Co-construction of the family-focused support conversation: a participatory learning and action research study to implement support for family members whose relatives are being discharged for end-of-life care at home or in a nursing home

Table 1 Inclusion and exclusion criteria for evidence review

Included	Excluded
Studies focused on caregiver support	Studies not focused on caregiver support, for example, those focused on patient support
	Studies solely focused on symptom management
	Studies focused on service evaluation
Studies focused on caregiver support during palliative or end of life care	Studies focused on caregiver support before, during or after treatment, during survivorship or where prognosis was expected to be longer than 1 year
Studies graded by the systematic review authors, as good quality	Studies graded by the systematic review authors as weak quality
Studies of interventions amenable to delivery by hospital-based, registered practitioners (e.g. ward staff)	Studies focused on psychotherapeutic approaches e.g. cognitive behavioural therapy
	Studies using other therapeutic approaches such as art or music therapy or other focus such as training caregivers to use prompt questions in consultations

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