“…Twenty-one studies met the eligibility criteria and were included in the meta-analysis (Aghanwa, 2001 ; Akarsu et al, 2012 ; Amamou et al, 2018 ; Andrade-Nascimento, Miranda-Scippa, Nery-Fernandes, Kapczinski, & Quarantini, 2011 ; Angst, Gerber-Werder, Zuberbühler, & Gamma, 2004 ; Angst et al, 2019 ; Beesdo et al, 2009 ; Chang et al, 2022 ; Dakhlaoui, Essafi, & Haffani, 2008 ; Gorgulu, Uluturk, & Palabiyik, 2021 ; Grobler, Roos, & Bekker, 2014 ; Grover et al, 2021 ; Mittal, Mehta, Solanki, Swami, & Meena, 2013 ; Perugi et al, 2007 ; Rajkumar, 2016 ; Sangha et al, 2022 ; Sonkurt, Altınöz, Danışman Sonkurt, & Köşger, 2021 ; Stokes et al, 2020 ; Subramanian, Kattimani, Rajkumar, Bharadwaj, & Sarkar, 2016 ; Yazıcı & Çakır, 2012 ; Yazici et al, 2002 ). The flowchart with details on screening and study selection process is reported in Fig.…”