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. 2021 Aug 13;23(8):e25002. doi: 10.2196/25002

Table 2.

Characteristics of the included articles.

General characteristics Value
Unique PROMsa identified, n 238
Unique countries identified, n 53b
Unique languages identified, n 35c
Sample size,d n (%)

<30 6 (2.42)

30-49 6 (2.42)

50-99 24 (9.68)

>100 203 (81.85)
Mean aged (years), n (%)

30-39 3 (1.21)

40-49 10 (4.03)

50-59 108 (43.55)

60-69 80 (32.26)

≥70 11 (4.44)
Proportion of males,e n (%)

<0.5 114 (45.97)

0.5 < x <0.6 83 (33.47)

0.6 < x < 0.7 25 (10.08)

0.7 < x < 0.8 3 (1.21)

0.8 < x < 0.9 2 (0.81)
Disease characteristics: disease duration (years),e n (%)

0 < mean disease duration < 10 73 (29.44)

10 < mean disease duration < 20 67 (27.02)

20 < mean disease duration < 30 1 (0.40)

aPROMs: patient-reported outcome measures.

bSome countries were not reported.

cSome languages were not reported.

dInclusive of multiple studies reported on the same sample.

eSome values were reported as median and range or were not reported.