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. 2022 Mar 3;19(5):2963. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19052963

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.