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. 2020 Mar 23;28(1):1731296. doi: 10.1080/26410397.2020.1731296

Table 3. Quality appraisal of qualitative studies.

Questions Hasnain
et al. (2013)
Meldrum et al. (2016)
1. Was there a clear statement of the aims
of the research?
Yes Yes
2. Is a qualitative methodology appropriate? Yes Yes
3. Was the research design appropriate to address the aims of the research? No Yes
4. Was the recruitment strategy appropriate to the aims of the research? Yes Yes
5. Was the data collected in a way that addressed the research issue? Yes Yes
6. Has the relationship between researcher and participants been adequately considered? No No
7. Have ethical issues been taken into consideration? Yes Yes
8. Was the data analysis sufficiently rigorous? Yes Yes
9. Is there a clear statement of findings? Yes Yes
10. How valuable is the research? Valuable Valuable