Table 1.

Characteristics of included studies

Author, date of publication, author details, financial interests	Title	Research focus	Recruitment	Sample size	Data collection method
Brown 2020 F nurse with lived experience of mesh. No financial interests.27	The experiences of seven women living with pelvic surgical mesh complications	Lived experience	Women attending physiotherapy	7	Semistructured interview
Cumberlege (chair) 2020; F politician and life peer; panel M physician, M communication consultant, F secretary. No financial interests.16	First do no harm: the report of the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review	Adverse experiences, information useful for making recommendations	Mesh patient groups, affected individuals including carers	Unclear: >100	Independent inquiry: patient engagement events, feedback on drafts
	Annex J: Personal testimonies			Unclear: >10	Written
	Annex K: Oral hearing transcripts			5 women with mesh, 1 carer, 12 mesh group reps; 10 clinicians	Oral accounts in hearings; transcribed, plus one letter
Dibb et al, 2023, all 3 F health researchers. No financial interests.30	When things go wrong: experiences of vaginal mesh complications	Complications of mesh and their impact	Mesh support group on social media	18	Semistructured interview
Dunn et al, 2014, all 7 F doctors or nurses mainly in urogynaecology. No financial interests.33	Changed women: the long-term impact of vaginal mesh complications	Women’s experience of mesh complications after specialist care	Urogynaecology clinic for mesh complications	84	Structured telephone interview
Huntington et al, 2019, 2 F health researchers, 1 F mesh group advocate. No declaration of interest.35	The loss of a life well lived: a qualitative study exploring the impact of surgical mesh implants on the lives of a group of New Zealand women	Impact of mesh complications	Mesh support group through health advocate	23	Emailed account
Izett-Kay et al, 2020, 5 M surgeons, 1 F consultant, 1 F medical researcher. 3 disclosed financial interests.31	‘What research was carried out on this vaginal mesh?’ Health-related concerns in women following mesh-augmented prolapse surgery: a thematic analysis	Health problems after mesh insertion	Patients of 5 surgeons	752	Free text responses on written/online questionnaire
McKinlay and Oxlad 2022, 2 F health researchers. No financial interests36	‘I have no life and neither do the ones watching me suffer’: women’s experiences of transvaginal mesh implant surgery	Impact of mesh, taking biopsychosocial perspective	Written submissions from national inquiry into mesh	153	Free text from submissions
Toye et al, 2023, 3 health researchers, 1 M surgeon. No financial interests.32	The experience of women reporting damage from vaginal mesh: a reflexive thematic analysis	Explore and understand the experience of living with complications of mesh	Women being treated for urogynaecological conditions through healthcare, advocacy groups, advertisement, snowball sampling	15	Semistructured interviews, telephone or video call
Uberoi et al, 2021,1 M and 2 F surgeons, 1 M urologist, 2 F researchers. No financial interests.34	Listening to women: a qualitative analysis of experiences after complications from mesh mid-urethral sling surgery	Understand women’s experiences after mesh revision	Patients of 3 surgeons	19	Semistructured interviews and focus groups

F female, M male.