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Table 2 Inclusion and exclusion criteria

From: Women’s experiences of using patient portals in healthcare settings: a rapid review

Concepts

Inclusion Criteria

Exclusion Criteria

Exclusion Rationale for Full-Text Screening

Population

Women, including people who identify as cisgender, transgender, or non-binary/gender diverse assigned sex of female at birth

Age 18 years or older

Receiving health care services

Assigned sex of male at birth

Pediatric populations

Information about other individuals using a patient portal, such as parents, family members, care partners, etc.

Wrong patient population

Portal use

Articles must contain data about use of a patient portal

Data is not specific about use of a patient portal

Wrong concept

Outcomes

Articles must have outcomes associated with women’s use of patient portals

Outcome data not relevant (e.g., only disease outcomes)

No reported outcomes

Language

Article must be available in the English language

Article not available in the English language

Wrong language

Article type

Articles must contain primary or secondary research (e.g., reviews), and have a full-text version available

Conference presentations, book chapters, blogs, editorials, commentaries

Wrong source

Date

Articles published during or after 2006

Articles published prior to 2006

N/A- article removed at title and abstract screening stage