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Table 3 Body of evidence by lived experience with healthcare system

From: Towards conceptualizing patients as partners in health systems: a systematic review and descriptive synthesis

Disease/condition

Number of eligible studies

Aging/older adults

7

Cancer

49

Cardiovascular (advanced heart failure, atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, cardiovascular disease, congenital heart disease, Fontan circulation, myocardial infarction with nonobstructive coronary arteries, stroke)

11

Chronic conditions (chronic illness, chronic respiratory disease, diabetes)

15

Determinants of health (health inequalities, homelessness, indigenous health policy, patient safety, transitions in care)

6

Disabilities (developmental disabilities, intellectual disabilities, learning disabilities, physical disability, psychiatric disability)

9

Experience of hospital ward or unit (critical illness, emergency care, emergency medicine, hospital intensive care unit, hospital-acquired infection)

7

HIV/AIDS

7

Mental health and addictions (attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder [ADHD], child loss/bereavement, depression, maternal depression, psychiatric genomics, psychosis, schizophrenia, alcohol and drug addictions)

80

Multiplea

52

Nephrology (chronic kidney disease, kidney disease, kidney failure)

11

Neurodegenerative diseases (dementia, Parkinson’s)

11

Neuromuscular disease

14

Not specified

164

Other (asthma, bronchiectasis, COVID-19, cystic fibrosis, drug development, female hypoactive sexual desire disorder, haemophilia, hepatitis C, pressure ulcer, podiatry conditions, liver disease, Lyme disease, deceased organ donations)

15

Paediatric (child health, marginalized children and youth, breastfeeding, paediatric intensive care, preterm birth)

12

Primary care (palliative care, pain management, pregnancy)

11

Rare diseases

5

Rehabilitation

3

Rheumatic diseases

17

  1. aMultiple diseases include patient partners with a combination of lived experiences, such as cancer, arthritis, diabetes, stroke, mental health