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. 2018 Nov 16;16:110. doi: 10.1186/s12961-018-0382-1

Table 2.

Background information of included papers

Variable Frequency Percentage
Study design
Not reported 25 59.52
Cross-sectional design 10 23.81
Descriptive 1 2.38
Longitudinal 1 2.38
Exploratory 1 2.38
Phenomenological 1 2.38
Ethnography 2 4.76
Randomised controlled trial 1 2.38
Type of study
Mixed methods 14 33.33
Qualitative 21 50.00
Quantitative 7 16.67
Sampling
Probability 4 9.25
Non-probability 23 54.76
Not reported 15 35.71
Type of analysis performed
Qualitative analysisa 23 54.76
Descriptive and inferential 13 30.95
Descriptive statistics and content 2 4.76
Not reported 3 7.14
Outcome of included papers
Treatment pathways 16 38.09
Mental health systems 17 40.47
Attitudes towards mental illness 9 21.42
Type of participants
Multi-stakeholder groups 32 76.19
Mental ill patients 6 14.28
Community members 3 7.14
Study setting
Multi-country 6 14.28
Ghana alone 36 85.71

aConstant comparative, thematic and interpretative phenomenological analysis