MHealth Interventions to Improve Cancer Screening and Early Detection: Scoping Review of Reviews.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cancer screening provision in resource-constrained settings tends to be opportunistic, and uptake tends to be low, leading to delayed presentation and treatment and poor survival.

Objective

The aim of this study was to identify, review, map, and summarize findings from different types of literature reviews on the use of mobile health (mHealth) technologies to improve the uptake of cancer screening.

Methods

The review methodology was guided by the PRISMA-ScR (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews). Ovid MEDLINE, PyscINFO, and Embase were searched from inception to May 2021. The eligible criteria included reviews that focused on studies of interventions that used mobile phone devices to promote and de

SUBMITTER: Schliemann D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9425170 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature