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. 2022 Sep 16;10(9):1543. doi: 10.3390/vaccines10091543

Table 1.

PICOTS (population, interventions, comparisons, outcomes, timing, and setting) criteria for the systematic literature review.

Inclusion Criteria Exclusion Criteria
Populations People of any age, from any country, considered at high risk for HPV-related disease, including:∙
  • People with recurrent respiratory papillomatosis∙

  • Women with pre-existing HPV-related anogenital disease∙

  • Men who have sex with men∙

  • Immunocompromised or immunosuppressed individuals, including those positive for HIV or who have received immunosuppressive treatments (such as those receiving transplants)∙

  • Transgender and non-binary individuals∙

  • Sex workers

People not in one of the identified high-risk populations
Interventions HPV vaccination Use of 2vHPV in >50% of vaccinated subjects
Comparisons No vaccine (effectiveness)
Before vaccination programs implemented (impact)
Outcomes Incidence or prevalence of genital warts or HPV-related precancer or cancer, including:∙
  • Genital warts∙

  • Precancers or cancer of the cervix (including low- and high-grade cervical lesions)∙

  • Precancers or cancer of other anogenital regions (including vulva, vagina, penis, or anus)∙

  • Precancers or cancer of the oral cavity, larynx, or oropharyngeal regions∙

  • Recurrent respiratory papillomatosis

Patient-reported outcomes (e.g., quality of life, satisfaction)
Economic outcomes (e.g., cost-effectiveness, budget impact)
Population level incidence/prevalence of Juvenile onset RRP (JoRRP vaccine impact studies)
Time Conference abstracts: 1 January 2018 to present
Articles: any time
Conference abstracts published before 2018
Study design Observational studies using real-world data (e.g., longitudinal survey, medical records, registry)
Systematic reviews (for identification of primary studies only)
Randomized trials, including long-term follow-up studies of clinical trial cohorts
Decision Analytic and cost-effectiveness modeling/simulation studies
Non-systematic reviews
Editorials, comments, notes
Case studies
Clinical practice guidelines
Other English language Non-English language

HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; HPV, human papillomavirus; 2vHPV, bivalent HPV vaccine; 4vHPV, quadrivalent HPV vaccine; 9vHPV, nonavalent HPV vaccine.