Table 1 Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Public, patient or carer beliefs, feelings, awareness, understanding, knowledge, attitudes, expectations and perceptions of clinical practice guidelines (and/or guidance).

Opinion pieces, editorials, narrative reviews and protocols.

Public/patient involvement in guideline development.

User-testing of public/patient information tools derived from guidelines.

Public/patient-centred communication/information not related to guidelines or evidence-based recommendations.

Readability/understandability of public/patient-targeted information materials derived from guidelines.

Public health campaigns.

Communicating research results to public/patients within the context of a guideline.

Procedure-specific information (e.g. details of surgical operations and their consequences).

Public/patient versions of guidelines

Computer interpretable guidelines for public/patients.

Informed consent for clinical trials.

Public understanding of science.

Knowledge translation tools for public/patients derived from guidelines.

English, Finnish, Norwegian, Spanish and German articles.