Table 2.

Consolidated criteria for reporting qualitative research (COREQ) items reported by the nine articles included in the review

COREQ items		Article reference
		15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23
Domain 1: research team and reflexivity
Personal characteristics
1	Interviewer/facilitator	•	•				•	•	•	•
2	Credentials	•	•	•			•	•	•
3	Occupation	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
4	Gender	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
5	Experience and training		•			•			•
Relationship with participants
6	Relationship established								•
7	Participant knowledge of the interviewer	•				•	•		•	•
8	Interviewer characteristics								•
Domain 2: study design
Theoretical framework
9	Methodological orientation and theory		•	•	•		•	•	•	•
Participant selection
10	Sampling	•	•		•	•		•	•	•
11	Method of approach	•	•		•	•	•	•	•	•
12	Sample size	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
13	Nonparticipation	•			•				•	•
Setting
14	Setting of data collection	•	•	•		•	•	•	•	•
15	Presence of nonparticipants				•			•	•
16	Description of sample	•	•			•		•	•	•
Data collection
17	Interview guide	•	•			•	•	•	•	•
18	Repeat interviews								•
19	Audiovisual recording	•	•		•	•	•	•	•	•
20	Field notes			•					•
21	Duration	•	•			•		•	•	•
22	Data saturation	•				•		•	•
23	Transcripts returned								•
Domain 3: analysis and findings
Data analysis
24	Number of data coders	•	•			•	•	•	•	•
25	Description of the coding tree								•
26	Derivation of themes	•				•	•	•	•	•
27	Software	•	•			•	•	•	•
28	Participant checking								•
Reporting
29	Quotations presented	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
30	Data and findings consistent	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
31	Clarity of major themes	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
32	Clarity of minor themes		•	•		•	•	•	•