Table 6.

A list of reviews on quality of life in different nations/races (2008–2018)

Authors [References]	Year	Main focus	Description/analysis	No. of databases	No. of included studies	Performed QA	Risk of bias assessment	Result(s)
Russell et al. [84]	2008	QOL of African American and white survivors	Review	4	26 qualitative and quantitative	No	No	QOL was different in two groups. Overall global quality of life was favorable in both African American and white survivors
Delgado-Sanz et al. [85]	2011	QOL in Spanish BC patients	Systematic review	8	25	Yes	No	Research into health-related quality of life of breast-cancer patients is a little developed
Yanez et al. [86]	2011	QOL among Latina breast cancer patients	Systematic review	2	22 qualitative and quantitative	No	No	Latina BCS on average experience worse QOL than non-Latina Whites
Deshpande et al. [87]	2013	QOL outcomes in Indian	Review	NA	NA	No	No	Clinical pharmacists may give the major support to Indian healthcare system in future
Mollica et al. [88]	2015	QOL in African American breast cancer survivors	Integrative literature review	5	19	Yes	No	Researchers must focus on factors from a multi-domain perspective to truly understand the varied dimensions influencing QOL
Haddou Rahou et al. [89]	2016	QOL in Arab women	Systematic review	5	13 qualitative and quantitative studies	Yes	No	Good scores of global health were recorded at Arab women compared to other countries. There was a difference in QOL scores and its associated factors among Arab women from different nations
Ho et al. [90]	2018	QOL in Asian patients	Systematic review	3	57	Yes	No	Patients with comorbidities and those treated with chemotherapy, with less social support and with more unmet needs, have poorer HRQOL
Bouya et al. [91]	2018	QOL of Iranian patients	Systematic review and Meta-analysis	4	18	Yes	No	Moderate level of QOL in patients was indicated

QA quality appraisal, NA not available, QOL quality of life, BCS breast cancer survivors