Table 3. Critical Appraisal Skills Program.
Y: Yes, C.T.: Can't Tell, N: No
Quality Assessment Criteria | Bermudez et al. (2013) [32] | Rhodes et al. (2015) [33] | West et al. (2017) [34] |
Was there a clear statement of the aim of the research? | C.T. | Y | N |
Was a qualitative methodology appropriate? | Y | Y | Y |
Was the research design appropriate to address the aims of the research? | N | CT | Y |
Was the recruitment strategy appropriate to the aims of the research? | Y | Y | Y |
Was data collected in a way that addressed the research issue? | C.T. | C.T. | Y |
Has the relationship between the researcher and participants been adequately considered? | N | CT | Y |
Have ethical issues been taken into consideration? | Y | Y | Y |
Was the data analysis sufficiently rigorous? | Y | Y | N |
Is there a clear statement of findings? | Y | Y | Y |
How valuable is the research? | Valuable | Somewhat | Valuable |
Total score | 7 | 8 | 8 |
Key: 1 point: Yes (Y) / Valuable. 0.5 points: Can’t Tell (C.T.) / Somewhat. 0 points: No (N) / Not Valuable. |