Appendix Table A1.

Consolidated Criteria for Reporting Qualitative Studies: 32-Item Checklist

		COMPLETED
DOMAIN 1: RESEARCH TEAM AND REFLEXIVITY
Personal characteristics
Interviewer/facilitator	Which author/s conducted the interview or focus group?	X
Credentials	What were the researcher's credentials? e.g., PhD, MD	X
Occupation	What was their occupation at the time of the study?	X
Gender	Was the researcher male or female?	X
Experience/training	What experience or training did the researcher have?	X
Relationship with participants
Relationship established	Was a relationship established before study commencement?	X
Participant knowledge of the interviewer	What did the participants know about the researcher?	X
Interviewer characteristics	What characteristics were reported about the interviewer/facilitator? e.g., bias, assumptions, reasons, and interests in the research topic	X

DOMAIN 2: STUDY DESIGN
Theoretical framework
Methodological orientation and theory	What methodological orientation was stated to underpin the study?	X
Participant selection
Sampling	How were participants selected?	X
Sample size	How many participants were in the study?	X
Nonparticipation	How many people refused to participate or dropped out? Reasons?	N/A
Setting
Setting of data collection	Where was the data collected? e.g., home, clinic, or workplace	X
Presence of nonparticipants	Was anyone else present besides the participants and researchers?	X
Description of sample	What are the important characteristics of the sample? Demographic data, date	X
Data collection
Interview guide	Were questions, prompts, guides provided by the authors? Was it pilot tested?	X
Repeat interviews	Were repeat interviews carried out? If yes, how many?	X
Audio/visual recording	Did the research use audio or visual recording to collect the data?	X
Field notes	Were field notes made during and/or after the interview or focus group?	X
Duration	What was the duration of the interviews or focus group?	X
Data saturation	Was data saturation discussed?	X
Transcripts returned	Were transcripts returned to participants for comment and/or correction?

DOMAIN 3: ANALYSIS AND FINDINGS
Data analysis
No. of data coders	How many data coders coded the data?	X
Description of the coding tree	Did authors provide a description of the coding tree?	X
Derivation of themes	Were themes identified in advance or derived from the data?	X
Software	What software, if applicable, was used to manage the data?	X
Participant checking	Did participants provide feedback on the findings?
Reporting
Quotations presented	Were participant quotations presented to illustrate the themes/findings? Was each quotation identified?	X
Data and findings consistent	Was there consistency between the data presented and the findings?	X
Clarity of major themes	Were major themes clearly presented in the findings?	X
Clarity of minor themes	Is there a description of diverse cases or discussion of minor themes?	X