Table A2.
Quality assessment 1 of qualitative studies.
| Topic | Adams et al., 2019 [14] | Bailey et al., 2015 [21] | Bell et al., 2015 [22] | Castelli, 2018 [27] | Entilli et al., 2021 [15] | Gall et al., 2015 [26] | Hunt et al., 2019 [9] | Jahn et al., 2018 [20] | Leichtentritt et al., 2015 [25] | Maple et al., 2013 [16] | Ross et al., 2018 [17] | Sands et al., 2010 [18] | Wood et al., 2012 [23] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Domain 1: Research team and reflexivity | ||||||||||||||
| Personal characteristics | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | Interviewer/facilitator | p. 2 324–325 | p. 4 | p. 337 | p. 59 | p. 3 | p. 103 | |||||||
| 2 | Credentials | p. 325 | p. 2 | p. 2 | p. 121 | |||||||||
| 3 | Occupation | p. 325 | p. 2 | p. 1107 | p. 59 | p. 3 | p. 121 | |||||||
| 4 | Gender | p. 324 | p. 2 | p. 337 | p. 2 | p.105/121 | ||||||||
| 5 | Experience and training | p. 325 | p. 4 | p. 2 | p. 1107 | p. 59 | p. 2 | p. 121 | ||||||
| Relationship with participants | ||||||||||||||
| 6 | Relationship established | p. 4 | p. 878 | |||||||||||
| 7 | Participant knowledge of the interviewer | p. 337 | p. 3 | |||||||||||
| 8 | Interviewer characteristics | p. 324–325 | p. 337 | p. 59 | p. 2 | |||||||||
| Domain 2: Study design | ||||||||||||||
| Theoretical framework | ||||||||||||||
| 9 | Methodological orientation and theory | p. 325 | p. 75 | p. 379 | p. 3–4 | p. 3 | p. 102 | p. 336 | p. 6 | p. 1105–1106 | p. 59 | p. 2–3 | p. 99–102 | p. 877 |
| Participant selection | ||||||||||||||
| 10 | Sampling | p. 325 | p. 74 | p. 378 | p. 4 | p. 2–3 | p. 101 | p. 336 | p. 5 | p. 1105 | p. 59 | p. 2 | p. 103 | p. 877 |
| 11 | Method of approach | p. 325 | p. 74 | p. 378 | p. 4 | p. 2 | p. 101–102 | p. 336–337 | p. 5–6 | p. 1105 | p. 59 | p. 2 | p. 103–104 | p. 877–879 |
| 12 | Sample size | p. 325 | p. 74 | p. 378 | p. 5 | p. 2 | p. 101 | p. 336 | p. 5 | p. 1105 | p. 59 | p. 2–3 | p. 103 | p. 877 |
| 13 | Non-participation | p. 325 | p. 2–3 | |||||||||||
| Setting | ||||||||||||||
| 14 | Setting of data collection | p. 325 | p. 75 | p. 4 | p. 2 | p. 336 | p. 5 | p. 59 | p. 2 | p. 103 | p. 878 | |||
| 15 | Presence of non-participants | p. 59 | ||||||||||||
| 16 | Description of sample | p. 325 | p. 74 | p. 378 | p. 5 | p. 2–3 | p. 101 | p. 336 | p. 5 | p. 1105 | p. 59 | p. 2–3 | p. 103 | p. 877–878 |
| Data collection | ||||||||||||||
| 17 | Interview guide | p. 325 | p. 74–75 | p. 378 | p. 3–4 | p. 2 | p. 102 | p. 337 | p. 5–6 | p. 1106 | p. 59 | p. 2 | p. 103–104 | p. 878–879 |
