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. |
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