Table 4 Key terms reported in the included reviews (n = 86)

Community-based participatory research (CBPR)

30

35%

Community-based research (n = 1), Photovoice [as CBPR method] (n = 3)

Overarching terms

19

22%

Community engagement (n = 5), community-based organisation engagement (n = 1), consumer engagement (n = 1), community participation (n = 1), patient and public engagement (n = 1), patient involvement (n = 1), patient engagement (n = 2), patient and service user engagement (n = 1), service user engagement (n = 2), stakeholder engagement (n = 3), user engagement (n = 1)

Participatory research (PR)

8

9%

Participatory health research (n = 1), organisational participatory research (n = 1), participatory epidemiology (n = 1), participatory paediatric research (n = 1)

Patient and public involvement (PPI)

7

8%

Peer research (n = 1)

Participatory action research (PAR)

5

6%

Action research (AR)

2

2%

Integrated knowledge translation (IKT)

1

1%

Other terms

13

14%

Inclusive research (n = 2), co-research (n = 2), community-engaged research (n = 2), co-creation (n = 1), community–academic partnerships (n = 1), community–academic research partnerships (n = 1), participatory evaluation (n = 1), research partnerships (n = 1), collaborative research (n = 1), involvement in research (n = 1)

Combination of terms^a

1

1%