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. 2023 Sep 29;11:1226779. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1226779

Table 1.

Detailed search strategies for study selection.

Data base and date of research Research equation Results Read abstracts Selected Exclusion criteria
6.11.22
Pubmed		 Sex workers [AND] cervical cancer screening [AND] implementation 6 3 2

  • Articles about IST/HPV prevalence (2)

  • Articles not about CC screening (2)

Total eliminated based on title: 3
6.11.22
Pubmed		 Sex workers [AND] cervical screening uptake 11 6 2

  • Duplicates (3)

  • Articles not about FSWs (2)

  • Article about HPV vaccination in the general population (1)

  • Article not about CC (1)

  • Articles not about CC screening interventions (4)

Total eliminated based on title: 5
8.11.22
Pubmed		 Primary cervical cancer screening [AND] sex workers 8 4 1

  • Articles not about FSWs (3)

  • Articles not about CC screening (3)

  • Articles about HPV prevalence (2)

Total eliminated based on title: 4
9.11.22
Pubmed		 Screen and treat [AND] cervical cancer [AND] sex workers 34 5 2

  • Duplicates (13)

  • Articles not about FSWs (9)

  • Articles not about CC screening interventions (3)

  • Articles about HPV prevalence (5)

  • Article not about CC (1)

  • Systematic review (1)

Total eliminated based on title: 29
11.11.22
Pubmed		 Screen and treat [AND] prostitutes [AND] cervical cancer 68 7 1

  • Duplicates (28)

  • Articles not about FSWs (15)

  • Articles not about CC screening interventions (12)

  • Articles about HPV prevalence (2)

  • Articles not about CC (10)

Total eliminated based on title: 61
13.11.22
Pubmed		 Human papillomavirus [AND] screening [AND] sex workers 61 5 0

  • Duplicates (18)

  • Articles not about FSWs (16)

  • Articles not about CC screening interventions (6)

  • Articles about HPV prevalence (15)

  • Articles not about CC (2)

  • Articles about comparison between two tests to detect HPV (4)

Total eliminated based on title: 56
16.11.22
Google Scholar
(Filter: First 10 pages)		 Cervical cancer screening programs which worked for sex workers 6,790,000
(100 screened)		 37 1

  • Duplicates (26)

  • Articles not about FSWs (43)

  • Articles not about CC screening interventions (23)

  • Articles about HPV prevalence (2)

  • Article not about CC (1)

  • No full text available (4)

Total eliminated based on title: 63
1.12.22
Pubmed
(Filter: Since 2005)		 Sex workers [AND] sexual and reproductive services 337 84 4

  • Duplicates (30)

  • Articles not about FSWs (137)

  • Articles not about CC screening interventions (19)

  • Articles not about CC (131)

  • Study protocol only (2)

  • Articles about barriers (14)

Total eliminated based on title: 253
13.12.22
Pubmed		 HPV [OR] human papillomavirus [AND] screening [AND] sex workers 78 5 0

  • Duplicates (32)

  • Articles not about FSWs (21)

  • Articles about HPV prevalence (18)

  • Articles not about CC (3)

  • Article about HPV vaccination (1)

  • Articles about knowledge regarding HPV (2)

  • No full text available (1)

Total eliminated based on title: 73
14.12.22
Swisscovery		 Cervical cancer screening programs targeting sex workers 1,095 169 0

  • Duplicates (135)

  • Articles not about FSWs (348)

  • Articles about HPV prevalence (13)

  • Articles not about CC (510)

  • Articles not about CC screening interventions (17)

  • Articles about HPV vaccination (61)

  • Articles about HPV knowledge (8)

  • Articles about comparison between two tests to detect HPV (1)

  • No full text available (2)

Total eliminated based on title: 926