Table 3 RRR literature search strategy and inclusion criteria

String 1. Participants:

Doctor, Physician, Social Work, Health Personnel, General Practitioner, Dietitian, Radiographer, Radiologist, Occupational Therapist, Physiotherapist, Speech & Language Therapist, Social Worker, Psychologist, Nurse, Midwife

String 2 Outcomes

Shared Decision-Making, Patient Participation, Advance Care Planning, Advance Care Directives, Mental Competency, Living Wills, Patient Care Plans, Assisted Decision-Making, Supported Decision-Making, Patient Decision-Making, Nursing Care Plans, Family Decision-Making

Keywords, MESH and headings were identified by the expert panel under participant and outcome search strings and combined using Boolean operators.

Inclusion/exclusion criteria

Quantitative and qualitative peer-reviewed articles, English language, 10-year timeframe (2008–2018), Human subject older than 18 years.

Round two and three inclusion /exclusion criteria are available in additional file 3.