From: How to locate and appraise qualitative research in complementary and alternative medicine
Question: | Number of included studies with (+): | |
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1. | Is the research question clearly formulated? | 27 |
2. | Which qualitative design was selected and was a reason given? | 27 |
3. | Was a literature review performed? | 16 |
4. | Were the participants adequately selected and the population clearly defined and was the selection justified? | 29 |
5. | Were the participants and their environment and also the researchers sufficiently described? | 14 |
6. | Was the data collection method described in detail? | 24 |
7. | How was the data analysis performed? | 28 |
8. | Was the data collection conducted until saturation had been reached? | 17 |
9. | Are the results comprehensive, plausible and coherent? | 28 |
10. | Were the results confirmed? | 23 |
11. | Do the results help my own practice to better understand the participants in their settings? | 30 |
12. | Are there concrete possibilities to transfer the findings to other settings? | 28 |
Added by the general questions: | Â | |
A. | Openness | 6 |
B. | Intersubjective validity | 14 |
C | Reflexivity | 8 |