Table 2 Quality assessment of included studies
Lempp et al. [13] | Backman et al. [14] | Mitton et al. [15] | Östlie et al. [16] | McElhone et al. [17] | Eyckmans et al. [18] | Kristiansen et al. [19] | Meade et al. [20] | Feldthusen et al. [21] | Ackerman et al. [4] | Nota et al. [22] | Ammerlaan et al. [23] | Feddersen et al. [24] | Phillips et al. [5] | Birru et al. [25] | Clowse et al. [26] | Gomez et al. [27] | Phuti et al. [28] | Chew et al. [29] | Phuti et al. [30] | |
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Clear statement of the aims of the research? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Was a qualitative methodology appropriate? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Was the research design appropriate for the aims? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Was the recruitment strategy appropriate for the aims? | Yes | Yes | Partly | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partly | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Were the data collected in a way that addressed the research issue? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partly | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partly | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Has the relationship between researcher and participants been adequately considered? | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Partly | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes |
Have ethical issues been taken into consideration? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Was data analysis sufficiently rigorous? | Partly | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partly | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partly | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Is there a clear statement of findings? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partly | Partly | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partly | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
How valuable is the research? | High | High | Medium | High | High | High | Medium | High | High | High | High | Medium | High | High | High | High | High | High | High | High |