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. 2021 Aug 11;24(5):1667–1688. doi: 10.1007/s10796-021-10170-4

Table 7.

Articles involved in the meta-analysis

Study Sample size Country/region Economic development level
Zou (2018) 402 China developing
Rhee (2006) 687 America developed
Li et al. (2016) 264 China developing
Dodoo and Wu (2019) 249 America developed
Lin et al. (2018) 505 Taiwan developed
Hasim et al. (2018) 397 Malaysia developing
Suhud and Herstanti (2017) 322 Indonesia developing
Yiğit and Tığlı (2018) 515 Turkey developing
Lin and Lo et al. (2016) 216 Taiwan developed
Varghaeian et al. (2019) 385 Iran developing
Longdong and Pangemanan (2015) 60 Indonesia developing
Akram, Hui, Khan, Tanveer, Mehmood, and Ahmad (2018a) 1161 China developing
Liu et al. (2018) 385 China developing
Verhagen and Dolen (2011) 532 Holland developed
Wells et al. (2011) 223 America developed
Turkyilmaz et al. (2015) 612 Turkey developing
Vonkeman et al. (2017) 212 Holland developed
Shen and Khalifa (2012) 151 The United Arab Emirates developing
Rezaei et al. (2016) 405 Malaysia developing
Moran et al. (2015) 156 America developed
Liao et al. (2016) 120 Taiwan developed
Lin and Chuan (2013) 115 America developed
Zhang et al. (2014) 315 China developing
Liu et al. (2013) 318 China developing
Park et al. (2012) 356 South Korea developed
Ku and Chen (2019) 888 Taiwan developed
Akram, Hui, Khan, Yan, Tanveer, and Hashim (2018c) 483 China developing
Xiang et al. (2016) 248 China developing
Zafar et al. (2019) 452 Pakistan developing
Zheng et al. (2019) 252 China developing
Liu et al. (2019) 430 China developing
Chen and Yao (2018) 401 Taiwan developed
Guo et al. (2017) 182 China developing
Tan (2009) 210 China developing
Han (2014) 310 China developing
Yao (2016) 329 China developing
Wang et al. (2013) 200 China developing
Luo (2019) 222 China developing
Huang and Zhang (2019) 449 China developing
He (2012) 218 China developing
Liu (2017) 373 China developing
Xu and Xu (2016) 166 China developing
Lu (2013) 209 China developing
Luo (2018) 327 China developing
Wei and Cheng (2012) 221 China developing
Wu et al. (2012) 253 China developing
Zhao et al. (2014) 214 China developing
Zhang and Wei (2019) 332 China developing
Gao (2019) 513 China developing
Wu et al. (2020) 422 Malaysia developing
Sari and Hermawati (2020) 300 Indonesia developing
Gupta (2020) 416 India developing
Akram, Hui, Khan, Yan, and Akram (2018b) 671 China developing
Zhuang (2015) 331 China developing