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. 2016 Nov 28;11:157. doi: 10.1186/s13012-016-0524-1

Table 3.

Quality assessment results of qualitative included studies

Quality assessment question Daniels et al., 2013 [24] Gache et al., 2014 [30] Johnson et al., 2011 [31] Meuer et al., 2011 Skecksen et al., 2014
Was there a clear statement of the aims of the research?
Is a qualitative methodology appropriate?
Was the research design appropriate to address the aims of the research?
Was the recruitment strategy appropriate to the aims of the research? x
Was the data collected in a way that addressed the research issue?
Has the relationship between researcher and participants been considered? x x Not reported x x
Have ethical issues been taken into consideration? Not reported
Was the data analysis sufficiently rigorous? x Not reported x
Is there a clear statement of findings? Not reported
How valuable is the research?

X = No; ✓ = Yes