Table 1.

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria	Exclusion criteria
Public, patient or carer beliefs, feelings, awareness, understanding, knowledge, attitudes, expectations and perceptions of clinical practice guidelines (and/or guidance).	Opinion pieces, editorials, narrative reviews and protocols.
	Public/patient involvement in guideline development.
User-testing of public/patient information tools derived from guidelines.	Public/patient-centred communication/information not related to guidelines or evidence-based recommendations.
Readability/understandability of public/patient-targeted information materials derived from guidelines.
	Public health campaigns.
Communicating research results to public/patients within the context of a guideline.	Procedure-specific information (e.g. details of surgical operations and their consequences).
Public/patient versions of guidelines
Computer interpretable guidelines for public/patients.	Informed consent for clinical trials.
	Public understanding of science.
Knowledge translation tools for public/patients derived from guidelines.
English, Finnish, Norwegian, Spanish and German articles.