Table 1.

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

Exclusion

Non-clinical systematic reviews or evidence syntheses on anything related to Covid-19 Must have Covid-19 (or a variation) and review (or a variation) in the title Non-clinical reviews can include, but are not limited to the following: mental health, equity, behavior change, policymaking, intervention design, knowledge and attitudes, research gaps, changes to health service delivery, the impact of Covid-19 on vulnerable populations Reviews that include non-clinical and clinical topics in the same paper (but we focused on the non-clinical sections)

Primary qualitative, quantitative, and mixed- methods studies Non-empirical studies: commentaries, editorials, posters, theses, book chapters, and review protocols Any systematic reviews or evidence syntheses on previous pandemics or global outbreaks (with the exception of reviews that compare Covid-19 to previous pandemics) Studies that were too broad in their focus (i.e., did not specify a specific research objective) Studies related to the diagnosis, prognosis or treatment of Covid-19 with the exception of testing technologies, virtual care technologies, and mental health of populations Any clinical studies related to the mental illness comorbidities of Covid-19 Any epidemiological studies related to transmission rates, prevalence, and incidence of Covid-19 with the exception of studies specific to social factors such as prevalence across ethnicities and vulnerabilities Any studies on the vaccine development processes that were primarily related to physiology or clinical treatment