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Personal Characteristics
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Interviewer/facilitator |
Which author/s conducted the interview or focus group? |
Methods |
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Credentials |
What were the researcher's credentials? |
Methods |
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Occupation |
What was their occupation at the time of the study? |
Methods |
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Gender |
Was the researcher male or female? |
N/A |
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Experience and training |
What experience or training did the researcher have? |
Methods |
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Relationship with participants
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Relationship established |
Was a relationship established prior to study commencement? |
Methods |
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Participant knowledge of the interviewer |
What did the participants know about the researcher? |
Methods |
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Interviewer characteristics |
What characteristics were reported about the interviewer/facilitator? e.g. Bias, assumptions, reasons and interests in the research topic |
Methods |
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Domain 2: Study design
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Theoretical framework
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Methodological orientation and Theory |
What methodological orientation was stated to underpin the study? |
Methods |
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Participant selection
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Sampling |
How were participants selected? e.g. purposive, convenience, consecutive, snowball |
Methods |
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Method of approach |
How were participants approached? e.g. face-to-face, telephone, mail, email |
Methods |
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Sample size |
How many participants were in the study? |
Methods |
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Non-participation |
How many people refused to participate or dropped out? Reasons? |
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Setting
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Setting of data collection |
Where was the data collected? e.g. home, clinic, workplace |
Methods |
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Presence of nonparticipants |
Was anyone else present besides the participants and researchers? |
Methods |
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Description of sample |
What are the important characteristics of the sample? e.g. demographic data, date |
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Data collection
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Interview guide |
Were questions, prompts, guides provided by the authors? Was it pilot tested? |
Methods |
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Repeat interviews |
Were repeat interviews carried out? If yes, how many? |
N/A |
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Audio/visual recording |
Did the research use audio or visual recording to collect the data? |
Methods |
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Field notes |
Were field notes made during and/or after the interview or focus group? |
Methods |
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Duration |
What was the duration of the interviews or focus group? |
Methods |
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Data saturation |
Was data saturation discussed? |
Methods |
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Transcripts returned |
Were transcripts returned to participants for comment and/or correction? |
Methods |
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Domain 3: Analysis and findings
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Data analysis
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Number of data coders |
How many data coders coded the data? The coding process was carried out by both researchers together. |
Results |
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Description of the coding tree |
Did authors provide a description of the coding tree? |
Results |
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Derivation of themes |
Were themes identified in advance or derived from the data? |
Results |
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Software |
What software, if applicable, was used to manage the data? |
Methods |
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Participant checking |
Did participants provide feedback on the findings? |
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Reporting
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Quotations presented |
Were participant quotations presented to illustrate the themes / findings? Was each quotation identified? e.g. participant number |
Results |
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Data and findings consistent |
Was there consistency between the data presented and the findings? |
Relationship to existing knowledge |
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Clarity of major themes |
Were major themes clearly presented in the findings? |
Results |
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Clarity of minor themes |
Is there a description of diverse cases or discussion of minor themes? |
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