Table 1.

Search terms used^a

Population	Context	Outcome
labour companionship	labor	well-being
companion*	labour	wellbeing
father*	birth*	welfare
husband*	childbirth	emotion*
birth partner*	parturition	affectiv*
support person		psychologic*
spouse*		experienc*

^a based on the PICO scheme; the words marked with * are truncations