Table 1

Study inclusion and exclusion criteria

	Inclusion	Exclusion
Participants	Children or adults who were <18 years when their parents died. Surviving parents of children <18 years when the other parent died.	Children who have died. Parents whose children have died. Children whose siblings have died.
Study design	Qualitative studies, questionnaires and surveys if they were qualitative in design, interviews, narrative research studies that describe in the words of children and surviving parents their experience of support following the death of a parent. Mixed-methods studies which include a qualitative aspect that describe in the words of children and surviving parents their experience of support following the death of a parent.	Quantitative studies (including surveys or questionnaires) that do not give the children’s or surviving parent’s experience. Case studies, case series, reflection/opinion pieces.
Language	English Language papers.	Non-English language papers.
Setting	There will be no restrictions by setting or country.
Date	There will be no restrictions by date.