Fig. 1
Flowchart of study selection. 1PubMed: #1: randomized controlled trial[pt] OR controlled clinical trial[pt] OR randomized[tiab] OR randomly[tiab] OR clinical trials as topic[MeSH: noexp] OR trial[tiab] OR groups[tiab]; #2: female genital neoplasms[MeSH]; #3: gyn?ecologi* OR Female genital OR ovar* OR fallopian tube OR uter* OR corpus OR endometri* OR cervi* OR vagin* OR vulv*; #4: cancer* OR carcinoma* OR sarcoma* OR malignan* OR neoplas* OR oncolog* OR tumor* OR tumour* OR adenocarcinoma* OR melanoma* OR dsyplas* OR papillomavirus infection [MeSH]: #5: 3 AND 4; #6: 2 OR 5; #7: nursing[MeSH] OR nurses[MeSH] OR nurs*; #8: counseling[MeSH] OR teaching materials[MeSH] OR patient education as topic[MeSH] OR self care[MeSH] OR education[MeSH] OR pamphlet[MeSH] OR [health promotion[MeSH] OR telephone[MeSH] OR counsel* OR “patient education” OR “self management” OR symptom management” OR “self care” OR inform* OR support* OR advice* OR consult* OR session* OR workshop* OR nurse management OR specialized OR specialized OR (psychosocial AND(intervention* OR support* OR program*)); #9: 8 OR 9; #10: 1 AND 6 AND 10. 2The PubMed search strategy (see above) was adjusted to the database interfaces of Cochrane, Ovid, and EBSCO