Table 3 Quality criteria
Author | Clear statement of the aims of research | Appropriateness of qualitative design | Research design consistent to address the aims of research | Recruitment strategies appropriate to the aims | Data collection strategy appropriate | Relationship considered between research and participants | Ethical issues considered | Data analysis rigorous | Clear statement of the results | How valuable is the research? | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ashworth et al. [34] | X | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | X | ✓ | ✓ | – | |
Bakker et al. [21] | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Bjork et al. [22] | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Bonner et al. [31] | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Cacchioni et al. [15] | X | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ✓ | – | |
Delarmelindo et al. [13] | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – | ✓ | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Delarmelindo et al. [14] | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – | ✓ | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Firet et al. [27] | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Hay-Smith et al. [32] | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Hayland et al. [33] | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – | ✓ | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Kao et al. [29] | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Lindgren et al. [24] | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Macey et al. [25] | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Mackenzie [26] | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Sevilla et al. [16] | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Siu et al. [30] | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – | ✓ | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Storey et al. [17] | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Firet et al. [27] | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Maldonado et al. [18] | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Asklund et al. [20] | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Grant et al. [23] | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Abhyankar et al. [19] | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Terry et al. [28] | ✓ | – | ✓ | ✓ | – | – | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |