Table 2.

Qualitative studies.

Study (author, year)	Purpose	Population/ sample	Research design	Analysis method	Comparison	Rigor	Themes
Hounsgaard et al. (2011) [18]	Women's experiences of care decision and self-management in Parkinson's	10 Parkinson's caregivers	Phenomenological hermeneutic approach	Ricoeur's framework	None	Participant check-back	Learning to live as a partner; contact with health service; between power and powerlessness; change in self-management
McCabe et al. (2008) [20]	Change in work and recreational changes among people with neurological illness and their caregivers	31 Parkinson's caregivers	Interviews specific design is not mentioned	Content analysis	28 multiple sclerosis, 27 motor neuron disease, 24 Huntington's	Audit trail maintained	Changes in patient and carer work situation; feelings about changes in patient and carer work situation; impact of work changes on patients and carer social life
McLaughlin et al. (2011) [21]	Caregiver's perception of living and coping with Parkinson's	26 Parkinson's caregivers	Exploratory approach: audiotaped interviews	Miles and Huberman framework	None	Not provided	Diagnosis, information needed, coordinated and continued medical care, meaning and timing of palliative care, burdens related to caregiving, and economic implication of caring
Tan et al. (2012) [22]	Understand perceptions of Singaporean caregivers in caring for Parkinson's patients	17 Parkinson's caregivers	Part of a large mixed method sequential explanatory design	Ritchie and Spencer's framework	None	Not provided	Four themes of coping and adaptation, challenges of caregiving, effects of caregiving on the caregivers, and need for better caregiver support are reported