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Table 1 Characteristics of included studies

From: Psychosocial challenges among Asian adolescents and young adults with cancer: a scoping review

Author

Year

Country

Sample size

Gender (% female)

Study design

Cancer diagnosis

Outcomes

Work or school performance

Financial distress

Family relationships

Romantic relationships

Childbirth desires/concerns

Chan, et al. [39]

2018

Singapore

65

44.6

Prospective longitudinal cohort

Mixed

√

√

√

√

√

Fujii, et al. [40]

2019

Japan

28

NR

Cross-sectional

Sarcoma

√

    

Furui, et al. [41]

2019

Japan

36

88.9

Cross-sectional

Mixed

    

√

Furui, et al. [42]

2019

Japan

52

100.0

Cross-sectional

Mixed

    

√

Endo, et al. [43]

2020

Japan

60

85.0

Cross-sectional

Mixed

√

    

Hamzah, et al. [44]

2020

Malaysia

400

56.8

Cross-sectional

Mixed

√

    

Ke, et al. [48]

2020

Singapore

23

60.9

Qualitative interview

Mixed

√

 

√

  

Tan, et al. [49]

2020

Singapore

23

60.9

Qualitative interview

Mixed

√

√

   

Okamura, et al. [45]

2021

Japan

206

87.4

Cross-sectional

Mixed

√

  

√

 

Yoshida, et al. [50]

2022

Japan

24

66.7

Qualitative interview

Mixed

   

√

 

Qiu, et al. [51]

2023

China

12

100.0

Qualitative interview

Breast cancer

  

√

 

√

Tan, et al. [46]

2023

Singapore

29

48.3

Cross-sectional

Mixed

√

    

Wu, et al. [47]

2023

China

150

100.0

Cross-sectional

Colorectal cancer

    

√

  1. NR Not reported
  2. Studies are arranged in chronological order