Table 1

STARLITE summary of search strategy42

Sampling strategy	Comprehensive: attempting to identify all published materials
Types of studies	Any published study contributing to the research question: qualitative (with or without other methodologies (ie, mixed method)); primary or secondary sources
Approaches	Electronic database searching; manual searching of reference lists; articles found opportunistically
Range of years	From database inception until 11 January 2019
Limits	Articles published in English language; ‘qualitative research’; children aged 0–18 years (inclusive)
Inclusion and exclusion criteria	See table 2 and step 3: study selection
Terms used	See online supplemental file 2
Electronic databases	Ovid Medline; Embase; Scopus; CINAHL Plus; Web of Science