1.1 Is a qualitative approach appropriate?
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Appropriate
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Appropriate
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Appropriate
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Appropriate
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Appropriate
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Appropriate
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1.2 Is the study clear in what it seeks to do?
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Clear
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Mixed
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Mixed
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Unclear
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Clear
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Mixed
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2.1 How defensible/rigorous is the research design/methodology?
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Defensible
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Defensible
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Not defensible
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Not defensible
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Defensible
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Defensible
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3.1 How well was the data collection carried out?
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Appropriate
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Appropriate
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Inadequately reported
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Inadequately reported
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Appropriate
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Appropriate
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4.1 Is the context clearly described?
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Clear
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Clear
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Unclear
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Unclear
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Clear
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Clear
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4.2 Were the methods reliable?
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Reliable
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Reliable
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Unreliable
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Unreliable
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Unreliable
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Unreliable
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5.1 Are the data ‘rich’?
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Rich
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Not sure/not reported
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Not reported
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Not reported
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Rich
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Rich
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5.2 Is the analysis reliable?
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Reliable
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Not reported
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Not reported
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Not reported
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Unreliable
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Reliable
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5.3 Are the findings convincing?
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Convincing
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Not convincing
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Not convincing
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Convincing
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Convincing
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Convincing
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5.4 Are the conclusions adequate?
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Adequate
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Adequate
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Adequate
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Adequate
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Adequate
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Adequate
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6.1 Was the study approved by an ethics committee?
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Yes
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Not reported
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Not reported
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Not reported
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Yes
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Yes
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6.2 Is the role of the researcher clearly described?
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Clear
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Not clear
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Not clear
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Not reported
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Clear
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Clear
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As far as can be ascertained from the paper, how well was the study conducted?
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++
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+
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–
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–
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++
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++
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