Author contributions: All authors contributed to the execution of the review. VP and TT conceived and designed the study. VP designed and implemented the search strategies. VP and RB selected studies, assessed validity, and extracted data. VP and RB evaluated the data. All authors interpreted the data, prepared the full review and contributed to its revision, interpretation of results, and approval. All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.
Research funding: None declared.
Employment or leadership: None declared.
Honorarium: None declared.
Competing interests: The funding organization(s) played no role in the study design; in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; in the writing of the report; or in the decision to submit the report for publication.
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