Table 3. Characteristics of the included qualitative studies.

Author/Country	Aim/Purpose	Study Design	Study Participants	Method of Analyses	Key Findings
Badger and Royse [53] USA	Explore burns survivors’ descriptions of compassionate health care to explicate and better understand this concept within the context of burn care	Qualitative focus group interviews	n = 31 (18 female, 13 male). Age range 23–70 years	Qualitative thematic data analysis	Three primary themes identified with subthemes. 1) respect the person (subthemes: establishing an empathic connection, restoring control through choice, providing individualized care, and going above and beyond), 2) communication (subthemes: interpersonal and informational), and 3) provision of competent care. The three primary themes were components of compassionate care; it was not defined by a single characteristic, behaviour, or skill but might be best understood as the convergence of the three themes.
Kornhaber et al. [52] Australia	Explore burn survivors’ experiences of providing and receiving inpatient peer support to develop an in-depth understanding of the influence during the rehabilitation journey.	A descriptive phenomenological methodology.	n = 21 (20 male, 1 female). Average age 44 years ranging from 21–65 years.	Transcripts analysed using Colaizzi’s seven steps method of data analysis.	Inpatient peer support had both a positive and negative impact on the rehabilitation journey. Findings demonstrated that peer support assisted with fostering reassurance, hope and motivation in burn rehabilitation. Inappropriate matching of peer supporters and bad timing in providing the support could impact negatively on participants.