Table 1. Characteristic of included studies in the review.
| Study characteristic | No (%) of the studies (n = 70) |
|---|---|
| Year 1994–1999 [15] 2000–2004 [16–22] 2005–2009 [23–33] 2010–2014 [13, 14, 34–57] 2015–2019 [58–82] |
1 (1.4) 7 (10.0) 11 (15.71) 26 (36.61) 25 (35.71) |
| Participant number <50 [13, 15, 16, 26, 31, 60, 61, 74, 78] 50-<200 [19, 20, 22, 30, 32, 38, 49, 56, 70] 200-<500 [21, 23, 25, 34, 39, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50, 51, 53, 57–59, 64, 66, 68, 69, 71, 72, 79, 82] 500-<1,000 [17, 27, 28, 33, 36, 37, 52, 55, 73, 76, 77, 81] >1,000 [14, 18, 24, 29, 35, 40, 41, 43, 45, 47, 54, 62, 63, 65, 67, 75, 80] |
9 (12.85) 9 (12.85) 23 (32.85) 12 (17.14) 17 (24.28) |
| Type of study Qualitative [13, 15, 16, 26, 31, 56, 60, 61, 74, 78] Quantitative [14, 17–25, 27–30, 32–55, 57–59, 62–73, 75–77, 79–82] |
10 (14.29) 60 (85.71) |
| Country Afghanistan [56] Bangladesh [63] Emirates [16, 18] China [14, 15, 19, 21, 31, 32, 36, 42, 45, 47, 65] India [64] Iran [26, 39, 48–53, 55, 61, 66, 68–70, 74, 76, 79] Iraq [13, 71] Japan [43, 67] Jordan [20, 37, 81] Korea [22, 23, 30, 40, 41] Kuwait [60] Lebanon [72] Malaysia [17, 34, 38, 46, 75] Pakistan [59] Qatar [35, 54] Saudi [24, 28, 58, 62, 73, 77, 80] Singapore [57] Turkey [25, 27, 29, 44, 78, 82] Multi-region [33] |
1 (1.42) 1 (1.42) 2 (2.85) 11 (15.71) 1 (1.42) 17 (24.28) 2 (2.85) 2 (2.85) 3 (4.28) 5 (7.14) 1 (1.42) 1 (1.42) 5 (7.14) 1 (1.42) 2 (2.85) 7 (10.0) 1 (1.42) 6 (8.57) 1 (1.42) |
| Setting Urban [13, 15–20, 23–28, 32, 34, 36, 38, 42–44, 46–48, 50–53, 55–61, 64, 66, 68–72, 74–76, 79] Rural (29, 65) Urban and rural [14, 30, 35, 37, 39–41, 45, 54, 62, 63, 67, 73, 77, 78, 80, 81] NM [21, 22, 31, 33, 49, 82] |
45 (64.28) 2 (2.85) 17 (24.28) 6 (8.57) |
| Screening method Mammography [15–17, 20, 23, 30, 31, 33, 34, 36–39, 41, 42, 44, 47–53, 55, 57, 59–62, 64, 66, 67, 69, 70, 74–76, 79, 81, 82] Breast self-exam and mammography [26–29, 58, 77] Clinical and mammography [13, 14, 46, 56, 63, 73] Breast self-exam and mammography and CBE [18, 19, 21, 22, 24, 25, 32, 35, 40, 43, 45, 54, 65, 68, 71, 72, 78, 80] |
40 (57.14) 6 (8.57) 6 (8.57) 18 (25.71) |