We are grateful to the members of the Sheffield HSDR Evidence Synthesis Centre PPI Group for their contributions. We thank Emma Knowles for attending the PPI meeting and for commenting on the initial draft of this report.
Contributions of authors
Duncan Chambers (Research Fellow in Public Health) was involved in project co-ordination, study selection, data extraction, quality assessment and report writing.
Anna Cantrell (Research Associate in Health Economics and Decision Science) was involved in information retrieval, study selection, data extraction, quality assessment and report writing.
Maxine Johnson (Research Fellow in Public Health) was involved in study selection, data extraction, quality assessment and report writing.
Louise Preston (Research Fellow in Health Economics and Decision Science) was involved in study selection, data extraction, quality assessment and report writing.
Susan K Baxter (Senior Research Fellow in Public Health) was involved in protocol development, study selection, report writing and co-ordinated the PPI meeting.
Andrew Booth (Reader in Evidence-based Information Practice) was involved in information retrieval, study selection and report writing.
Janette Turner (Reader in Emergency and Urgent Care Research) provided topic expert advice and was involved in report writing.
All authors commented on drafts of the protocol and the report.
Publication
Chambers D, Cantrell AJ, Johnson M, Preston L, Baxter SK, Booth A, Turner J. Digital and online symptom checkers and health assessment/triage services for urgent health problems: systematic review. BMJ Open 2019;9:e027743.
Data-sharing statement
No new data have been created in the preparation of this report and, therefore, there is nothing available for access and further sharing. All queries should be submitted to the corresponding author.
Disclaimers
This report presents independent research funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). The views and opinions expressed by authors in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the NHS, the NIHR, NETSCC, the HS&DR programme or the Department of Health and Social Care. If there are verbatim quotations included in this publication the views and opinions expressed by the interviewees are those of the interviewees and do not necessarily reflect those of the authors, those of the NHS, the NIHR, NETSCC, the HS&DR programme or the Department of Health and Social Care.