3. Assessment of methodological limitations (adapted CASP).
Study | Was there a clear statement of aims? | Was a qualitative methodology appropriate? | Was the research design appropriate? | Was the recruitment strategy appropriate? | Were data collected in a way that addressed the research issue? | Was the relationship between researcher and participants adequately considered? | Were ethical issues taken into consideration? | Was data analysis sufficiently rigorous? | Was there a clear state ment of findings? | How valuable is the research? | Overall assessment of methodological limitations |
Danquah 2019 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unclear | Yes | No | Yes | Unclear | Yes | Useful | Qualitative research methods used, but little information on how the analysis was done and very brief statement of data in the paper. Little information on respondents |
Ha 2016 | Yes | Yes | No | Unclear | No | No | Yes | No | No | Marginal | This study did not use a robust qualitative method. They analysed free‐text responses in a survey. No discussion of respondents' relationship to those providing the survey or methods of analysis. |
CASP: Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP 2020) |