Table 1.

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

	Inclusion criteria	Exclusion criteria
Qualitative search (PICo framework)
Population	Patients with LTCs and health professionals managing patients with LTCs	Includes patients with no LTCs and health professionals’ management of patients with no LTCs
Phenomena of interest	Use of review templates (electronic or paper) in the clinical management of LTCs	Computerised decision-support systems, other reminders or record systems
Context	Views and experiences of review templates for clinical management of LTCs, from the patient or health professional perspective	Views and experiences that are not related to review templates used for clinical management of LTCs in a healthcare setting, from the patient or health professional perspective
Quantitative search (PICOS framework)
Population	Health professionals working in LTC care	Non-health professionals, non-LTC review consultations
Intervention	Electronic or paper review templates meeting reviewers’ stated definition	Computerised decision-support systems, other reminders or record systems
Comparison Outcome	Standardised/regular LTC care not using templates Primary: process (comprehensiveness, compliance with guidelines, frequency of use). Secondary: patient health outcomes (unscheduled care, symptom control)	Studies not conducted in a healthcare setting No report on any outcomes of interest
Study design	Randomised controlled trials; quasi-experimental, non-randomised; mixed method	Study designs that did not meet the inclusion criteria

LTC = long-term condition. PICo = Population, phenomena of Interest, and Context. PICOS = Population/Patient, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome, Study design.