Emotional impact of screening: a systematic review and meta-analysis

BMC Public Health

Table 2 Analysis of emotional impact of screening

Measure	Time	Comparison	k	n	Z	p	SMD	95%CI	I²
Anxiety	< 4 weeks	Screened vs. Not-Screened	1	61	1.76	0.08	-0.50	-1.06 to 0.06	-
	> 4 weeks	Screened vs. Not-Screened	5	5190	0.10	0.92	0.01	-0.10 to 0.11	58%
	< 4 weeks	Screen +ve vs. Screen -ve	2	2511	1.44	0.15	0.06	-0.02 to 0.14	0%
	> 4 weeks	Screen +ve vs. Screen -ve	2	1273	0.20	0.84	-0.05	-0.53 to 0.44	64%
Depression	< 4 weeks	Screened vs. Not-Screened	1	61	1.74	0.08	-0.50	-1.05 to 0.06	-
	> 4 weeks	Screened vs. Not-Screened	4	4342	0.46	0.65	0.04	-0.12 to 0.20	73%
	< 4 weeks	Screen +ve vs. Screen -ve	2	3204	1.86	0.06	0.07	0.00 to 0.14	0%
	> 4 weeks	Screen +ve vs. Screen -ve	2	1273	1.37	0.17	0.08	-0.03 to 0.19	0%
QoL Mental	> 4 weeks	Screened vs. Not-Screened	5	14,199	0.57	0.57	0.01	-0.02 to 0.04	88%
	> 4 weeks	Screen +ve vs. Screen -ve	2	1379	0.24	0.81	0.06	-0.45 to 0.57	0%
QoL Self-Assessed Health	> 4 weeks	Screened vs. Not-Screened	4	15,199	0.18	0.85	0.00	-0.04 to 0.03	0%

Note. CI = Confidence Interval; SMD = Standardised Mean Difference; I² = homogeneity test; k = number of studies contributing to meta-analyses.

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