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. 2020 Oct 29;10(10):e038840. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-038840

Table 3.

Preliminary table of charting elements and associated questions for data

Charting elements Associated questions
Publication details
 Author(s) Who wrote the study/document?
 Year of publication What year was the study/document published?
 Origin/country of origin Where was the study/document conducted and/or published?
 Publication type What type of publication is this? (empirical study or grey literature)
General study details
 Aims/purpose What were the aims of the study/document?
 Methodological design What methodological design was used for this study?
 Study population and sample size (if applicable) Who is the target population of the study and how many (n) were included in the study?
 Methods What specific methods were use in this study?
 Intervention type, (if applicable) Was an intervention used in this study?
 Comparator and duration of the intervention (if applicable) If yes to the intervention type, what was the comparator and duration of the intervention?
 Outcomes and details of these (if applicable) What was the study outcome?
Key findings that relate specifically to the concept of trust
 What is the context of trust?
  •  Social networks

  •  CBPR

  •  Both CBPR and social networks

Is the study/document conceptualising or operationalising trust in social networks and/or measuring trust using social network analysis?
Is the study/document conceptualising, operationalising or measuring trust in CBPR?
Is the study/document conceptualising, operationalising or measuring trust in social networks as well as within the context of CBPR?
 How trust is conceptualised How does the study define trust?
 How trust is operationalised What are the dimensions and indicators used for trust?
What operationalisation issues exist?
  • Based on our indicators, what questions were asked to represent trust? What observations were made? What specific attributes will exist for the measure used?

 How trust is measured What level of measurement was used (nominal, ordinal, interval, ratio) to measure trust?
What type of measures was (survey, scaling, qualitative, unobtrusive) used for trust?
 Limitations/quality issues Were there any reported limitations or quality issues? (not a critical appraisal)

Edited from JBI Reviewer’s Manual, 11.2.7 Data extraction22 and Nittas et al.27

CBPR, community-based participatory research.