Table 3.

Questions of the Critical Appraisal Skills Program and the number of studies that do or do not comply with each question.

Question	Yes	Partially reported or No
Was there a clear statement of the aims of the research?	9	—a
Is a qualitative methodology appropriate?	9	—
Was the research design appropriate to address the aims of the research?	9	—
Was the recruitment strategy appropriate to the aims of the research?	5	4 [15,19,29,31]
Was the data collected in a way that addressed the research issue?	7	2 [19,29]
Has the relationship between researcher and participants been adequately considered?	2	7 [5,15,16,19,27-29]
Have the ethical issues been taken into consideration?	6	3 [19,29,30]
Was the data analysis sufficiently rigorous?	8	1 [29]
Is there a clear statement of findings?	4	5 [15,16,19,28,29]
How valuable is the research?	9	—

^aNot applicable.