Table 2.
The Critical Appraisal Skills Program (CASP) checklist for quality assessment of studies.
| Study Question | (39) | (47) | (48) | (49) | (50) | (51) | (52) | (53) | (54) | (55) | (56) | (57) | (58) | (59) | (60) | (61) | (62) | (63) | (64) | (65) | (66) | (67) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| Q2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Q3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| Q4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Q5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Q6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| Q7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| Q8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Q9 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| Q10 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Total Score | 48 | 40 | 41 | 37 | 36 | 44 | 48 | 37 | 36 | 34 | 43 | 36 | 37 | 48 | 48 | 40 | 41 | 34 | 37 | 45 | 37 | 36 |
| Quality Status | H | H | H | M | M | H | H | M | M | M | H | M | M | H | H | H | H | M | M | H | M | M |
Q1: Was there a clear statement of the aims of the research? Q2: Is a qualitative methodology appropriate? Q3: Was the research design appropriate to address the aims of the research? Q4: Was the recruitment strategy appropriate to the aims of the research? Q5: Was the data collected in a way that addressed the research issue? Q6: Has the relationship between researcher participants been adequately considered? Q7: Have ethical issues been taken into consideration? Q8: Was the data analysis sufficiently rigorous? Q9: Is there a clear statement of findings? Q10: How valuable is the research?
H, high quality; M, moderate quality.