Skip to main content
. 2025 Aug 19;25(3):21. doi: 10.5334/ijic.9127

Table 1.

Inclusion and exclusion criteria for study selection in systematic review.


Inclusion criteria:

  • Participants: Studies reporting on SP pathways targeted to adults (18+ years).

  • Intervention: Studies reporting on SP pathways to community-based interventions, referred by care providers, and targeting mental health, wellbeing, or psychosocial outcomes.


  • Comparator: Studies comparing SP participants to a control group or evaluating longitudinal change in SP participants.


  • Outcomes: Studies reporting quantitative or qualitative outcomes related to mental health, wellbeing, or psychosocial health (before and after the intervention for quantitative studies).


Exclusion criteria:

  • Studies published prior to 1 January 2010.


  • Non-empirical studies (e.g., editorials, commentaries, letters) and conference abstracts.


  • No full-text available.


  • Not published in English.


  • Not set in a high-income OECD country.


  • Grey literature.


OECD, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development; SP, social prescribing.