Table 2.
Study characteristics
| Author(s) | Year | Country | Health‐care setting | Sample size | Participants | Age range | M:F ratio | Method of data analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coyle25 (index study) | 1997 | UK | Mixed | 41 | Theoretical sample of health service users selected through a household survey | 18‐79 y | 20:21 | Grounded theory |
| Coyle26 | 1999 | |||||||
| Coyle27 | 1999 | |||||||
| Eriksson and Svedlund28 | 2007 | Sweden | Secondary | 6 | Convenience sample of hospital patients identified through a patients’ advice group | 29‐59 y | 2:4 | Latent content analysis |
| Howard29 | 2011 | Australia | Secondary | 16 | Convenience sample of hospital patients invited through media advertisements | 18‐79 y | 5:11 | Phenomenology |
| Howard, Fleming and Parker30 | 2013 | |||||||
| Skär and Söderberg31 | 2012 | Sweden | Mixed | 23 | Purposive sample of patients identified through a patients’ advice group | 18‐76 y | 9:14 | Qualitative content analysis |
| Söderberg, Olsson and Skär32 | 2012 | |||||||
| Finney Lamb et al33 | 2008 | Australia | Secondary | 23 | Purposive sample of opioid‐dependent women and staff at an opioid treatment service | Not specified | Not specified | Thematic analysis |
| Allsop and Mulcahy34 | 1998 | UK | Secondary | 35 | Representative sample of hospital consultants selected through a postal survey | Not specified | Not specified | Grounded analysis |
| Jain and Ogden35 (index study) | 1999 | UK | Primary | 30 | Representative sample of general practitioners selected through a postal survey | Not specified | 16:14 | Frame analysis |
| Cunningham and Dovey36 | 2006 | New Zealand | Secondary | 12 | Convenience sample of hospital‐based specialist doctors identified through a medico‐legal society | Not specified | Not specified | Inductive analysis |
| Stuart and Cunningham37 | 2015 | New Zealand | Primary | 9 | Convenience sample of dentists invited through professional networks | Not specified | 5:4 | Phenomenology |