Table 2.

Comprehensiveness of reporting assessment – assessed using the consolidated criteria for reporting qualitative research checklist30

Reporting criteria	No of studies reporting criterion	References of studiesa
Characteristics of research team
Interviewer or facilitator identified	4	7, 13–14, 32
Credentials (BSc, PhD)	5	13, 7, 32, 2, 33
Occupation	5	13–14, 3, 32–33
Sex	7	13, 5, 14, 7, 32, 2, 33
Experience and training	2	13–14
Relationship with participants
Relationship established before study started	4	13, 6, 7, 33
Participant knowledge of interviewer	b	–
Methodological theory identified
Participant selection
Sampling	1	2
Method of approach	7	2–3, 7, 13–14, 32–33
Sample size	10	2–3, 5–7, 13–14, 31–33
Non‐participation	8	3, 5, 7, 13–14, 31–33
Setting
Setting of data collection	7	3, 5, 7, 13, 14, 31, 33
Presence of non‐participants	1	34
Description of sample	9	2, 3, 5, 6, 13, 14, 31–33
Data collection
Interview guide	6	2, 3, 5, 7, 14, 33
Repeat interviews	3	13, 5, 14
Audio/visual recording	2	6, 31
Field notes	1	14
Duration	1	31
Data saturation	0	–
Transcripts returned	0	–
Data analysis
Number of data coders	1	31
Description of the coding tree	1	31
Derivation of themes	8	2, 3, 5, 6, 13–14, 31–32
Software	2	2, 3
Participant checking	0	–
Reporting
Quotations presented	4	2, 6, 7, 13
Data and findings consistent	6	2, 6, 7, 13
Clarity of major themes	8	2–3, 5–7, 13–14, 32
Clarity of minor themes	2	5, 14

^aAs they appear in the reference list of this publication.

^bUnknown in all cases.