Review Article
Prevalence of Severe Depression in Iranian Women with Breast Cancer: A Meta-Analysis
| | Databases | Search strategy | Preliminary searches | Piloting of the study selection process | Formal screening of search results against eligibility criteria |
| | PubMed | ((cancer OR tumor) AND (breast neoplasm) AND (depression OR depressive disorders) AND (women) AND (Iran)) | 14 | 7 | 4 | | Scopus | ALL(cancer) AND TITLE-ABS-KEY(“breast neoplasm”) AND TITLE-ABS-KEY (depression) TITLE-ABS-KEY(women) AND TITLE-ABS-KEY (Iran) | 10 | 5 | 4 | | Web of Science | (ALL=(cancer OR tumor) AND ALL=(breast neoplasm) AND ALL=(depression OR depressive disorders) AND ALL=)women AND ALL= Iran)) | 4 | 3 | 1 | | Science Direct | (cancer) AND (“breast neoplasms”) AND (depression) AND women AND Iran | 9 | 7 | 2 | | PsycINFO | “(cancer) AND (breast) AND (depression) AND (women) AND (Iran)” | 1 | 1 | 0 | | Google Scholar | “Breast Neoplasms” AND “depression” AND “Cancer” AND “Women” AND “Iran” | 27 | 19 | 7 | | SID | (cancer) AND (breast) AND (depression) AND (women) AND (Iran) | 34 | 25 | 5 | | Magiran | (cancer) AND (breast) AND (depression) AND (women) AND (Iran) | 26 | 15 | 7 |
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Note: exclusion based on relevancy to present study; exclusion based on duplicate and study criteria. |
