Table S1. Methodological QA of all included studies.
| QA of included qualitative studies (n = 18 ) using MMAT five questions checklist | ||||||||
| S/N | Studies | Is the qualitative approach appropriate to answer the research question? | Are the qualitative data collection methods adequate to address the research question? | Are the findings adequately derived from the data? | Is the interpretation of results sufficiently substantiated by data? | Is there coherence between qualitative data sources, collection, analysis and interpretation? | ||
| 1. | Shiri et al [63] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| 2. | Threader and McCormack [69] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| 3. | Harding et al [34] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| 4. | Moffatt and Noble [49] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| 5. | Tang et al [67] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| 6. | Walker and Berry [79] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| 7. | Meacham et al [46] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| 8. | Trusson and Pilnick [72] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| 9. | Oystacher et al [58] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| 10. | Dyer [18] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| 11. | Gregg [28] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| 12. | Nyblade et al [54] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| 13. | Occhipinti et al [55] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| 14. | González and Diaz-Castrillón [27] |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| 15. | Machado et al [42] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| 16. | Luberto et al [41] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| 17. | Gupta et al [29] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| 18. | Solikhah et al [92] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| 19. | Mohabbat-bahar et al [50] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Quality assessment of included mixed methods studies (n = 2) using MMAT five questions checklist | ||||||||
| S/N | Studies | Is there an adequate rationale for using a mixed methods design to address the research question? | Are the different components of the study effectively integrated to answer the research question? | Are the outputs of the integration of qualitative and quantitative components adequately interpreted? | Are divergences and inconsistencies between quantitative and qualitative results adequately addressed? | Do the different components of the study adhere to the quality criteria of each tradition of the methods involved? | ||
| 1. | Midding et al [47] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| 2. | Carter-Harris [8] | No | Can’t tella | Can’t tella | Can’t tella | Can’t tella | ||
| Quality assessment of included quantitative descriptive studies (n = 28) using MMAT five questions checklist | ||||||||
| S/N | Studies | Is the sampling strategy relevant to address the research question? | Is the sample representative of the target population? | Are the measurements appropriate? | Is the risk of nonresponse bias low? | Is the statistical analysis appropriate to answer the research question? | ||
| 1. | Vrinten et al [77] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| 2. | Azlan et al [3] (Phase 1) | Yes | Can’t tell | Yes | Can’t tell | Yes | ||
| 3. | Zhang et al [91] | Yes | Can’t tell | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| 4. | Yang et al [88] | Yes | Can’t tell | Yes | Can’t tell | Yes | ||
| 5. | Wood [86] | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | ||
| 6. | Wood et al [87] | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | ||
| 7. | Tripathi et al [71] | Yes | Can’t tell | Yes | Can’t tell | Yes | ||
| 8. | Tsai et al [74] | No | Can’t tell | Yes | Can’t tell | Yes | ||
| 9. | Tsai and Lu [73] | No | Can’t tell | Yes | Can’t tell | Yes | ||
| 10. | Wong et al [85] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Can’t tell | Yes | ||
| 11. | Yeung et al [89] | No | No | Yes | Can’t tell | Yes | ||
| 12. | Maggio [43] | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| 13. | Cataldo and Brodsky [11] | No | No | Yes | Can’t tell | Yes | ||
| 14. | Ostroff et al [57] | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| 15. | Liu et al [40] | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| 16. | Johnson et al [37] | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | ||
| 17. | Rose et al [60] | Yes | No | Yes | Can’t tell | Yes | ||
| 18. | Williamson et al [84] | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | ||
| 19. | Steffen et al [65] | Can’t tell | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| 20. | Esser et al [23] | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | ||
| 21. | Yilmaz et al [90] | No | No | Yes | Can’t tell | Yes | ||
| 22. | Gökler-Danışman et al [26] | Can’t tell | Can’t tell | Yes | Can’t tell | Yes | ||
| 23. | Ernst et al [22] | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ||
| 24. | Shiri et al [64] | No | Yes | Yes | Can’t tell | Yes | ||
| 25. | Ongtengco et al [56] | No | No | Yes | Can’t tell | Yes | ||
| 26. | Myrick [50] | No | No | Yes | Can’t tell | Yes | ||
| 27. | Bresnahan et al [6] | Yes | No | Yes | Can’t tell | Yes | ||
| 28. | Maguire et al [93] | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | ||
| 29. | Nakash et al [52] | Can’t tell | Can’t tell | Yes | Can’t tell | Yes | ||
| Quality assessment of included quantitative RCT descriptive studies (n = 3) using MMAT | ||||||||
| S/N | Studies | Is randomisation appropriately performed? | Are the groups comparable at baseline? | Are there complete outcome data? | Are outcome assessors blinded to the intervention provided? | Did the participants adhere to the assigned intervention? | ||
| 1. | Azlan et al [3] (Phase 2) | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ||
| 2. | Wearn and Shepherd [80] | Yes | Can’t tell | No | No | Can’t tell | ||
| 3. | Shepherd and Gerend [62] | Yes | Can’t tell | No | Can’t tell | Yes | ||
| QA of included scoping reviews (n = 2) using five questions assessment (QA) | ||||||||
| S/N | Studies | Where the objectives of the review clearly stated? | Are the review’s inclusion and exclusion criteria described and appropriate? | Is the literature search likely to have covered all relevant studies on the topic? | Did the authors assess the quality of included studies? | Are the results of the review clear? | ||
| 1. | Webb et al [81] | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ||
| 2. | Stergiou-Kita et al [66] | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ||
Only the quantitative aspect of the study was reported