Table 1 Characteristic of the included articles
First author | Year of data collection | Age | Experience | N (Total) | Prevalence (MEs) | Prevalence of report MEs | N(hospital) | Female/male | Quality | United |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Salmani et al [52] | 2015 | 31.5 | 6.8 | 71 | 47.9 | - | 5 | - | Medium | Yazd |
Cheraghi et al [59] | 2011 | 33 | 4 | 64 | 73.4 | 42.5 | 1 | 8.1 | Medium | Tehran |
Mirzaei et al [48] | 2012 | 31.1 | - | 96 | 79.2 | 28.9 | 1 | 2.7 | Medium | Kermanshah |
Pournamdar et al [60] | 2016 | 28.9 | - | 119 | 72.3 | - | - | 5.6 | Medium | Zahedan |
Fathi et al [28] | 2016 | 31.9 | 5.5 | 500 | 17 | 55 | 7 | 1.9 | High | Kermanshah |
Salmani et al [36] | 2015 | 32.7 | - | 63 | 71.4 | - | - | - | Low | Yazd |
Cheragi et al [61] | 2009 | - | - | 237 | 64.5 | 42.5 | 1 | 2 | Medium | Tehran |
Piroozi et al [37] | 2016 | - | 5.6 | 366 | 10 | - | 6 | 2.8 | High | Kurdistan |
Miladinia et al [62] | 2014 | 31 | 6.4 | 53 | 58.5 | - | 5 | 3.4 | Low | Ahwaz |
Yeke zaree et al [35] | 2015 | 31.7 | - | 379 | 29 | - | 16 | - | High | Tehran |
Saremi et al [34] | 2012 | 38.3 | 13.3 | 150 | 34.8 | - | 1 | - | Medium | Tehran |
Mohammad-Nejad et al [63] | 2011 | 27.7 | 7.3 | 94 | 44.6 | 27.3 | 1 | 6.8 | Medium | Tehran |
Shams et al [64] | 2011 | 34.5 | - | 350 | 28.9 | 14.4 | - | 2.8 | High | West-Azarbaijan |
Musarezaie et al [65] | 2012 | - | - | 280 | 20 | 13.6 | - | 5.6 | High | Isfahan |
Ebrahimpour et al [66] | 2013 | 30.7 | 8.2 | 150 | 40.8 | 82 | 4 | 6.5 | Medium | Qazvin |
Taheri et al [33] | 2011 | 31.9 | - | 119 | 88.2 | - | 5 | - | Medium | Tehran |
Ramazani et al [32] | 2014 | 31.6 | - | 180 | 80 | - | 10 | - | Medium | Yazd |
Gholipour et al [67] | 2014 | 30.3 | 5 | 120 | 85.8 | - | 1 | 8.2 | Medium | West-Azarbaijan |
Farzi et al [1] | 2014 | 36 | 10.7 | 235 | 80 | 72 | - | 2.8 | High | Isfahan |
Mosakazemi et al** [68] | 2016 | 27 | - | 106 | 72.6 | 10.6 | 2 | 2.1 | Medium | Shiraz |
Farajzadeh et al [40] | 2018 | 31 | 7.7 | 210 | 49.6 | - | 1 | 1.8 | Medium | Kurdistan |
Geravandi et al** [69] | 2014 | - | - | 88 | 60 | - | 1 | 7.8 | Medium | Ahwaz |
Sabzi et al [31] | 2017 | - | - | 91 | 59.6 | - | 1 | - | Medium | Golestan |
Mirzaei-Alavijeh et al [70] | 2013 | 29.7 | 7 | 58 | 22.4 | - | 6 | 0.7 | Low | Kermanshah |
Bagheri et al [49] | 2017 | 34 | 10.7 | 105 | 33.3 | - | - | 2.2 | Medium | Yazd |
Dehvan et al [71] | 2015 | - | - | 56 | 69.5 | - | - | 13 | Medium | Semnan |
Dashti et al [21] | 2017 | 33 | 8.7 | 191 | 86.4 | 19.4 | - | 22.9 | Medium | Ardabil |
Sharbaafchi zadeh et al [72] | 2018 | 37.1 | 12.5 | 220 | 66.8 | 75.6 | 1 | 1.4 | Medium | Isfahan |
Sarhadi et al [73] | 2014 | 31.2 | 8 | 400 | 28 | 16 | 2 | 4.1 | High | Zahedan |
Ahangarzadeh-Rezae et al. [38] | 2010 | 29.5 | - | 100 | 100 | - | - | 1.4 | Medium | Kurdistan |
Ghorbanpour Diz et al [30] | 2015 | Â | Â | 148 | 76 | 28 | 2 | - | Medium | Tehran |
Derikvand et al [74] | 2017 | - | - | 294 | 69 | 52.2 | - | 1.8 | High | Khoramabad |
Fathi et al [29] | 2014 | - | - | 40 | 30.3 | - | 1 | 4.8 | Low | Tehran |
Penjvini et al [75] | 2001 | - | - | 104 | 16.7 | - | - | 3 | Medium | Kurdistan |
Ghannadi et al [76] | 2011 | 35.2 | 10.3 | 65 | 48.2 | - | 1 | 4 | Medium | Khoramabad |
Ghobadi et al [77] | 2020 | - | - | 336 | 33.3 | 32.6 | 3 | 3.5 | Medium | Tehran |