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Table 3.

Quality assessment of included papers

CASP checklist items¹⁴	Tong et al¹²	Harwood and Johnson¹⁷	Murray et al¹⁸	Lewis and Arber¹⁹	Lewis and Arber²²	Cura²⁰	Kim and Choi²¹
1. Was there a clear statement of the aims of the research?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
2. Is a qualitative methodology appropriate?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
3. Was the research design appropriate to address the aims of the research?	Yes	Cannot tell	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
4. Was the recruitment strategy appropriate to the aims of the research?	Yes	Cannot tell	Yes	Yes	Yes	Cannot tell	Yes
5. Was the data collected in a way that addressed the research issue?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Cannot tell	Yes
6. Has the relationship between researcher and participants been adequately considered?	Cannot tell	Cannot tell	Cannot tell	Yes	Cannot tell	Cannot tell	Cannot tell
7. Have ethical issues been taken into consideration?	Yes	Cannot tell	Cannot tell	Yes	Yes	Cannot tell	Yes
8. Was the data analysis sufficiently rigorous?	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes—although saturation reported as reached after nine interviews
9. Is there a clear statement of findings?	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
10. How valuable is the research?	Valuable: New insights particularly regarding experiences of waiting for and of transplantation. Journal in addition to interview data added rich insights. Areas for service improvement in light of findings highlighted.	Limited by: Small sample. Underanalysis.	Limited by: Qualitative element of this study is poorly reported compared with the quantitative element. However, some of the themes reported from the qualitative interviews are not reported elsewhere, for example, recreational drug use as a coping strategy.	Valuable: Large sample. Diversity of participants. Rich, extensive, detailed analysis. Research reflexivity explicitly explored.	Valuable: Large sample. Diversity of participants. Rich, extensive, detailed analysis.	Limited by: Small sample Underanalysis Transferability	Limited by: Small sample. However, important themes identified and implications for clinical practice considered.