Table 4.

Descriptive summary of cross-sectional studies included in the systematic review of the prevalence of intestinal obstruction in Ethiopia.

References	Study design	Study setting	Participants	Sample size	No. of events	%
Adem et al. 9	Cross-sectional	Addis Ababa	Mixed	5353	229	10.8
Ayenew et al. 17	Cross-sectional	Oromia region	Mixed	295	118	40
Gebre et al. 23	Cross-sectional	SNNP	Mixed	171	48	28
Gebre et al. 21	Cross-sectional	Tigray region	Mixed	166	31	18.6
Gebresillaise et al. 22	Cross-sectional	Addis Ababa	Mixed	9521	40	4.3
Hagos et al. 25	Cross-sectional	Tigray region	Adult	299	96	28.7
Hanks et al. 26	Cross-sectional	Addis Ababa	Adult	328	56	17
Kotisso et al. 28	Cross-sectional	Addis Ababa	Adult	235	62	26
Melkie et al. 30	Cross-sectional	Dire Dawa	Mixed	304	115	37.8
Muleta et al. 32	Cross-sectional	Addis Ababa	Adult	7117	525	17.1
Pawlos et al. 34	Cross-sectional	SNNP	Mixed	270	122	49.3
Soressa et al. 35	Cross-sectional	Oromia region	Mixed	1200	242	21.8
Takele et al. 10	Cross-sectional	Tigray region	Mixed	439	164	37.3
Tamirat et al. 36	Cross-sectional	Addis Ababa and Amhara region	Mixed	504	184	34.6
Tasew et al. 37	Cross-sectional	Oromia region	Adult	299	117	39.1
Wondimu et al. 38	Cross-sectional	Addis Ababa	Mixed	8698	190	4.7
Yohannes et al. 40	Cross-sectional	Amhara region	Mixed	357	181	50.7

SNNP: Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples.