Table 1.
Study descriptor table.
| References | Study design | Data source | Area | Participants size | Participants type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abdoh (13) | CSS | Semi-structured phone interviews and online survey | Saudi Arabia | 319 (48.0 % female) | University students |
| Bak et al. (14) | CSS | Survey questionnaire | Denmark | 1,518 (83.4% female) | University students |
| Dadaczynski et al. (15) | CSS | Survey questionnaire | Germany | 14,916 | University students |
| Hsu (16) | CSS | Survey questionnaire | Taiwan | 101 | University students |
| Htay et al. (17) | Web-based CSS study | Survey questionnaire | China, Malaysia, and the Philippines. | 5,302 (75% were female) | University students |
| Mangono et al. (18) | LS | Google trends data | United States | N/A | Internet users |
| Neely et al. (19) | CSS | Web-based survey | United States | 1,003 (51.2%) | Social networking site users |
| Rew et al. (20) | CSS | Google trends data | India | N/A | General population |
| Rosário et al. (21) | CSS | COVID-HL survey data | Portugal | 3.084 students (75.7% women) | University students |
| Rovetta and Bhagavathula (22) | CSS | Google trends data | Italy | N/A | N/A |
| Vrdelja et al. (23) | CSS | Survey questionnaire | Slovenia | 3,621 (70% female) | University students |
| Zakar et al. (24) | CSS | Web-based interviews | Pakistan | 1,747 (52.7% female) | University students |
| Zhang et al. (25) | CSS | Questionnaires | China | 219 (61.2% female) | Social media users |
| Zhao and Basnyat (26) | CSS | Data from Weibo | China | 1,496 | General public |
| Zhao et al. (27) | CSS | Data from Weibo | China | 1,496 | General public |
CSS, cross-sectional study; LS, Longitudinal study.