Domestic Abuse in the Context of Life-Limiting Illness: A Systematic Scoping Review

Table 2

Inclusion and exclusion criteria.

	Inclusion criteria	Exclusion criteria
Population (P)	Patients/people living with a life-limiting illness (adults over 18 with life-limiting illness, affected by domestic abuse); Health and social care professionals (nurse, doctor, HCSW, paramedic, social worker, psychologist, and safeguarding leads); Support organisations (DOMESTIC ABUSE charities, Citizens Advice); Religious personnel (Chaplain)	Children, young people, and adolescents; People living with dementia; Pregnancy; Pre- and postnatal
Concept (C)	Domestic abuse and violence (sexual assault/violence; rape; verbal abuse; financial abuse/control; coercive control; threatening behaviour; neglect; maltreat; mistreat; intimate partner violence; emotional abuse; psychological abuse; domestic homicide/murder; gender-based violence; and elder abuse) and life-limiting illness (terminal illness; degenerative illness; end-of-life; and incurable disease)	Nondomestic abuse/violence; Curable illness/disease/condition; Dementia
Context (C)	Hospice and palliative care settings; Primary care settings; Community-based care; Acute settings (e.g., emergency department, ambulatory care, and outpatients); Prehospital care; Social care; Third sector organisations	Paediatric settings; Ante-natal settings; Maternity services
Type of evidence source	Empirical peer-reviewed research (qualitative and mixed method); literature reviews; grey literature (conference abstracts; theses); policies and protocols; and clinical guidelines
Language	English language	Nonenglish language papers
Year of publication	2000–2021	Papers published before 1st Jan 2000
Abstract and full text availability	Papers with a published abstract and full text paper available in English language	Studies without a published abstract and full text available