional | River Nile | TB patients | Risk factors | 212 | Both | 15 - > 45 years |
| Shakak, 2013 [14] | 2013 | Cross sectional | Khartoum | TB patients’ contacts & General population | Prevalence (Bacteriological methods & ELISA | 284 | Both | Not determined |
| Shigidi, M., 2012 [15] | 2012 | Retrospective | Khartoum | hemodialysis patients | Prevalence (Bacteriological methods & Nuclic acid) & Risk factors | 350 | Both | Mean 37 years |
| Shuaib, 2018 [16] | 2018 | Cross sectional | Kassala, Red Sea & Gadarif | Suspected TB patients | Prevalence (Bacteriological methods & Nuclic acid) | 385 | Both | Median 35 years |
| Sirelkhatim, 2016 [17] | 2016 | Cross sectional | Khartoum, Red Sea & North Kordofan | Suspected TB patients | Prevalence (Bacteriological methods) & Risk factors | 243 | Both | < 15–70 years |
| Yassin, 2019 [18] | 2019 | Cross sectional | Kassala | Pregnant women | Prevalence (Bacteriological methods) & Risk factors | 149 | Female | Mean 30 years |
*Further details are not available