Table 4.
Methodological quality assessment of the 12 included studies.
| Authors and publication year | 1. Was there a clear statement of the aims of the research? | 2. Is a qualitative methodology appropriate? | 3. Was the research design appropriate to address the aims of the research? |
4. Was the recruitment strategy appropriate to the aims of the research? |
5. Was the data collected in a way that addressed the research issue? |
6. Has the relationship between researcher and participants been adequately considered? |
7. Have ethical issues been taken into consideration? |
8. Was the data analysis sufficiently rigorous? |
9. Is there a clear statement of findings? |
10. Was the research valuable? | Total score (max score = 10) |
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| 1 | Gilbert et al. (2022) (9) | Yes (1) | Yes (1) | Yes (1) | Yes (1) | Yes (1) | No (0) | Yes (1) | Yes (1) | Can’t tell (0.5) | Yes (1) | High (9) |
| 2 | Ashfield et al. (2021) (10) | Yes (1) | Yes (1) | Yes (1) | Yes (1) | Yes (1) | Yes (1) | Yes (1) | Yes (1) | Yes (1) | Yes (1) | High (9) |
| 3 | Goad and Parker (2021) (53) | Yes (1) | Yes (1) | Yes (1) | Yes (1) | Yes (1) | Can’t tell (0.5) | Yes (1) | Yes (1) | Yes (1) | Yes (1) | High (9.5) |
| 4 | Raynor et al. (2022) (29) | Yes (1) | Yes (1) | Yes (1) | Yes (1) | Yes (1) | Can’t tell (0.5) | Yes (1) | Can’t tell (0.5) | Yes (1) | Yes (1) | High (9) |
| 5 | Gooding et al. (2020) (58) | Yes (1) | Yes (1) | Yes (1) | Yes (1) | Yes (1) | Yes (1) | Yes (1) | Yes (1) | Yes (1) | Yes (1) | High (10) |
| 6 | Mullen et al. (2020) (59) | Yes (1) | Yes (1) | Yes (1) | Yes (1) | Yes (1) | Can’t tell (0.5) | Yes (1) | Yes (1) | Yes (1) | Yes (1) | High (9.5) |
| 7 | Clapton et al. (2018) (54) | Yes (1) | Yes (1) | Yes (1) | Yes (1) | Yes (1) | Can’t tell (0.5) | Yes (1) | Yes (1) | Yes (1) | Yes (1) | High (9.5) |
| 8 | Ashworth et al. (2015) (63) | Yes (1) | Yes (1) | Yes (1) | Can’t tell (0.5) | Yes (1) | No (0) | Yes (1) | Yes (1) | Yes (1) | Yes (1) | High (8.5) |
| 9 | Heriot-Maitland et al. (2014) (11) | Yes (1) | Yes (1) | Yes (1) | Can’t tell (0.5) | Yes (1) | Can’t tell (0.5) | Yes (1) | Yes (1) | Yes (1) | Yes (1) | High (9) |
| 10 | Lucre and Corten (2013) (7) | Yes (1) | Yes (1) | Yes (1) | Yes (1) | Yes (1) | Can’t tell (0.5) | Yes (1) | Can’t tell (0.5) | Yes (1) | Yes (1) | High (9.5) |
| 11 | Maynard et al. (2023) (12) | Yes (1) | Yes (1) | Yes (1) | Yes (1) | Yes (1) | Yes (1) | Yes (1) | Yes (1) | Yes (1) | Yes (1) | High (10) |
| 12 | Altavilla and Strudwick (2022) (46) | Yes (1) | Yes (1) | Yes (1) | Yes (1) | Yes (1) | Yes (1) | Yes (1) | Yes (1) | Yes (1) | Yes (1) | High (10) |
| % of Included Studies Rated as Yes (1) | 100% | 100% | 100% | 66.66% | 100% | 33.33% | 100% | 83.33% | 91.67% | 100% | N/A | |
| Key | ||||||||||||
| High (>8-10) | ||||||||||||
| Moderate (6-8) | ||||||||||||
| Low (≤5) | ||||||||||||