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Table 2.

Comprehensiveness of reporting

COREQ item¹³	Study reference							No of studies
COREQ item¹³	Tong et al¹²	Harwood and Johnson¹⁷	Murray et al¹⁸	Lewis and Arber¹⁹	Lewis and Arber²²	Cura²⁰	Kim and Choi²¹	No of studies
Domain 1: research team and reflexivity
Interviewer/facilitator identified	X			X	X	X		4
Researcher credentials	X			X		X		3
Occupation of researcher						X		1
Gender of researcher	X			X	X	X		4
Experience and training				X				1
Prior/existing relationship with participants								0
Participant knowledge of interviewer								0
Interviewer characteristics, for example, bias, assumptions, interest in topic				X				1
Domain 2: study design
Methodology and theory	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	7
Sampling strategy	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	7
Method of approach/invitation	X	X						2
Sample size	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	7
Non-participation	X							1
Setting of data collection	X			X	X	X	X	5
Presence of non-participants	X						X	2
Description of sample, for example, demographics	X	X		X	X	X	X	6
Interview guide	X							1
Repeat interviews						X		1
Audio/visual recording	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	7
Field notes						X		1
Duration	X					X	X	3
Data saturation	X	X		X			X	4
Transcripts returned								0
Domain 3: analysis and findings
No of data coders	X		X			X	X	4
Description of coding tree								0
Derivation of themes—in advance or derived	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	7
Software	X		X	X	X			4
Participant checking							X	1
Quotations presented	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	7
Data and findings consistent	X	X	X But primarily quantitative analysis— qualitative themes under-reported	X	X	X	X	7
Clarity of major themes	X	X			X	X	X	5
Clarity of minor themes	X	X						1
Total no of COREQ items	22	12	9	16	13	18	15

COREQ, Consolidated Criteria for Reporting Qualitative Health Research.