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The Awareness of Women on Prostate Cancer: A Mixed-Methods Systematic Review Protocol
Ebenezer Wiafe
University of KwaZulu-Natal College of Health Sciences
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Background: Prostate cancer accounts for about 10% of cancers affecting and claiming the lives of men. Studies have reported that women are better than men in recognition of the early manifestations of various cancers. Besides, women have been recognized to show a profound interest in their partners' health and hence, make observations that men don't know. Several studies have reported on the knowledge gaps of prostate cancer among patients and the general population. It is vital to comprehensively review the available evidence and identify research gaps in our current understanding of knowledge of women on prostate cancer.
Methods: A search of bibliographic databases, MEDLINE (EBSCOhost), CINAHL (EBSCOhost), PsycINFO (EBSCOhost), Web of Science, and EMBASE (Ovid) will be undertaken from January 1999 to December 2019. The search will be limited to studies published in the English language. Duplication of studies will be removed using the EndNote citation manager. After deduplication, citations will be screened independently by two authors according to prespecified criteria. Data extraction and quality assessment of the selected studies will be done independently by two authors. Meta-analytic methods will be used where appropriate. The convergent segregated method of synthesis will be adopted in this review.
Ethics and dissemination: Primary data collection will not be involved in this study, hence formal ethical clearance will not be needed. The results of the study will be presented through a peer-reviewed journal and conference presentation.
Patient and public involvement: Patients or the public will not be engaged in the conduct of this study.
Trial registration number: Open Science Framework (OSF) registration DOI: https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/EYHF2
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EBSCOhost, PsycINFO, EMBASE
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The Awareness of Women on Prostate Cancer: A Mixed-Methods Systematic Review Protocol
Ebenezer Wiafe
University of KwaZulu-Natal College of Health Sciences
Corresponding Author
ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0496-5737
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Editorial decision: Accept
On 27 Oct, 2020
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On 20 Oct, 2020
Editor invited
On 20 Oct, 2020
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Editor assigned
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Editor invited
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Editorial decision: Minor revision
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Review #1 received
Received 11 Oct, 2020
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Received 11 Oct, 2020
Editor assigned
On 07 Oct, 2020
Reviewers invited
Invitations sent on 07 Oct, 2020
Reviewer #1 agreed
On 07 Oct, 2020
Reviewer #2 agreed
On 07 Oct, 2020
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On 06 Oct, 2020
Editor invited
On 06 Oct, 2020
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Review #2 received
Received 22 Sep, 2020
Editorial decision: Major revision
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On 21 Sep, 2020
Review #1 received
Received 12 Sep, 2020
Reviewers invited
Invitations sent on 03 Sep, 2020
Reviewer #1 agreed
On 03 Sep, 2020
Editor assigned
On 02 Sep, 2020
Editor invited
On 01 Sep, 2020
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Background: Prostate cancer accounts for about 10% of cancers affecting and claiming the lives of men. Studies have reported that women are better than men in recognition of the early manifestations of various cancers. Besides, women have been recognized to show a profound interest in their partners' health and hence, make observations that men don't know. Several studies have reported on the knowledge gaps of prostate cancer among patients and the general population. It is vital to comprehensively review the available evidence and identify research gaps in our current understanding of knowledge of women on prostate cancer.
Methods: A search of bibliographic databases, MEDLINE (EBSCOhost), CINAHL (EBSCOhost), PsycINFO (EBSCOhost), Web of Science, and EMBASE (Ovid) will be undertaken from January 1999 to December 2019. The search will be limited to studies published in the English language. Duplication of studies will be removed using the EndNote citation manager. After deduplication, citations will be screened independently by two authors according to prespecified criteria. Data extraction and quality assessment of the selected studies will be done independently by two authors. Meta-analytic methods will be used where appropriate. The convergent segregated method of synthesis will be adopted in this review.
Ethics and dissemination: Primary data collection will not be involved in this study, hence formal ethical clearance will not be needed. The results of the study will be presented through a peer-reviewed journal and conference presentation.
Patient and public involvement: Patients or the public will not be engaged in the conduct of this study.
Trial registration number: Open Science Framework (OSF) registration DOI: https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/EYHF2