Table 1.

Selection criteria.

INCLUSION CRITERIA	EXCLUSION CRITERIA
– Published during the period 1995–2023	– Focus exclusively on adults or older people rather than families or healthcare solely
– Studies focussed specifically on integrated care, as defined in the introduction, within the context of social care	– Studies outside North America, Europe and Australia
– Studies focused on families with multiple and complex problems, as defined in the introduction	– Editorials and opinion pieces, commentaries, systematic reviews
– Studies including different forms of interventions within integrated social care	– Informal sources, grey literature
– Studies providing outcomes that highlight both facilitators and barriers to integrated care for both families and professionals
– All different kind of studies