Table 2.

Frequency of recruitment and methodological issues across the papers

Themes	Subthemes	Adamson, 2001	Adamson & Donovan, 2005	Adelman et al., 2011	Beattie et al., 2005	Bhatkal & Shah, 2004	Bhatnagar & Frank, 1997	Bowes & Wilkinson, 2003	Haider & Shah, 2004	Hailstone et al., 2017	Jutlla, 2015	La Fontaine et al., 2007	Lawrence et al., 2008	Livingston et al., 2001	Mackenzie, 2006	McCracken et al., 1997	Morgan & Crowder, 2003	Mukadam et al., 2011	Odutoye & Shah, 1999	Parveen et al., 2018	Purandare et al., 2007	Rait, Burns, et al., 2000	Rait, Morley, et al., 2000	Ramsey et al., 2009	Redelinghuys & Shah, 1997	Regan, 2016	Richards et al., 2000	Shah, 1999	Shah et al., 1998	Stewart, Richards, et al., 2001	Stewart, Russ, et al., 2001	Turner et al., 2005	Uppal et al., 2014	Wilkinson et al., 2003
1) Attitudes and beliefs about dementia in ethnic minority communities					X		X					X			X
2) Recruitment process
	a) Diagnostic label of dementia				X	X		X	X		X	X				X	X	X	X		X					X		X					X	X
	b) Issues defining and identifying ethnicities	X				X			X			X		X		X			X			X	X		X			X
3) Data collection issues
	a) Language issues in assessments						X			X				X						X				X				X
	b) Cultural issues in assessments			X			X																				X	X		X				X
	c) Translation of assessments											X											X					X
	d) General communication issues	X	X				X					X		X	X			X						X				X	X					X
4) Practical issues				X	X		X	X												X
5) Researcher characteristics							X					X																X				X
6) Lack of published research and normative data													X		X											X		X		X	X	X