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. 2024 Oct 9;10:e53828. doi: 10.2196/53828

Table 1. Study inclusion/exclusion criteria.

Criteria Inclusion Exclusion
Article type
  • Clinical trials

  • Observational designs (eg, cohort study, case-control study)

  • Modeling approach (eg, economic evaluation)

  • Abstracts without full text

  • Studies with small samples (eg, case reports)

  • Studies with no primary evidence (eg, reviews, commentaries, editorials, or letters)

Language
  • English

  • Other languages

PICOa eligibility
Population
  • Humans

  • All ages

  • All sexes

  • Patients with community-acquired urinary tract infections

  • Animals

  • Environmental studies

  • Patients with health care–associated urinary tract infections

  • Patients with infections from other locations

Intervention/exposure
  • Infected by antibiotic-susceptible bacteria

  • Infected by antifungal-susceptible fungi

  • Infected by virus

  • Infected parasites

Comparison/control
  • Infected by antibiotic nonsusceptible/resistant bacteria

  • Infected by antifungal nonsusceptible/resistant fungi

  • Infected by virus

  • Infected parasites

Outcomes
  • Mortality

  • Hospital length of stay

  • Direct and indirect medical costs

  • Other outcomes (eg, patient satisfaction)

a

PICO: Patient/Population, Intervention, Comparison, and Outcomes.