Table 1.

Inclusion and exclusion criteria for eligibility of studies.

Category	Inclusion criteria	Exclusion criteria
Approach	Quantitative, qualitative	—a
Document type	Primary studies, systematic reviews, meta-analyses, meta-synthesis, books, guidelines	Websites, white papers, reports, abstracts only, letters, commentaries
Year	Starting from 2016	Before 2016
Information	Describe the definition, techniques, or tools that have functions of synthesis, integration, and verification of existing data from different research sources	Lack information, not available as full text
Study focus	—	Not health and research, not relevant to the objective
Language	—	Not in English or Portuguese

^aNot applicable.