Department for Health Economics and Health Services Research, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
Department for Health Economics and Health Services Research, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
BMJ Open. 2021 Dec 31;11(12):e046126. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-046126.
Several studies explored a relationship between religiousness and the utilisation of cancer screenings, as religious people may obtain an increased social network or could have certain personality traits that enhance screening use. To the best of our knowledge, there is no systematic review that sums up the evidence gained from research on that relationship. Thus, our review aims to appraise the findings of observational studies regarding that relationship. Its findings may be useful in addressing specific target groups to increase ineffectively the low cancer screening rates.
Employing a predefined search algorithm, three online databases (CINAHL, PsycInfo and PubMed) will be searched. In addition, the bibliographies of the studies included in our review will be searched through manually and independently by two reviewers. We are looking for observational studies (both cross-sectional and longitudinal) which examine the association between religion and cancer screening utilisation. However, studies regarding specific samples (as ethnic minorities or religious sects) will be excluded. We expect that the studies examine various dimensions of religion, such as religious attendance or religious intensity. We will extract data that describe methodology, sample characteristics and the findings concerning our object of investigation. Moreover, a quality assessment will be performed. Two reviewers will independently select the studies, extract the data and assess the studies' quality. Disagreements will be dissolved by discussion or by inclusion of a third party. The findings will be presented narratively in text and tables. If possible, a meta-analysis will be carried out.
As no primary data are collected, the approval from an ethics committee is not required. Our review will be published in a peer-reviewed, scientific journal.
CRD42021229222.
多项研究探讨了宗教信仰与癌症筛查利用之间的关系，因为宗教人士可能会获得更多的社交网络，或者可能具有某些增强筛查利用的个性特征。据我们所知，目前尚无系统评价综合评估关于这种关系的研究结果。因此，我们的综述旨在评估关于这种关系的观察性研究的发现。其研究结果可能有助于针对特定目标群体，提高效率低下的低癌症筛查率。
采用预定义的搜索算法，将在三个在线数据库（CINAHL、PsycInfo 和 PubMed）中进行搜索。此外，还将通过两位评审员手动独立地搜索纳入本综述的研究的参考文献。我们正在寻找观察性研究（包括横断面研究和纵向研究），这些研究检查了宗教与癌症筛查利用之间的关联。但是，将排除针对特定样本（如少数民族或宗教教派）的研究。我们预计这些研究将检查宗教的各种维度，例如宗教出勤率或宗教强度。我们将提取描述方法、样本特征和关于我们研究对象的发现的数据。此外，还将进行质量评估。两位评审员将独立选择研究、提取数据并评估研究的质量。意见分歧将通过讨论或纳入第三方来解决。研究结果将以文字和表格的形式进行叙述性呈现。如果可能，将进行荟萃分析。
由于没有收集原始数据，因此不需要伦理委员会的批准。我们的综述将发表在同行评议的科学期刊上。
PROSPERO 注册号：CRD42021229222。
