Table 2.
Risk of Bias Scores for the Qualitative Studies
Authors | Formal Requirements | Credibility | Transferability | Dependability | Confirmability | Total | Recommendation |
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Beck et al., 2016 [31] | 3.00 | 4.00 | 3.40 | 4.00 | 2.50 | 16.90 | R |
Bentley et al., 2015 [32] | 3.00 | 3.57 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 2.50 | 17.07 | R |
Berry et al., 2010 [33] | 3.00 | 3.86 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 2.83 | 17.69 | R |
Bevington et al., 2020 [34] | 2.50 | 2.71 | 3.40 | 2.67 | 1.17 | 12.98 | RWR |
Birken et al., 2015 [35] | 3.00 | 4.00 | 3.20 | 4.00 | 3.00 | 17.20 | R |
Brown & Smolenaers, 2018 [36] | 2.50 | 4.00 | 3.00 | 4.00 | 2.67 | 16.20 | R |
Carson et al., 2014 [37] | 3.00 | 4.00 | 3.40 | 3.33 | 3.00 | 17.40 | R |
Evans et al., 2011 [38] | 2.50 | 3.86 | 3.20 | 4.00 | 3.00 | 16.60 | R |
Faulkner et al., 2016 [39] | 3.00 | 3.86 | 3.40 | 4.00 | 2.83 | 17.09 | R |
Gardner et al., 2017 [40] | 3.00 | 4.00 | 3.40 | 4.00 | 3.83 | 18.23 | R |
Golden et al., 2020 [41] | 3.00 | 3.60 | 3.40 | 4.00 | 3.00 | 17.00 | R |
Hale et al., 2019 [42] | 2.70 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 3.30 | 18.00 | R |
Handler et al., 2019 [43] | 3.00 | 4.00 | 3.40 | 4.00 | 3.50 | 17.90 | R |
Hattersley et al., 2009 [44] | 3.00 | 3.57 | 3.40 | 4.00 | 2.33 | 16.30 | R |
Hinkley & McCann, 2018 [45] | 3.00 | 3.29 | 3.20 | 3.83 | 2.50 | 15.82 | R |
Huxtable et al., 2018 [46] | 3.33 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 2.83 | 18.17 | R |
Irwin et al., 2005 [47] | 2.67 | 4.00 | 3.40 | 4.00 | 2.67 | 16.74 | R |
Learmonth et al., 2019 [48] | 3.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 3.50 | 18.50 | R |
Martin Ginis et al., 2018 [49] | 2.50 | 4.00 | 3.60 | 4.00 | 3.20 | 17.30 | R |
Neher et al., 2020 [50] | 3.00 | 3.86 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 3.67 | 18.53 | R |
Nobles et al., 2020 [51] | 2.83 | 4.00 | 3.40 | 4.00 | 3.50 | 17.73 | R |
Riazi et al., 2017 [52] | 3.00 | 4.00 | 3.40 | 4.00 | 3.17 | 17.57 | R |
Sebastiao et al., 2015 [53] | 3.00 | 4.00 | 3.40 | 4.00 | 3.50 | 17.90 | R |
Slater et al., 2010 [54] | 2.50 | 2.71 | 3.20 | 2.80 | 2.33 | 13.505 | RWR |
Stanley et al., 2020 [55] | 3.00 | 4.00 | 3.40 | 4.00 | 3.00 | 17.40 | R |
The Health Perspective, 2002 [56] | 1.33 | 1.00 | 1.60 | 1.83 | 1.00 | 6.76 | NR |
R Recommended, RWR Recommended with Reservations NR Not Recommended