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. 2024 Sep 4;27(5):e14178. doi: 10.1111/hex.14178

Table 3.

Study design.

Study design No. of studies Studies
Qualitative 27
Grounded theory 10 [39, 40, 42, 55, 56, 65, 71, 72, 76, 79]
Unspecified 5 [37, 49, 62, 69, 82]
Descriptive 4 [43, 48, 63, 83]
Thematic analysis 3 [47, 60, 68]
Ethnography 2 [58, 77]
Phenomenology 2 [45, 75]
Interpretive description 1 [78]
Quantitative 10
Observational, cross‐sectional study with control group 4 [18, 24, 29, 70]
Observational, cross‐sectional study with no control group 2 [52, 74]
Post‐intervention, cross‐sectional study with no control 1 [59]
Post‐intervention, cross‐sectional study with historical control 1 [73]
Observational, prospective study 2 [50, 66]
Mixed methods 6
Observational, cross‐sectional study 4 [27, 41, 51, 52, 54]
Quasi‐experimental, post‐intervention with historical control 1 [46]
Post‐intervention, no control 1 [57]
Descriptive 2 [7, 53]
Review 4 [25, 38, 80, 81]