Dropout Rate in Digital Health Interventions for the Prevention of Skin Cancer: Systematic Review, Meta-analysis, and Metaregression.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Digital strategies are innovative approaches to the prevention of skin cancer, but the attrition following this kind of intervention needs to be analyzed.

Objective

The aim of this paper is to assess the dropouts from studies focused on digital strategies for the prevention of skin cancer.

Methods

We conducted this systematic review with meta-analyses and metaregression according to the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) statements. Search terms for skin cancer, digital strategies, and prevention were combined to search PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, CINAHL, and Cochrane Library from inception until July 2022. Randomized clinical trials that reported dropouts of participants and compared digital strategies with othe

SUBMITTER: Hernandez-Rodriguez JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9789500 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature