Table 4.

Construct mapping example

Sub-construct: referrals	Positive effect	Adverse or no effect
Quantitative	33% of clinicians felt that health status reports contributed to patient referrals some of the time [39]	50% of clinicians felt that health status reports did not contribute to making patient referrals [39]
		Non-significant difference in additional treatment post-implementation of a numerical rating scale (p = .461) [43]
	17% of clinicians felt that health status reports contributed to patient referrals most of the time [39]
		Reducing doctor visits was found to be non-significant after the use of PROMs [39]
		Arthritis-related referrals was found to be non-significant after the use of PROMs [39]
Qualitative	Based on the scores, clinicians chose to refer the patient to another service [34]