Materials and methods
Results
The search strategy yielded XXX potential citations. After the removal of duplicates, initial screening and review for eligibility, XXX articles remained. A further XXX articles were identified through hand searching and Google Scholar. In total, XXX articles were mapped. After the removal of non-English studies and conference abstracts, XXX articles were included in the results summary (Appendix 2).
Mapping of studies
The characteristics of the included studies are presented in Table 1. There has been a linear increase in the number of studies about treatment of CAPS over the past XX years (1996–2000, n = 8; 2011–2015, n = 50). Most studies were based in Europe (XX of XX), in particular the U.K. (XX of XX), Sweden (XX of XX), Germany (XX of XX) and Turkey (XX of XX) (Table 1 and Figure XX).
Tables
Table 1 Mapping of study characteristics of full articles, conference abstracts and abstracts included in the scoping review.