Quality appraisal for 69 studies
| Quality appraisal criteria | Yes | No | Unsure | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Does the research involve qualitative methods of data collection and analysis? | 96% (66) | 4% (3) | |||
| Does the research have clear aims and objectives? | 90% (62) | 10% (7) | |||
| Were the data collected in a way that addressed the research aim? | 99% (68) | 1% (1) | |||
| Was the data analysis sufficiently rigorous to address the aims of the research? | 71% (49) | 4% (3) | 25% (17) | ||
| Can one be confident that all the relevant data were taken into account? | 74% (51) | 25% (17) | 1% (1) | ||
| Were sufficient data presented to support the interpretations made? | 91% (63) | 9% (6) | |||
| Good | Acceptable | Poor | |||
| What was the quality of reporting of the methods? | 39% (27) | 29% (20) | 32% (22) | ||
| Yes | No | No, but useful | |||
| Did the paper demonstrate theoretical insight, novel findings or perspectives? | 57% (39) | 14% (10) | 29% (20) | ||
| Overall quality assessment | Very good | Good | Acceptable | Not very good | Very poor |
| 3% (2) | 30% (21) | 48% (33) | 17% (12) | 1% (1) | |