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Table 2.

Examples of review aims

Type of approach	Aim
Scoping review	To report in detail the methodology employed to identify relevant theories and provide a list of agreed criteria for judging the quality of theories (Davis et al. 2015) [41] To document and describe the evidence base relating to stakeholder involvement in systematic reviews and to use this evidence to describe how stakeholders have been involved in systematic reviews (Pollock 2018) [42]
Mapping review	A mapping review of research on gambling harm in three regulatory environments (Baxter et al. 2019) [43]
EGMs	To identify what has been published on micronutrients and depression and identify gaps in the evidence and collections suitable for meta-analysis. (Campisi et al. 2020) To identify intergenerational interventions and the social and mental wellbeing outcomes that have been measured in their evaluation. (Thompson-Coon et al. 2022)

Type of approach

Aim

Scoping review

To report in detail the methodology employed to identify relevant theories and provide a list of agreed criteria for judging the quality of theories (Davis et al. 2015) [41]

To document and describe the evidence base relating to stakeholder involvement in systematic reviews and to use this evidence to describe how stakeholders have been involved in systematic reviews (Pollock 2018) [42]

Mapping review

A mapping review of research on gambling harm in three regulatory environments (Baxter et al. 2019) [43]

EGMs

To identify what has been published on micronutrients and depression and identify gaps in the evidence and collections suitable for meta-analysis. (Campisi et al. 2020)

To identify intergenerational interventions and the social and mental wellbeing outcomes that have been measured in their evaluation. (Thompson-Coon et al. 2022)