Table 1 Inclusion/exclusion criteria for article eligibility
From: Interventions to support children’s engagement in health-related decisions: a systematic review
Included | Excluded | |
|---|---|---|
Participants | • Children (≤ 18 years) who are facing a health-related decision | • Children not treated as active participants in decision-making |
• Decisions about participation in health research | • Decisions not directly pertaining to their health or hypothetical decisions | |
Interventions | • Interventions to support children’s decision-making needs | • Interventions that support only the information needs of children |
Design | • Randomized controlled trials | • Qualitative studies, descriptive studies, cohort studies |
• Non-randomized controlled trials | • Editorials, opinion articles | |
• Interrupted time series | ||
• Controlled before-and-after | ||
Outcomes | • Outcomes that affect the quality of the decision or the decision-making process for children/youth | • Studies that do not report at least one of the outcomes relating to the quality of the decision or the decision-making process |
Language | • English or French | • Other languages |
Publication status | • Published | • Unpublished studies |
• Peer-reviewed | • Non peer-reviewed |