Table 2.

Inclusion criteria.

Category	Inclusion
Older People	More than half the sample is 60 years of age or older. This includes formal and informal caregivers of people aged 60 years of age or older. (Unless relevant information is unavailable)
Multi-morbidity	More than half of the sample are older people with two or more chronic conditions, one of which may be author-identified frailty, this includes carers of the above; OR Where information on the number and type of conditions is available, multimorbidity is explicitly and relevantly addressed in the analysis and presentation of findings (Unless relevant information is unavailable)
Palliative and/or End of Life Care	Participants are defined as being in the last 1–2 years of life, or living with advanced disease, or frail (Unless relevant information is unavailable)
Community	The intervention is set in the community, including transitions between community and acute care settings
Study Design	The study presents empirical data
Needs	The study has a focus on needs and unmet needs from an older person’s perspective OR The study has a focus on the needs and unmet needs of older people that is represented by a proxy respondent (e.g. an unpaid carer or care professional)
Relevance	The study is relevant to the research question.