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. 2023 Nov 16;18(11):e0294344. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0294344

Table 1. Population, Concept and Context (PCC) inclusion criteria [46].

PCC
Population Population: T2DM
Include: pre-existing clinical diagnosis of T2D, adult
Exclude: patients who ‘self-identify’ with 2TD, diagnosis through screening within study, < 18 years old, any other type of diabetes (e.g., type one, gestational, MODY), combined study population of pre-diabetes and T2D where results cannot be extracted separately
Concept Concept: Remission
Include: diabetes remission through health behaviour intervention
Exclude: remission from diabetic complications, studies where remission outcomes are not reported, remission through surgical or pharmaceutical means
Outcome: psycho-social scales, psycho-social interventions, psycho-social factors reported by participants
Criteria Context:
Include: interventional or observational studies, ≥ 2009, English language, any geographical area
Exclude: secondary literature (reviews, commentary pieces etc.)