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. 2021 Jun 20;16(1):1942416. doi: 10.1080/17482631.2021.1942416

Table III.

Quality appraisal

Author (year) 1. Was there a clear statement of the aims of the research? 2. Is a qualitative methodology appropriate? 3. Was the research design appropriate to address the aims of the research? 4. Was the recruitment strategy appropriate to the aims of the research? 5. Was the data collected in a way that addressed the research issue? 6. Has the relationship between researcher and participants been adequately considered? 7. Have ethical issues been taken into consideration? 8. Was the data analysis sufficiently rigorous? 9. Is there a clear statement of findings? 10. How valuable is the research?*
Andrews et al. (2017) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes High
Edward and Evers (2001) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Moderate
Hu et al. (2013) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes High
Knapp et al. (2019) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Moderate
McFadden et al. (2014) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes High
Ohly et al. (2019) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes High
Palar et al. (2019) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes High
Pettigrew et al. (2017) Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes Moderate
Savoie Roskos et al. (2017) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Moderate
Saxe-Custack et al. (2018) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Moderate
Tobey et al. (2019) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Moderate
White et al. (2018) No Yes Can’t tell No Yes No Yes No Yes Moderate

*The reviewers subjectively decided whether the research was of low, moderate, or high value after discussing the contribution the study made to existing knowledge and whether the results of the study would help answer the research question(s).