Table 4.
Characteristics of included reviews: data sources and number of studies
| Reference | Search period | Databases searched | Number of included studies | Country of origin | Language | Quality assessment tool used |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afram et al. (2015) | Inception—Sept 2013 |
CINAHL Cochrane MEDLINE PsycINFO PubMed Web of knowledge |
13 | Netherlands |
English Dutch German |
Checklist by Bunn et al. (Bunn et al. 2012) |
| Johl et al. (2016) | 2005–2013 |
PsycARTICLES MEDLINE CINAHL PsycINFO Web of knowledge Scopus |
8 | United Kingdom | Not reported | Not reported |
| Khanassov et al. (2016) | Inception—Oct 2014 |
MEDLINE PsycINFO EMBASE |
46 | Canada |
English French Russian |
MMAT |
| McCabe et al. (2016) | 2000–Sept 2015 |
MEDLINE CINAHL PsycINFO Web of Science Scopus |
12 | Australia | English | CASP tool (Long et al. 2020) |
| Millenaar et al. (2016) | Inception—Nov 2013 |
PubMed CINAHL PsycINFO |
27 | Netherlands |
English Dutch French German |
Quality checklists of Mallen et al. (Mallen et al. 2006) and Walsh and Downe (Walsh and Downe 2006) |
| Waligora et al. (2018) | Jan 2000–Feb 2017 |
CINAHL PubMed Web of Science Scopus |
29 | USA | English | Joanna Briggs critical appraisal tool (The Joanna Briggs Institute 2015) |
CASP Critical appraisal skills program; MMAT Mixed methods appraisal tool