| 18 | Repeat interviews | p. 2 | p. 102 | p. 2 | ||||||||||
| 19 | Audio/visual recording | p. 325 | p. 75 | p. 378 | p. 4 | p. 2 | p. 102 | p. 337 | p. 1106 | p. 59 | p. 2 | p. 103 | p. 879 | |
| 20 | Field notes | p. 4 | p. 1107 | |||||||||||
| 21 | Duration | p. 325 | p. 75 | p. 4 | p. 3 | p. 101 | p. 1106 | p. 59 | p. 2 | p. 103–104 | p. 878 | |||
| 22 | Data saturation | p. 5 | p. 2 | p. 338 | p. 2–3 | |||||||||
| 23 | Transcripts returned | p. 5 | ||||||||||||
| Domain 3: Analysis and findings | ||||||||||||||
| Data analysis | ||||||||||||||
| 24 | Number of data coders | p. 325 | p. 3 | p. 102 | p. 337 | p. 6 | p. 3 | p. 105 | p. 879 | |||||
| 25 | Description of the coding tree | p. 326 | p. 3–6 | p. 337–338 | ||||||||||
| 26 | Derivation of themes | p. 325 | p. 75 | p. 378 | p. 4 | p. 3 | p. 102 | p. 337 | p. 6 | p. 1107 | p. 59 | p. 3 | p. 105–106 | p. 879 |
| 27 | Software | p. 4 | p. 3 | p. 6 | p. 3 | |||||||||
| 28 | Participant checking | p. 5 | p. 337 | |||||||||||
| Reporting | ||||||||||||||
| 29 | Quotations presented | p. 326–329 | p. 76–81 | p. 380–385 | p. 6–14 | p. 3–6 | p. 102–108 | p. 338–342 | p. 6–10 | p. 1108–1114 | p. 60–64 | p. 3–6 | p. 107–113 | p. 880–888 |
| 30 | Data and findings consistent | p. 329–331 | p. 81–83 | p. 383–386 | p. 14–17 | p. 6–10 | p. 108–110 | p. 342–343 | p. 10–11 | p. 1115–1117 | p. 65–67 | p. 7–8 | p. 114–117 | p. 888–894 |
| 31 | Clarity of major themes | p. 326–329 | p. 78–81 | p. 379–382 | p. 5–14 | p. 3–6 | p. 102–108 | p. 338–342 | p. 6–10 | p. 1107–1115 | p. 60–64 | p. 3 | p. 106–114 | p. 880–888 |
| 32 | Clarity of minor themes | p. 3–6 | p. 338–342 | p. 105–106 | p. 880–888 | |||||||||
| Rating | ||||||||||||||
| Domain 1: Research team and reflexivity | 6/8 (75%) | 0/8 (0%) | 0/8 (0%) | 3/8 (38%) |
4/8 (50%) |
0/8 (0%) |
4/8 (50%) |
0/8 (0%) |
2/8 (25%) |
4/8 (50%) |
7/8 (88%) |
5/8 (63%) |
1/8 (13%) |
|
| Domain 2: Study design | 10/15 (67%) | 9/15 (60%) | 7/15 (47%) | 12/15 (80%) | 12/15 (80%) | 9/15 (60%) |
9/15 (60%) |
7/15 (47%) |
9/15 (60%) |
10/15 (67%) |
11/15 (73%) |
9/15 (60%) |
9/15 (60%) |
|
| Domain 3: Analysis and findings | 6/9 (67%) | 4/9 (44%) |
4/9 (44%) | 6/9 (67%) |
8/9 (89%) | 5/9 (56%) |
8/9 (89%) |
6/9 (67%) |
4/9 (44%) |
4/9 (44%) |
6/9 (67%) |
6/9 (67%) |
6/9 (67%) |
|
| Total | 22/32 (69%) | 13/32 (41%) | 11/32 (34%) | 21/32 (66%) | 24/32 (75%) | 14/32 (44%) |
21/32 (66%) |
13/32 (41%) |
15/32 (67%) |
18/32 (56%) |
24/32 (75%) |
20/32 (63%) |
16/32 (50%) |
|
1 Consolidated Criteria for Reporting Qualitative Research (COREQ) [13]. 2 In this table, “p.” refers to page numbers.