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1Department of Preventive Medicine, Chosun University College of Medicine, Gwangju, Korea
2Department of Internal Medicine, Chosun University College of Medicine, Gwangju, Korea
3Department of Urology, Chonnam National University Medical School, Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital, Hwasun, Korea
4Department of Urology, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea
5Center of Evidence Based Medicine, Institute of Convergence Science, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
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CONFLICT OF INTEREST
The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare for this study.
FUNDING
This research was supported by the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF), funded by the Ministry of Education (2021R1I1A3041301) and the Ministry of Science and ICT (NRF-2022R1A5A2030454).
AUTHOR CONTRIBUTIONS
Conceptualization: Han MA, Kim SJ, Hwang EC, Jung JH. Data curation: Han MA, Kim SJ, Hwang EC, Jung JH. Formal analysis: Han MA. Funding acquisition: Han MA. Methodology: Han MA, Kim SJ, Hwang EC, Jung JH. Project administration: Han MA, Kim SJ, Hwang EC, Jung JH. Visualization: Han MA. Writing – original draft: Han MA. Writing – review & editing: Han MA, Kim SJ, Hwang EC, Jung JH.
Characteristics | Hsu 2018 [6] | Park 2018 [7] | Kulthanan 2019 [8] | Ashe 2021 [9] | Kim 2021 [10] |
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Publication year | 2018 | 2018 | 2019 | 2021 | 2021 |
International collaborative authorship | Other countries only | Korea only | Other countries only | Other countries only | Korea & other countries |
Language of publication | English | English | English | English | English |
Type of question | Intervention | Intervention | Prognosis | Intervention | Intervention |
Type of included studies | RCTs only | Both | Both | RCTs only | Both |
Total no. of primary studies included | 13 | 30 | 13 | 11 | 11 |
Total no. of participants included | 65,812 | NR | 604 | 723 | NR |
Type of intervention/exposure | Therapeutic clinical intervention | Therapeutic clinical intervention | Others | Health behavior | Therapeutic clinical intervention |
Type of outcome | Morbidity | Symptoms | Others | Morbidity | Biophysical status |
Meta-analysis | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
Adherence to reporting guideline (e.g., PRISMA) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Protocol registration or publication | No | No | No | No | No |