5. Scales regrouped under each class of patient‐related outcomes.

Classes of outcome measures	Instruments used to evaluate the endpoint
Functional status	Enforced Social Dependency Scale; Barthels Self‐Care Index; Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy Scale‐General (FACT‐G); Memorial Symptom Assessment Scale (MSAS); European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC).
Physical status	McGill‐Melzack Pain Questionnaire; Brief Pain Inventory (BPI); Symptom Distress Scale (SDS); Supportive Care Needs Survey (SCNS); Brief Fatigue Inventory; Karnofsky Performance Status; Rotterdam Symptoms Checklist; Amsterdam Pain Management Index; Ferrell's Patient Pain Questionnaire; Symptom Experience Scale; WONCA Scale; General Health Rating Index; Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy Scale‐General (FACT‐G); Memorial Symptom Assessment Scale (MSAS); European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC); Present, Average and Worst Pain Intensity Scale; Symptom experience scale.
Psychological status	Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS); Profile of Mood States (POMS); Supportive Care Needs Survey (SCNS); Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire (SPMSQ); Uncertainty Scale (US); General Health Questionnaire; Inventory of Current Concerns (ICC); Beck Depression Inventory; State‐Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI); Impact of Event Scale (IES); Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES‐D); Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy Scale‐General (FACT‐G); Memorial Symptom Assessment Scale (MSAS); Supportive Care Needs Survey (SCNS); European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC).
Social status	Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy Scale‐General (FACT‐G); European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC); Supportive Care Needs Survey (SCNS).
Satisfaction with care	Satisfaction with Care Scale; Family Apgar Scale; Pain Treatement Acceptibility Scale; FAMCARE Scale; MacAdam's Assessment of suffering Questionnaire.
Support	Social Support Questionnaire (SSQ); Supportive Care Needs Survey (SCNS).
Global quality of life	Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy Scale‐General (FACT‐G); European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC); Medical Outcomes Study 36 Short form (SF‐36); Palliative Care Quality of Life Index (PQLI); Prostate Cancer Quality of Life Instrument.
Care needs	Social Support Questionnaire (SSQ).

The standard median effect size estimates across studies were calculated for patient health measures when a minimum of 4 studies were included in the analyses.