Table 1 Inclusion and exclusion criteria
| Included | Excluded | |
|---|---|---|
| Sample |
Patients aged 18 and over Healthcare providers Healthcare administrators Healthcare decision makers Government policy makers Other stakeholders (including researchers, not for profit organisations) | Patients aged under 18 years |
| Phenomenon of interest | SDM in hospital inpatient setting, in which the decision is made while the patient is an inpatient or in emergency |
Non-SDM interventions Decisions made in primary or secondary care settings |
| Design | Primary studies where barriers and facilitators are qualitatively reported |
Editorials Randomised control trials Quantitative studies Non-peer-reviewed studies Reviews (reviews were not included, but their reference lists were searched for additional primary studies) |
| Evaluation | Barriers and facilitators to implementing SDM in inpatient hospital settings where the decision is made while the patient is an inpatient, reported in the results section |
Effectiveness of SDM interventions Impact of SDM interventions Preferences for decisions |
| Research type | Qualitative, mixed methods (qualitative only) | Quantitative, mixed methods (quantitative) |