Data charting form used to extract information to answer the scoping review’s questions
| Domain | Extracted Information |
| Study characteristics | First author |
| Year of publication | |
| Type of publication | |
| Academic discipline | |
| Sample size | |
| Study objective | |
| Authors’ main conclusion | |
| Key findings | Thematic dimension of patient experience |
| Experience: positive/negative/both | |
| Geographical setting (ie, federal state, area code, urban vs rural area) | |
| Institutional setting or healthcare service used (ie, inpatient hospital care, informal home care, rehabilitation services) | |
| Method used to assess patients’ experiences | |
| Population characteristics | Age |
| Sex | |
| Ethnicity | |
| Insurance status | |
| Relationship status | |
| Severity of symptoms (NYHA) | |
| Comorbidities | |
| Type of CHF (in terms of localisation, aetiology or pathophysiology) | |
| Therapeutic characteristics (ie, implanted device therapy, pharmacological therapy) |
CHF, chronic heart failure; NYHA, New York Heart Association Functional Classification.