Table 1.

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria

- Studies reporting patient expressed information needs or uncertainties - Over half included participants have either osteoporosis and/or a fragility fracture - Participants are adults - Studies are qualitative

- Studies not in English language and for which translations could not be obtained. - Conference abstracts, letters, studies with no empirical results or no full text available. - Information needs of health professionals, carers or family members rather than participants OR those at risk of osteoporosis. - Participants with fractures which are unlikely to be fragility fractures (e.g. major trauma, age majority participants < 50 years). - Articles describing the evaluation of interventions aimed at improving information support without explicit assessment of participant perceived information needs. - Articles describing assessment of participant knowledge without explicit assessment of participant perceived information needs.