| Setting | Studies |
| USA | [17, 18, 32–55] | Canada | [56–68] | Italy | [69–72] | Scandinavian countries | [73–76] | Israel | [77–79] | Australia | [80, 81] | Hong Kong | [16, 82] | South Africa | [83, 84] | UK | [85, 86] | Ireland | [87] | Korea | [88] | New Zealand | [89] | Turkey | [90] |
| Primary construct | | Sexual relationships and sexuality | [33, 38, 42, 49, 60, 71, 75, 80–84] | Personal relationships | [16, 32, 34, 44, 46, 47, 67, 72, 74, 78, 79] | Recreation and sport | [36, 37, 40, 48, 61, 85, 86] | Social integration/participation | [35, 39, 52, 58, 66, 73, 88] | Technology | [45, 53, 56, 64, 87] | Bladder and bowels | [43, 54, 55, 57, 90] | Employment | [50, 51, 76, 89] | Lived experience | [18, 41] | Outcomes | [69, 70] | Quality of life | [63, 68] |
| Methodology | | Qualitative | | Phenomenology | [34, 36, 41, 42, 49, 57, 60, 61, 77, 81, 83, 87, 89] | Descriptive/exploratory | [33, 55, 64, 68, 80, 86] | Grounded theory | [17, 40, 59] | Narrative | [52, 73, 82] | Others/not stated | [16, 18, 50, 63, 65, 67, 74, 76, 84] | Quantitative | | Correlational/comparative | [32, 35, 37–39, 46–48, 53, 54, 58, 66, 69–72, 78, 79, 88, 90] | Intervention study | [44, 62] | Case control | [43] | Survey | [75] | Randomized controlled trial | [51] | Mixed methods | [45, 56, 85] |
| Participants | | Gender | | Women only | [36, 49, 56, 59, 60, 73–75, 80–82] | Men only | [33, 38, 42, 44, 77–79, 83] | Gender breakdown unclear | [39, 46, 58, 61, 64] | Diagnostic groups/comparison groups | | Mixed diagnostic groups | [38, 39, 55, 65] Remaining studies focused exclusively on SCI | Includes non-SCI control, comparison, or family group | [16, 41, 46, 75, 78, 79] |
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