Table 3.

Summary of quality judgements

Critical Appraisal Skills Program question	Number of answers across all included studies
	Yes	Unclear	No
Was there a clear statement of the aims of the research?	29	0	2
Is a qualitative methodology appropriate?	30	1	0
Was the research design appropriate to address the aims of the research?	26	3	2
Was the recruitment strategy appropriate to the aims of the research?	13	10	8
Was the data collected in a way that addressed the research issue?	25	5	1
Has the relationship between researcher and participants been adequately considered?	5	18	8
Have ethical issues been taken into consideration?	15	14	2
Was the data analysis sufficiently rigorous?	12	10	9
Is there a clear statement of findings?	16	10	5
Is the research valuable?	24	6	1