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Table 1

Articles identified for the research study.

Research question	Total number of references retrieved	Number of studies after excluding duplicates	Number of abstracts screened	Number of studies after abstracts were screened	Number of full texts screened	Number of selected studies	Final number of relevant studies
RQ1	285	242	242	82	70	64	64
RQ2	160	132	102	55	7	6	6
RQ3	23	16	13	10	6	4	3
Total	468	390	357	147	83	74	73