Table 1 PEO, search terms and key words, inclusion and exclusion criteria

Population 1

Patient

Patient, service user, client

Primary research, qualitative research, peer-reviewed journal articles and grey literature, research related to the adult population, published between January 2006 and September 2016, English language only, UK and International studies

Systematic reviews, categorical data, standardised questionnaires with no text response

Population 2

Healthcare profession

Physiotherapist, physiotherapy, physical therapist, healthcare profession, clinician, practitioner, extended scope practitioner, advanced practitioner

Exposure

Physiotherapy services in the ED

Emergency department, accident and emergency, emergency care, prehospital care

Outcomes

Experience and perceptions

Experiences, interviews, perceptions, qualitative, qualitative research