Table 4

Papers in synthesis by focus and participants

Focus	Studies (papers in the same row report the same study)	Participants n ≥650
		CYP		Family members/carers		Professionals
		Diabetes studies	Mixed condition studies (minimum number of CYP with diabetes)*	Diabetes studies	Mixed condition studies (minimum carers with CYP with diabetes) *	Diabetes studies	Mixed condition studies (minimum professionals with responsibility for diabetes)*
Information, education and support resources	Eiser et al16	27		18		13
	Waller et al17 Knowles et al18	24		29
	Waller et al19	48		48
	Christie et al20†			64 mostly mothers
	Hummelinck and Pollock 21‡				27 (3)
	Kirk et al15‡§		18 (2)		31 (6) mostly mothers		36 (6)
	Williams et al12§		46 (16)		52 (1)		11 (1)
Transition	Allen et al13 14	46		39 mothers		38
	Price et al22	11
	Price et al23					9
Coping in school	Boden et al24					5
	Marshall et al25					47
	Newbould et al 26‡§		69 (26)		69 (26)
	Smith et al 27‡§		27 (2)		27 (2)
General	Dovey-Pearce et al28‡	19
	Greene29‡	5
	Curtis-Tyler30§	17
	Brierley et al31					14
Home management from diagnosis	Lowes et al32			38
Total participants		197	(46)	236	(38)	126	(7)

*Figures show minimum possible totals for children, young people or young adults (CYP) with diabetes where sample size was reported by source of recruitment only27 ,15; for CYP generally where sample size was reported by method of data collection only;12 ,27 and for carers where the number of parents participating in each family was not described.19 ,26 ,27
^†Includes type 2 diabetes.
^‡Participants’ diabetes type unclear.
^§Includes children under 11 years.