Table 1. Review inclusion criteria using the PICOS framework.
Participants | Men without a diagnosis of a testicular disorder |
Interventions | Educational/health promotion intervention/programme |
Comparisons | The effect of intervention compared to baseline and/or control conditions i.e. alternative intervention(s)
or no intervention |
Outcomes
(primary) |
(i) Knowledge and awareness of testicular disorders and/or self-examination
(ii) Behaviours and/or intentions to examine/feel own testes (iii) Help-seeking behaviours and/or intentions for testicular symptoms |
Study design | Any experimental design (i.e. randomised controlled trial, non-randomised controlled trial, pre-post
study design with one or more groups, and post-test only study design with one or more groups) and structured reviews of interventions (i.e. systematic and integrative reviews) |