Table 1 Inclusion and exclusion criteria applied to studies in the ‘eligibility’ step of the PRISMA protocol
From: A scoping review of the perceptions of death in the context of organ donation and transplantation
Inclusion criteria | Exclusion criteria | |
|---|---|---|
Study characteristics | Written in English Published as full-text article in an indexed journal Sufficient details about methodology and results available | Discussion or review articles Studies using qualitative methodology Articles published in a language other than English |
Participants | Members of the general public Students regardless of discipline Healthcare professionals | |
Data | Studies reporting quantitative data on the attitudes and beliefs of relevant populations on brain death, circulatory death, and perimortem interventions, in the context of organ donation | Studies Only testing knowledge or awareness of concepts related to brain death, circulatory death, dead donor rule, organ donation Studies reporting data on emotional responses to death as an event Studies collecting data on attitudes toward organ donation alone |