Table 1 The characteristics of the selected articles for meta-analysis
First author | Year of publication | Sample size | Place of study | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Taragijah [23] | 2017 | 200 | Tabriz | Persian |
Molaei [24] | 2016 | 300 | Tehran | English |
Goodarzimehr [25] | 2016 | 100 | Babol | English |
Sadeghi [22] | 2016 | 714 | Rasht | English |
Etemadnia [26] | 2015 | 153 | Tonekabon | English |
Khademi [1] | 2015 | 400 | Ahvaz | Persian |
Ashoori [16] | 2014 | 130 | Tehran | Persian |
Ghorbanzadeh [7] | 2013 | 150 | Ardabil | Persian |
Javadmehr [27] | 2013 | 70 | – | English |
Sadeghi [28] | 2012 | 278 | Rasht | English |
Yasemini [21] | 2011 | 43 | – | Persian |
Razeghi [29] | 2011 | 200 | Tehran | Persian |
Amiri [30] | 2011 | 100 | Mashhad | Persian |
Razavieh [31] | 2011 | 112 | Shiraz | Persian |
Gholizadeh [12] | 2010 | 160 | Tabriz | Persian |
Janati Jahromi [2] | 2010 | 200 | Kazerun | Persian |
Ahadi [32] | 2007 | 400 | Tehran | Persian |
Attari [33] | 2006 | 339 | Ahvaz | Persian |