Study designs of the included sources
| Research type | Number of sources | Relevant citations |
| Interventional/experimental | 8 | |
| Randomised controlled trial (RCT) | 3 | 47 48 79 |
| Pilot/exploratory RCT | 3 | 26 101 110 |
| Feasibility (cohort) | 1 | 30 |
| Evaluation (cohort) | 1 | 31 |
| Quality improvement/service development | 22 | |
| Interventional | 12 | 32 49–51 83 94 100 105–108 112 |
| Non-interventional | 3 | 52 53 99 |
| Mixed designs | 7 | 33 34 54 84 95 103 114 |
| Non-interventional studies | 38 | |
| Prospective studies | 17 | 19–21 35 36 55–59 80 81 85 86 111 115–117 |
| Retrospective studies | 11 | 22 23 37 38 60 61 87 88 96 97 118 119 |
| Cross-sectional studies | 5 | 39 62 63 77 120 |
| Delphi | 1 | 92 |
| Qualitative | 4 | 24 27 28 78 |
| Literature | 33 | |
| Systematic review | 7 | 6–8 64–66 121 |
| Narrative literature review | 3 | 40 46 89 |
| State of the art review | 2 | 90 93 |
| Editorial | 17 | 25 41–44 67–75 91 98 109 |
| Conference materials | 1 | 45 |
| Study protocol | 3 | 29 76 102 |
| Total sources included | 103 |