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Reference lists of included studies were also screened.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Eligibility criteria<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Randomised and non-randomised trials, observational studies, mixed-methods studies and eligible programme evaluations involving adults with an abnormal faecal immunochemical test, guaiac faecal occult blood test or multitarget stool DNA-faecal immunochemical test were included. Eligible studies reported diagnostic colonoscopy completion, time to colonoscopy or implementation-related outcomes.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Data extraction and synthesis<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Study characteristics, implementation strategies, colonoscopy completion, time-to-colonoscopy and sociodemographic differences were extracted using a piloted form. Risk of bias was assessed using the Revised Cochrane risk-of-bias tool for randomised trials, the Risk of Bias in Non-randomised Studies of Interventions or the Joanna Briggs Institute tools, according to study design. Certainty of evidence was assessed using Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE). Because of differences in settings, study designs and outcome definitions, findings were synthesised narratively. Reported follow-up intervals were grouped into approximately \u22643, \u22646\u2009and \u226412 months.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Twenty-five studies were included, predominantly from high-income settings. Colonoscopy completion within 6\u201312 months commonly ranged from approximately 30% to 55% in federally qualified health centres and safety-net settings to 70%\u201380% or higher in organised and integrated programmes. Time to colonoscopy ranged from approximately 42 to 184 days. Higher completion and shorter delays were more commonly reported in programmes combining real-time tracking, clearly assigned responsibility, proactive outreach or navigation and coordinated colonoscopy scheduling. Of the 25 studies, 1 was judged to have low overall risk of bias, 19 moderate risk and 5 serious risk. Certainty of evidence was low for colonoscopy completion at approximately 6 and 12 months and very low for approximately 3-month completion and time to colonoscopy.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Higher-performing post-abnormal-test pathways commonly incorporated registry-based tracking, clear ownership of abnormal results, proactive outreach or navigation and coordinated access to colonoscopy. However, confidence in the comparative performance of specific implementation bundles is limited by heterogeneous and predominantly observational evidence. 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