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. 2015 Sep 28;16:432. doi: 10.1186/s13063-015-0908-6

Table 2.

Quality assessment of the qualitative studies, using the Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP) tool

Study
Criteria Mann et al. (2014) [31] Paramasivan et al. (2011) [32]
Global quality rating Strong Strong
Clear aims?
Qualitative methodology appropriate?
Research design appropriate to address aims?
Appropriate recruitment strategy?
Data collection appropriate?
Relationship between researcher and participants considered?
Ethic issues into consideration?
Data analysis sufficiently rigorous?
Clear statement of findings?
Valuable research?