Methods
The systematic review was conducted according to the standards and guidelines established in the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis, in addition to the fourth edition of the Joanna Briggs Institute Reviewer’s Manual.17,18 We conducted a systematic literature search of four databases: Medline-OVID, EMBASE, CINAHL, and ClinicalTrials.gov.
We remained broad with our search criteria in order to maximize sensitivity. Our search strategy is included in Table 1.
The age cut-off of 35 years was determined based on previous literature regarding young women and cervical cancer screening.8,12
We only examined original, peer-reviewed literature. Databases were examined from inception until the date of our literature searches (12/03/2020). Published conference posters, papers, and abstracts were eligible for inclusion. Articles were excluded if they did not specifically discuss cervical cancer screening, were not specific to young women, or did not report outcomes or evaluation. Eligibility criteria are outlined in Table 2.