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Algorithm 1: The steps followed to complete the review as per the PRISMA guideline. |
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Formulating review questions: The first step in conducting a systematic review is to identify and formulate the review questions.
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Generating search queries: After formulating the review questions, relevant keywords are selected to generate search queries that will yield suitable results.
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Selecting electronic databases: Once the search queries have been created, appropriate electronic databases are identified and selected to perform the search.
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Defining inclusion and exclusion criteria: Inclusion and exclusion criteria are set and defined to ensure that the retrieved articles are relevant to the review questions.
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Filtering irrelevant articles: Titles and abstracts of the retrieved articles are screened to eliminate duplicates and irrelevant articles from the pool of papers.
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Analyzing relevant articles: The remaining articles are analyzed using all the filtering techniques in accordance with the review questions.
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Reporting and evaluating the systematic review: Finally, the systematic review is reported and evaluated based on the results obtained from the analyzed articles.
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