Table 1.

Study characteristics

Author(s)	Year	Study design	Participants, n	Country	Type of participant	Patient focus	Mental health focus	Quality assessment score	Contribution to the review	Notes
Banh et al73	2008	Survey	546	US	Paediatrician	Child	Post-traumatic stress	High	Large	—
Bryce and Gordon79	2000	Questionnaire	348	Scotland	GP	Mixed	Mental health in general	Medium	Large	—
Faruqui et al72	2011	Questionnaire	346	US	Paediatrician	Mixed	Sleep disorders	High	Small	—
Goldberg et al80	1980	Encounter form completed after each patient visit	9	US	Paediatrician	Mixed	Mental health in general	Low	Small	—
Heneghan et al66	2008	Survey	132	US	Paediatrician	Child	Mental health in general	High	Large	—
Pidano et al65	2011	Survey	48	US	Paediatrician and family physician	Mixed	Emotional and behavioural problems	High	Large	—
Steele et al63	2010	Survey	106	Canada	Family physician and primary care paediatrician	Mixed	General mental health	Medium	Medium	Urban primary care practitioners Rural primary care practitioners
Taliaferro et al61	2013	Survey	387	US	Family practice and paediatrician	Adolescent	Depression	High	Large	—
Alexander and Fraser81	2008	Questionnaire	38	Australia	GP	Mixed	Mental health in general	High	Small	Children Adolescents
Horwitz et al67	2007	Survey	687	US	Paediatrician	Child	Psychosocial issues	High	Large	—
Lafrance et al82	2013	Survey	76	Canada	Family physician	Mixed	Eating disorders	High	Medium	Primary care practitioners with low self-assessed competence Primary care practitioners with high self-assessed competence
Louw et al76	2009	Questionnaire or structured interview for non-responders	229	South Africa	GP	Child	ADHD	High	Medium	—
McNicholas74	1997	Questionnaire	74	Ireland	GP	Child	Mental health in general	Medium	Medium	—
Olson et al68	2001	Survey	280	US	Paediatrician	Mixed	Depression	High	Large	—
Pidano et al71	2014	Survey	72	US	Paediatrician and nurse and physician‘s assistant	Mixed	Mental health in general	High	Large	—
Rushton et al83	2002	Child behaviour study survey	385	US, Canada, Puerto Rico	Paediatrician and family physician and GP	Mixed	Psychosocial problems	High	Medium	—
Shaw et al84	2002	Questionnaire	399	Australia	GP	Mixed	ADHD	Medium	Medium	—
Walders et al85	2003	Questionnaire	319	US	Paediatrician	Mixed	Mental health in general	High	Large	Managed care Fee for service
Venter et al86	2003	Questionnaire	143	South Africa	GP	Mixed	ADHD	Medium	Small	—
Frankenfield et al77	2000	Questionnaire	693	US	Paediatrician and family physician	Adolescent	Adolescent suicide	High	Medium	—
Goldberg et al87	1984	Survey	30	US	Paediatrician	Mixed	Mental health in general	Medium	Small	—
Healy et al88	2013	Survey (open- and closed-ended questions)	39	Ireland	GP	Mixed	Youth mental health	Medium	Small	—
Ross et al62	2011	Survey	100	US	Paediatrician	Mixed	ADHD, anxiety and depression	High	Medium	—
Rushton et al69	2000	Survey	591	US	Family physician and paediatrician	Mixed	Childhood depression	High	Small	Family physicians and paediatricians presented as one group
Rushton et al70	2004	Survey	723	US	Family physician and paediatrician	Child	ADHD	Low	Small	—
Veit et al78	1996	Questionnaire	687	Australia	GP	Adolescent	Health in general	High	Small	—
Williams et al60	2005	Standard interview with both multiple choice and open-ended questions	47	US	Paediatrician	Mixed	Behavioural health disorders	Medium	Small	—
Steele et al63	2012	Survey	847	Canada	Family physician and paediatrician and GP	Mixed	Mental health in general	Medium	Medium	—
Weeramanthri and Keaney89	2000	Questionnaire (delivered through interview)	20	England	GP	Mixed	Mental health in general	Low	Small	—
Mutale75	1995	Questionnaire	210	England	GP	Child	Mental health in general	Medium	Medium	—
Jones and Bhadrinath59	1998	Interview	47	England	GP	Mixed	Mental health in general	Low	Medium	—
Hinrichs et al48	2012	Interviews	7	England	GP	Mixed	Mental health in general	Medium	Medium
DeSocio et al51	2007	Focus group	5	US	Paediatrician	Mixed	Childhood eating disorders	Medium	Medium
Shaw et al54	2003	Focus group	28	Australia	GP	Mixed	ADHD	Medium	Medium
Klasen and Goodman52	2000	Semi-structured interviews	10	UK	GP	Child	Hyperactivity	Medium	Small
Pfefferle56	2007	Open-ended comments	596	US	Paediatrician	Child	Mental health in general	High	Large
Richardson et al57	2007	Focus group	35	US	Paediatrician & paediatric nurse	Adolescent	Depression	High	Medium
Salt et al55	2005	Semi-structured interviews	13	UK	GP	Child	ADHD	Low	Small
Fiks et al58	2011	Semi-structured interviews	30	US	Paediatrician	Child	ADHD	High	Medium
Roberts et al53	2014	Interviews	19	England	GP	Adolescent	Psychological difficulties	High	Small
Williams et al49	2004	Structured standard interview	47	US	Paediatrician	Child	Behavioural health disorders	Low	Medium
Roberts et al50	2013	Semi-structured interviews	19	England	GP	Adolescent	Emotional distress	High	Medium
Buhagiar and Cassar90	2012	Questionnaire	157	Malta	GP	Mixed	Mental health in general	High	Small

ADHD = attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.