| First author | Year | Journal | Disciplinary affiliation | Country | Sampling | Sample size | Disease | Data collectiona | Locationb | Research design/methodology | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bala, S. | 2017 | J Clin Nurs | Health Sciences | Sweden | Strategic | 10 | RA | SSI | Mix of non/clinical | Hermeneutic phenomenological |
| 2 | Bergsten, U. | 2011 | Open Nursing Journal | Health Sciences | Sweden | Purposeful | 16 | RA | SSI | Clinical | Grounded/ explorative |
| 3 | Brown, S. | 1995 | Journal of Advanced Nursing | Nursing | UK | Judgement | 7 | RA | Non‐directive conversational interviews | Unspecified | Qualitative, narrative analysis |
| 4 | Chaleshgar‐Kordasiabi, M. | 2018 | Musculoskeletal Care | Public Health | Iran | Purposeful | 30 | RA | SSI | Clinical | Content analysis |
| 5 | Coty, M. | 2013 | Journal of Research in Nursing | Nursing | USA | Unspecified (drawn from larger study) | 16 | RA | SSI | Telephone | Thematic analysis |
| 6 | Flurey, C. A. | 2017 | Arthritis Care & Research | Health and Applied Sciences | UK | Unspecified (possibly purposive) | 22 | RA | Focus groups | Unspecified | Thematic analysis |
| 7 | Flurey, C. A. | 2014 | Rheumatology | Public Health/Health Psychology | UK | Purposeful | 15 | RA | SSI | Clinical | Thematic analysis |
| 8 | Gronning, K. | 2011 | Clin Rheumatol | Public Health | Norway | Patients already enrolled in an RCT | 26 | Mixed, RA (18) | SSI | Clinical | Systematic text condensation |
| 9 | Hooper, H. | 2004 | Musculoskeletal Care | Primary Care Sciences Research | UK | Unspecified (drawn from RCT) | 10 | RA | SSI | Clinical | Thematic analysis |
| 10 | Hwang, EJ | 2004 | International Journal of Nursing Studies | Unknown (Nursing?) | South Korea | Theoretical | 5 | RA | Unstructured interviews | Non‐clinical | Phenomenology |
| 11 | Kett, C. | 2010 | Musculoskeletal Care | Rheumatology, Medicine | UK | Purposeful | 21 | RA | SSI | Non‐clinical | Grounded |
| 12 | Kristiansen, T. M. | 2012b | Musculoskeletal Care | Health Sciences | Denmark | Drawn from RCT | 11 | RA | Focus groups (x2) | Clinical site | Content analysis |
| 13 | Kristiansen, T. M. | 2012a | Musculoskeletal Care | Health Sciences | Denmark | Purposeful | 32 | RA | Focus groups (x6) | Clinical site | Content analysis |
| 14 | Laquinta, M. L. | 2004 | Journal of Nursing Care Quality | Nursing | USA | Purposeful | 6 | RA | SSI | Non‐clinical | Descriptive |
| 15 | Lempp, H. | 2006 | Chronic Illness | Rheumatology, Medicine | UK | Quota | 26 | RA | SSI | Mix of non/clinical | Thematic analysis |
| 16 | Li Wen, Poh | 2017 | Clinical Nursing Research | Nursing | Singapore | Purposeful | 16 | RA | SSI | Unspecified | Descriptive, thematic analysis |
| 17 | Lutze, U. | 2007 | Scand J Caring Sci | Occupational therapy | Sweden | Random selection from BARFOT study | 23 | RA | Focus groups (x4) | Unspecified | Unspecified |
| 18 | Malm, K. | 2017 | SAGE Open Med | Rheumatology, Medicine | Sweden | Strategic sampling from BARFOT study | 22 | RA | SSI | Clinical site | Phenomenology |
| 19 | Malm, K. | 2016 | International journal of qualitative studies on health and well‐being | Rheumatology, Medicine | Sweden | Strategic | 22 | RA | SSI | Non‐clinical | Descriptive and explorative design, content analysis |
| 20 | Melanson, P. M. | 1995 | Activities, Adaptation & Aging | Nursing | Canada | Stratified, convenience | 77 | RA | SSI | Non‐clinical | Phenomenology, content analysis |
| 21 | Melanson, PM | 2003 | Journal of Advanced Nursing | Nursing | Canada | Convenience | 48 | RA | SSI | Non‐clinical | Longitudinal, descriptive design; content analysis |
| 22 | Mitton, D. L. | 2007 | Musculoskeletal Care | Rheumatology, Medicine | UK | Unspecified | 7 | RA | SSI | Clinical site | Phenomenology |
| 23 | Ostlund, G., | 2015 | Musculoskeletal Care | Social Work | Sweden | From TIRA‐2 study | 45 | RA | SSI | Mix of non/clinical | Phenomenology (critical incident technique), content analysis |
| 24 | Ostlund, G. | 2016 | Musculoskeletal Care | Social Work | Sweden | Purposeful sampling from TIRA‐2 study | 25 | RA | SSI | Mix of non/clinical | Content analysis |
| 25 | Ottenvall Hammar, I. | 2013 | Scand J Occup Ther | Physio and Occupational Therapy | Sweden | Unspecified | 9 | Mixed, RA (7) | SSI | Mix of non/clinical | Phenomenology |
| 26 | Pedraz‐Marcos, A. | 2018 | Clin Nurs Res | Nursing | Spain | Unspecified | 19 | RA | SSI | Mix of non/clinical | Phenomenology, thematic analysis |
| 27 | Prodinger, B. | 2014 | Disability and Rehabilitation: An International, Multidisciplinary Journal | Rheumatology, Medicine | Austria | Unspecified | 7 | RA | SSI, participant observations, texts | Unspecified | Institutional ethnography |
| 28 | Ryan, S. | 1996 | Nursing Standard | Nursing | UK | Unspecified | 7 | RA | SSI | Unspecified | Phenomenology |
| 29 | Shaul, M. P. | 1995 | Arthritis Care and Research | Nursing | USA | Longitudinal panel | 30 | RA | SSI | Unspecified | Constant comparative analytic process; content analysis; naturalistic inquiry |
| 30 | Stamm, T. | 2008 | Qualitative Health Research | Rheumatology, Medicine | Austria | Purposeful (maximum variation sampling) | 10 | RA | SSI x 2‐3 times p.p. | Mix of non/clinical | Narrative biographic methodology; constant comparative content analysis |
| 31 | Stenstrom, C. H. | 1993 | Physiotherapy Theory & Practice | Physical Therapy | Sweden | Unspecified | 9 | RA | SSI | Unspecified | Phenomenology |
| 32 | Yoshida, K. | 2004 | Physiotherapy Theory & Practice | Physical Therapy and Rehab (Medicine) | Canada | Convenience | 46 | RA | SSI | Non‐clinical | Grounded |
aSemi‐structured interviews (SSI).
bNon‐clinical setting refers to participant's home, work or place of their convenience or community health‐care setting, or researcher's office. Clinical setting refers to private room or otherwise in hospital or outpatient clinic.