Table 1 Inclusion and exclusion criteria
From: Exploring how members of the public access and use health research and information: a scoping review
Inclusion criteria | Exclusion criteria |
|---|---|
- Studies investigating access to and use of health and health care research or information (as defined in this study) by members of the public | - Studies that discuss or report access to research or information relating to topics other than health and healthcare - Studies in which ‘health information’ includes personal records, personal, product or institutional information only or as well as health research evidence, and data on each type of information is not presented separately - Studies that focus exclusively on health care professionals and students/trainees - Studies that focus on non-human health (e.g. animal, planetary) |
- Participants from any socio-cultural background, age, gender, ability and profession | Â |
- Any research design | - Studies not written in the English language |
- Study dated to from 1st January 2010 | - Studies published prior to 2010 |
- Published, peer-reviewed, full-text articles | - Opinion pieces, editorials, protocols, conference abstracts and proceedings, commentaries, books and book chapters, unpublished dissertations, evaluation reports |