Table 3.

Inclusion and exclusion criteria for the scoping review

Category	Inclusion criteria	Exclusion criteria
Language	English
Publication date range	January 1986 to December 2020	Before 1986
Participant sge	Participant age: >18 years of age At least one participant in the study was ≥18 years of age	All participants were under 18 years of age
Participant diagnosis	Participant diagnosis: disordered consciousness (DoC) following severe TBI DoC was established using a known assessment for evaluating states of consciousness such as the Coma Recovery Scale-Revised (CRS-R) or Glasgow Coma Scale<8 At least one participant in the study was diagnosed with DoC from a TBI	Participants had brain pathologies such as Alzheimer’s disease or non-traumatic brain injury, and/or were conscious, alert and oriented Participants had a Diagnostics and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (5th edition) diagnosis of psychiatric disorders
Intervention	Intervention aimed at facilitating recovery of consciousness	Purpose of intervention was not described as facilitating recovery of consciousness
Study design	All designs of primary, peer-reviewed studies including randomised control trials, observational studies, cohort studies, case–control studies, case series and case reports	Qualitative studies; meta-analyses, systematic reviews and scoping reviews

Publication date: January 1986 to December 2020.

Language: English.

TBI, traumatic brain injury.