Studies providing data for the themes and subthemes
| Phase 1: barriers to help-seeking | Studies providing data |
| Themes | |
| Fear of disclosure (internal and external pressures) | Frierson 201413
Hines 201414 Hogan 201615 Machado 201716 McCarrick 201617 Morgan 201418 Morgan 201719 Simmons 201720 Tsui 201021 Valentine 201322 |
| Challenge to masculinity | Frierson 201413
Hines 201414 Hogan 201615 McCarrick 201617 Morgan 201618 Simmons 201720 Tsui 201021 |
| Commitment to relationships | Hines 201414
Simmons 201720 |
| Diminished confidence and despondency | McCarrick 201617
Tsui 201021 Valentine 201322 |
| Invisibility/perception of services | Bacchus 20162
Frierson 201413 McCarrick 201617 |
| Phase 2: experiences of interventions and support | |
| Themes | |
| Initial contact (tipping the balance) | Donovan 200612
McCarrick 201617 Morgan 201418 Simmons 201720 |
| Confidentiality | Bacchus 20162
Frierson 201413 Hogan 201615 Morgan 201418 Simmons 201720 |
| Appropriate professional approaches | Bacchus 20162
Hogan 201615 Machado 201716 Morgan 201418 Simmons 201720 |
| Inappropriate professional approaches | Donovan 200612
Frierson 201413 Hogan 201615 McCarrick 201617 Machado 201716 Morgan 201619 |