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Table 1 Inclusion and exclusion criteria

From: Do people perceive benefits in the use of social prescribing to address loneliness and/or social isolation? A qualitative meta-synthesis of the literature

Key Concept

Inclusion Criteria

Exclusion Criteria

Participants

Studies that sampled participants of any age describing experiences of loneliness and/or social isolation

Studies that sampled participants without a history of loneliness and/or social isolation

Participants reporting cognitive impairments (e.g., dementia, psychosis)

Intervention

Studies that included any well-defined intervention considered as a SP intervention, delivered individually or by groups through any means (e.g., face-to-face, internet, telephone) regardless of the duration or number of treatment sessions

Studies that included any intervention not considered a SP intervention

Study design

Descriptions of loneliness and service users’ views about the use of SP to address their loneliness and/or social isolation. Studies that analysed data from focus groups, semi-structured interviews and textual data (e.g., personal written account) were included

For mixed methods studies, only the qualitative data were extracted

Any quantitative research designs

Language

Articles written in English or French

Articles written in languages other than English or French