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.