Table 1.

Eligibility criteria for included articles

Inclusion criteria	Exclusion criteria
Participants: aged >18 years old with a diagnosis of CHF	Experience of patients with heart transplant or palliative care related to CHF
Articles: Qualitative studies of participants lived experience of living with and managing CHF, published in peer-reviewed journals or as part of successful PhD thesis. Mixed-methods studies will be considered but must have a substantial focus on qualitative methods	Qualitative studies not reporting on general or holistic lived experience (eg, paper with a singular focus). Reports of intervention effectiveness, for example, where the focus is on the treatment effect or service delivery rather than the patients experience (randomised control trials, healthcare organisation or delivery) Literature review papers (including qualitative synthesis, meta-synthesis, etc)
Settings: Worldwide
Date of publication: between 1 January 2007 and 20 January 2020
Language: English

CHF, chronic heart failure.