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TABLE 1.

Examples of review objectives and questions from scoping review protocols

Authors (year)	Objective(s)	Review question(s)	Population/participants	Concept	Context
Kao, Peters & Ooi (2017)	To investigate QoL questionnaires available to paediatric patients following tonsillectomies with or without adenoidectomies for chronic infections or SDB	What QoL questionnaires are available for paediatric patients following tonsillectomies with or without adenoidectomies for chronic infections or SDB?	Paediatric patients <16 years of age Undergoing tonsillectomy ± adenoidectomy for chronic tonsillitis or sleep‐disordered breathing	Questionnaires utilized to assess QoL in the target population and context	Settings where the target population undergo the procedure of interest and where QoL questionnaires are used.
Yu, Steenbeek, Macdonald, MacDonald & McKibbon (2019)	To identify the characteristics of Indigenous healing strategies in Canada and approaches to improving cultural relevance to local Indigenous contexts	What are the characteristics (e.g., guiding principles, main components, and human resources) of Indigenous healing strategies in Canada? What approaches have been used in research process [sic] to improve the cultural relevance to local Indigenous contexts?	First nations, Inuit, and Métis Indigenous peoples of Canada who self‐identify by other terms derived from their nations, traditional lands, or languages	Literature that describes an Indigenous healing strategy in Canada, including any attempt to promote health and healing	All service settings in Canada, including health, justice, child welfare, reconciliation, and education

Authors (year)

Objective(s)

Review question(s)

Population/participants

Concept

Context

Kao, Peters & Ooi (2017)

To investigate QoL questionnaires available to paediatric patients following tonsillectomies with or without adenoidectomies for chronic infections or SDB

What QoL questionnaires are available for paediatric patients following tonsillectomies with or without adenoidectomies for chronic infections or SDB?

Paediatric patients

<16 years of age

Undergoing tonsillectomy ± adenoidectomy for chronic tonsillitis or sleep‐disordered breathing

Questionnaires utilized to assess QoL in the target population and context

Settings where the target population undergo the procedure of interest and where QoL questionnaires are used.

Yu, Steenbeek, Macdonald, MacDonald & McKibbon (2019)

To identify the characteristics of Indigenous healing strategies in Canada and approaches to improving cultural relevance to local Indigenous contexts

What are the characteristics (e.g., guiding principles, main components, and human resources) of Indigenous healing strategies in Canada?
What approaches have been used in research process [sic] to improve the cultural relevance to local Indigenous contexts?

First nations, Inuit, and Métis

Indigenous peoples of Canada who self‐identify by other terms derived from their nations, traditional lands, or languages

Literature that describes an Indigenous healing strategy in Canada, including any attempt to promote health and healing

All service settings in Canada, including health, justice, child welfare, reconciliation, and education

Abbreviations: QoL, quality of life; ScR, scoping review; SDB, sleep‐disordered breathing.