Table 1.

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

	Inclusion criteria	Exclusion criteria
Publication year	Published between January 1990 and February 2019
Language	English, Scandinavian
Study design	Effect studies and descriptive studies (with cross‐sectional, longitudinal, prospective/retrospective design)	Qualitative studies Case studies/series Reviews Conference papers Discussion papers Editorials Consensus documents Expert opinions Other non‐research publications
Study sample	Adult persons >18 years with active venous leg ulcer, duration >4 weeks	Not reporting on pain in persons with active CVLUs separately
Pain data	Original self‐reported data on pain prevalence or pain characteristics	Pain assessment/instrument not defined/described Insufficient pain report (eg, only changes in pain score reported) Pain as an inclusion criterion in the study Procedure‐related pain reports only