Table 2.
Quality Assessment of Qualitative Studies.
| Study | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Q5 | Q6 | Q7 | Q8 | Q9 | Q10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Golding et al., 2008 | U | U | U | U | U | N | N | Y | N | Y |
| Golding & Foley, 2008 | U | U | U | U | U | N | N | Y | N | Y |
| Martin et al., 2008 | U | U | U | U | U | N | N | Y | N | Y |
| Ballinger et al., 2009 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y |
| Fildes et al., 2010 | U | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y |
| Ormsby et al., 2010 | U | U | U | U | U | N | N | Y | Y | Y |
| Styles, 2010 | U | U | U | U | U | N | N | Y | N | Y |
| Cavanagh et al., 2013 | U | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y |
| Flood & Blair, 2013 | U | U | U | U | U | N | N | Y | N | Y |
| Cavanagh et al., 2014 | U | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y |
| Carragher & Golding, 2015 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y |
| Culph et al., 2015 | U | U | U | U | U | N | N | Y | Y | Y |
| Hansji et al., 2015 | U | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Milligan et al., 2015 | U | U | U | U | U | N | N | Y | Y | Y |
| Moylan et al., 2015 | U | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y |
| Reynolds et al., 2015 | U | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y |
| Southcombe et al., 2015 | U | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | N | Y |
| Wilson et al., 2015 | U | Y | Y | U | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y |
| Cavanagh et al., 2016 | U | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y |
| Taylor et al., 2016 | U | U | U | U | U | N | N | Y | N | Y |
| Ahl et al., 2017 | U | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | N | Y |
| Carragher, 2017 | Y | Y | Y | U | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y |
| Crabtree et al., 2017 | U | U | U | U | U | N | N | Y | Y | Y |
| Henwood et al., 2017 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y |
| Mackenzie et al., 2017 | U | U | U | U | U | Y | N | Y | Y | Y |
| McGeechan et al., 2017 | U | U | U | U | U | N | N | Y | Y | Y |
| Sutherland, 2017 | U | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y |
| Waling & Fildes, 2017 | U | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | N | Y |
| Anstiss et al., 2018 | U | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y |
| Ayres et al., 2018 | U | Y | Y | U | Y | N | N | N | Y | Y |
| Foster et al., 2018 | U | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | N | Y |
| Lefkowich & Richardson, 2018 | U | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Nurmi et al., 2018 | U | U | U | U | U | N | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Taylor et al., 2018 | U | U | U | U | U | N | N | Y | Y | Y |
| Hedegaard & Ahl, 2019 | U | U | U | U | U | Y | N | Y | N | Y |
| Bergin & Richardson, 2020 | U | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y |
| Cox et al., 2020 | U | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y |
| Golding et al., 2020 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y |
| Kinsman et al., 2020 | U | U | U | U | U | N | N | Y | Y | Y |
| Foley et al., 2021 | U | U | U | U | U | N | N | Y | Y | Y |
| Kelly & Steiner, 2021 | U | U | U | U | U | N | N | Y | Y | Y |
| Kelly et al., 2021 | U | U | U | U | U | N | N | Y | Y | Y |
| Kelly et al., 2021 | U | U | U | U | U | N | N | Y | Y | Y |
Note. Q1: Is there congruity between stated philosophical perspective and the research methodology? Q2: Is there congruity between the research methodology and the research question or objectives? Q3: Is there congruity between the research methodology and the methods used to collect data? Q4: Is there congruity between the research methodology and the representation and analysis of data? Q5: Is there congruity between the research methodology and the interpretation of results? Q6: Is there a statement locating the researcher culturally or theoretically? Q7: Is the influence of the researcher on the research, and vice-versa, addressed? Q8: Are participants, and their voices, adequately represented? Q9: Is the research ethical according to current criteria or, for recent studies, and is there evidence of ethical approval by an appropriate body? Q10: Do the conclusions drawn in the research report flow from the analysis, or interpretation, of the data? Y: Yes; N: No; U: Unclear.