Table 5.
Methodological quality of the included studies.
| Agrest et al. [39] | Donald et al. [40] | Gilburt et al. [41] | Hung et al. [42] | McGonagle and Allan [43] a | Muir-Cochrane et al. [44] | Nanda et al. [45] b | Novotná et al. [46] | Schröder and Ahlström [47] | Shepley et al. [48] | Simonsen and Duff [49] | Wood et al. [51] | Wood et al. [50] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Research design overview | ▲ | ▲ | ▲ | ▬ | -/- | ▼ | ▬ | ▬ | ▬ | ▬ | ▬ | ▬ | ▬ |
| Description of the research design | ▲ | ▬ | ▲ | ▬ | -/- | ▬ | ▬ | ▬ | ▬ | ▬ | ▼ | ▬ | ▬ |
| Rational for the selected design | ▲ | ▲ | ▲ | ▲ | -/- | ▼ | ▲ | ▲ | ▲ | ▲ | ▲ | ▲ | ▲ |
| Study participants or data sources | ▲ | ▬ | ▲ | ▬ | -/- | ▬ | ▼ | ▬ | ▲ | ▬ | ▬ | ▬ | ▬ |
| Numbers of participants/documents/events | ▲ | ▲ | ▲ | ▲ | -/- | ▲ | ▬ | ▬ | ▲ | ▲ | ▬ | ▬ | ▬ |
| Description of participants/data sources | ▲ | ▼ | ▲ | ▬ | -/- | ▼ | ▼ | ▬ | ▲ | ▬ | ▬ | ▬ | ▬ |
| Researcher characteristics | ▲ | ▼ | ▲ | ▼ | -/- | ▼ | ▼ | ▼ | ▼ | ▼ | ▼ | ▼ | ▼ |
| Researcher description | ▲ | ▼ | ▲ | ▬ | -/- | ▬ | ▼ | ▼ | ▼ | ▼ | ▼ | ▬ | ▬ |
| Researcher-participant relationship | ▲ | ▼ | ▲ | ▼ | -/- | ▼ | ▼ | ▬ | ▼ | ▼ | ▼ | ▼ | ▼ |
| Participant recruitment | ▬ | ▼ | ▬ | ▬ | -/- | ▬ | ▼ | ▼ | ▼ | ▼ | ▼ | ▬ | ▼ |
| Recruitment process | ▬ | ▼ | ▬ | ▬ | -/- | ▬ | ▬ | ▼ | ▬ | ▬ | ▬ | ▬ | ▼ |
| Participant selection | ▬ | ▼ | ▬ | ▬ | -/- | ▬ | ▼ | ▬ | ▼ | ▼ | ▼ | ▬ | ▬ |
| Data collection | ▬ | ▬ | ▬ | ▬ | -/- | ▬ | ▬ | ▬ | ▬ | ▬ | ▬ | ▬ | ▬ |
| Data collection and identification procedures | ▬ | ▬ | ▬ | ▬ | -/- | ▬ | ▬ | ▬ | ▬ | ▬ | ▬ | ▼ | ▬ |
| Recording and data transformation | ▲ | ▲ | ▲ | ▲ | -/- | ▲ | ▲ | ▲ | ▲ | ▬ | ▲ | ▲ | ▲ |
| Analysis | ▬ | ▬ | ▬ | ▬ | -/- | ▬ | ▼ | ▬ | ▬ | ▬ | ▼ | ▬ | ▬ |
| Rigour and transparency of data-analytical strategies | ▬ | ▬ | ▬ | ▬ | -/- | ▬ | ▼ | ▬ | ▬ | ▬ | ▼ | ▬ | ▬ |
| Methodological integrity | ▲ | ▬ | ▲ | ▲ | -/- | ▬ | ▬ | ▬ | ▲ | ▬ | ▬ | ▲ | ▲ |
| Overall | ▬ | ▬ | ▬ | ▬ | -/- | ▬ | ▼ | ▬ | ▬ | ▬ | ▼ | ▬ | ▬ |
Notes. ▲ high quality; ▬ medium quality; ▼ low quality a quantitative study, methodological quality not assessed b assessment of the qualitative study part only.