Box 2.
Quality appraisal of qualitative studies using the CASP tool
| Author (year) | Section A: Are the results valid? | Section B: What are the results? | Section C: Will the results help locally? | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Was there a clear statement of the aims of the research? | 2. Is a qualitative methodology appropriate? | 3. Was the research design appropriate to address the aims of the research? | 4. Was the recruitment strategy appropriate to the aims of the research? | 5. Were the data collected in a way that addressed the research issue? | 6. Has the relationship between researcher and participants been adequately considered? | 7. Have ethical issues been taken into consideration? | 8. Was the data analysis sufficiently rigorous? | 9. Is there a clear statement of findings? | 10. How valuable is the research? | |
| Alrawashdeh et al (2021)29 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Valuable |
| Gomez et al (2021)34 | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Valuable |
| Taylor et al (2021)53 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Valuable |
| Wanat et al (2021)56 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Valuable |
| Xu et al (2020)35 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Partly | Valuable |
| Yin et al (2021)51 | Yes | Yes | Unclear | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Valuable |
CASP = Critical Appraisal Skills Programme.