Table 2.

Design of studies included in the scoping review.

Level of evidence	Study design	Articles, n
I	Randomized controlled trials	60
II	Nonrandomized experimental studies (quasi-experimental, pre-post, and cohort)	34
III	Cross-sectional, longitudinal surveys, and mixed method study with nonexperimental quantitative part	27
IV	Descriptive, case studies, and qualitative studies	30