Table 1. PIO Framework (EBSCO, 2019) and Inclusion/Exclusion Criteria.

PIO	Inclusion	Exclusion
Population	Adult patients between the ages of 18 and 50 years, inclusive, who have undergone or are scheduled to undergo an elective primary THR.
Intervention	Elective primary THR. All potential chronic health conditions resulting in the need for THR will be included.	THR used to treat traumatic fractures or dislocation of the hip joint. Literature exploring implant survivorship and revision surgeries, studies exploring surgical approaches or implant types, studies exploring the hospital inpatient stay and operative procedure only will be excluded.
Outcome	Eligible studies will include data gathered from the patient, either by qualitative methods or by free-text questions on standard PROMs.	Research that measures outcomes by exclusively using standard PROMs tools will be excluded.
Types	Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-method studies are included if reporting qualitative data from the patient.
Date range	No limit
Geography	Worldwide	Note will be taken of studies in countries where the health service is comparable with the National Health Service.
Language	English text	Non-English text

Note. PROM = Patient Reported Outcome Measures; THR = total hip replacement.