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Table 6 Example of data to be extracted

From: Children’s, parents’ and other stakeholders’ perspectives on early dietary self-management to delay disease progression of chronic disease in children: a protocol for a mixed studies systematic review with a narrative synthesis

The type of data to be extracted may include the following

General study information

First author, publication year, title, contact author, publication source, country of the main author.

Characteristics of the methods

Country of study, the age of the group in receipt of self-management, the study design, participants and more specifically the type of stakeholder offering a perspective, number of participants, study duration, comparison group intervention, research method, data analysis and key findings.

Characteristics of any intervention

Identify the dietary intervention, how it was implemented, the resources used, who delivered the intervention, and any barriers and facilitators to implementing the intervention.

Perspective of stakeholders

Narrative detail describing stakeholder views, experience and perspectives towards a dietary intervention. This may be in the form of quotes or descriptive texted.