Table 2.
Number of articles excluded by reason
| Database | Search results | Date | Title | Abstract | Language | Final no. of articles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ovid | 301 | 163 | 57 | 5 | 0 | 19 |
| PubMed | 170 | 38 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Cochrane | 29 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Scopus | 598 | 257 | 273 | 25 | 1 | 32 |
| CINAHL | 75 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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