Socioeconomic Exp. studies evaluating the factor Experimental studies reporting significant effects
Social or environmental factors Social or environmental factors Social or environmental factors
Social interaction and support networks 9 n = 4 (Siregar and Anadayani, 2020; Zullig et al., 2015; Reddy et al., 2017; Park et al., 2015)
Social stigma of a condition, socioeconomic status 1 No significant effects reported
Access to treatment centre, culture and lay beliefs about illness and treatment 4 No significant effects reported
Health-related media use (e.g., searching for information) 1 No significant effects reported
Economic factors Economic factors
Financial status 9 n = 4 (Wooldrich et al., 2015; Crowley et al., 2012; McAlister et al., 2019; Shankari et al., 2020)
Education and literacy 18 n = 3 (Siregar and Anadayani, 2020; Crowley et al., 2012; Al-Haj Mohd et al., 2016)
Employment 11 n = 3 (Sieben et al., 2021; Zullig et al., 2015; Crowley et al., 2012)
Living condition 5 n = 3 (Meggetto et al., 2017; Tola et al., 2016; Wooldrich et al., 2015)
Insurance access and coverage 3 No significant effects
Patients’ lifestyle factors Patients’ lifestyle factors
Substance (ab)use (Including smoking and alcohol) 10 n = 3 (Meggetto et al., 2017; Sieben et al., 2021; Llorca et al., 2021)
Physical activities 3 n = 2 (Nascimento et al., 2016; Shankari et al., 2020)