Table 3.

Quality assessment of qualitative study included in systematic review

	Mukattash et al. 22
Screening questions	Yes	No	Cannot tell
1. Research question	/
Did the paper address a clear research question?
2. Design	/
Was the study design appropriate to the research question? In particular, was a qualitative approach suitable and was the right design used?
3. Context		/
Was the context of the study sufficiently well described that the findings can be related to other settings?
4. Sampling			/
Did the researchers include sufficient cases/settings/observations so that conceptual rather than statistical generalizations could be made?
Were the authors' preconceptions and ideology adequately set aside?
5. Data collection	/
Was the data collection process systematic, thorough and auditable? Were attempts made to identify and explore disconfirming examples?
6. Data analysis	/
Were data analyzed systematically and rigorously? Did the analysis take account of all observations? Were sufficient data presented? Were disconfirming observations dealt with?
7. Results			/
Were there any unintended consequences?
8. Conclusions			/
Did the authors draw a clear link between data and explanation (theory)?
9. Reflexivity	/
Were the authors' positions and roles clearly explained and the resulting biases considered?
10. Ethics		/
Are there any ethical reservations about the study?
11. Worth/relevance	/
Was this piece of work worth doing at all, and has it contributed usefully to knowledge?