Table 1

Reasons for preference or dislike of self-sampling

	k	n	Min	Max	I²	Estimate	95% CI
Reason for preferring self-sampling
Easy to use	17	7955	0.692	0.985	0.963	0.906	(0.861 to 0.938)
Could do by myself	5	586	0.250	0.963	0.952	0.685	(0.461 to 0.847)
Private	8	3113	0.228	0.995	0.984	0.880	(0.651 to 0.967)
Not embarrassing	12	4806	0.270	0.986	0.971	0.906	(0.826 to 0.951)
Convenient	5	651	0.250	0.976	0.960	0.648	(0.415 to 0.827)
Comfortable	14	7467	0.960	0.976	0.967	0.876	(0.824 to 0.914)
Reason for disliking self-sampling
Painful	20	11 033	0.010	0.710	0.989	0.101	(0.059 to 0.167)
Anxious	5	2726	0.033	0.304	0.979	0.153	(0.072 to 0.294)
Not sure I did it right	9	6510	0.061	0.567	0.976	0.214	(0.140 to 0.315)
Did not like touching myself	4	4349	0.023	0.162	0.981	0.060	(0.017 to 0.190)

k, number of studies included in meta-analysis; n, total sample size across studies.