Table 2.

Characteristics of the included studies for DTF.

Author	Year	Country	Population	M/F	DTF
					Success			Failure
					Mean	SD	N	Mean	SD	N
Abdelwahed et al. (13)	2019	Egypt	65	40/25	49.48	12.5	51	27.83	9.95	14
Alam et al. (14)	2022	Bangladesh	31	19/12	22.34	2.73	18	14.74	6.89	13
Elshazly et al. (15)	2020	Egypt	62	NR	33.52	14.51	34	18.57	9.37	28
Eltrabili et al. (16)	2019	Egypt	35	16/19	43.43	7.35	17	22.31	13.37	13
Farghaly et al. (17)	2017	Egypt	54	31/23	60.49	35.60	40	47.43	51.64	14
Ferrari et al. (18)	2014	Italy	46	34/12	52.43	20.27	29	26	6.46	17
Kaur et al. (20)	2022	India	50	NR	36.57	8.22	31	19.26	3.49	19
Li et al. (21)	2021	China	101	42/59	49.48	12.5	69	27.83	9.95	32
Lin et al. (22)	2024	China	79	69/10	35	7.8	57	28.7	8.1	22
Osman et al. (23)	2017	Egypt	68	NR	33.50	1.56	50	23.11	4.11	18
Sabetian et al. (25)	2024	Iran	50	39/11	51.99	21.33	26	48.33	11.55	24
Theerawit et al. (10)	2018	Thailand	52	38/14	37	14	51	28	13	11
Yoo et al. (26)	2018	Korea	60	42/18	40.40	28.44	47	24.06	25.49	13