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Case studies, reviews and qualitative studies were excluded.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The total sample size for the 52 studies included in the review was 4744. Over 80% of the studies included the elements \u2018not working or attending school\u2019, \u2018not socializing outside one\u2019s home\u2019 and \u2018duration of hikikomori\u2019 in their hikikomori criteria, and many studies included the element \u2018staying at home on most days except solitary outings\u2019. A cross-temporal meta-analysis showed the possibility that the age of hikikomori individuals increased chronologically (\u03b2 = 0.44, B = 0.50, 95% confidence interval = [0.16, 0.84]). Comparisons weighted by sample size between Japan and other countries showed the possibility that the age of hikikomori individuals was higher ( d\u2009=\u20090.32), the percentage of males was lower ( d\u2009=\u20090.91) and the hikikomori duration was shorter ( d\u2009=\u20092.06) in studies conducted in countries other than Japan. However, many of the included studies had a high risk of selection bias, and this bias may have influenced the results obtained. 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