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Table 17 Critical appraisal of qualitative studies supporting Theme #2: navigating environmental risks

From: The impact of relaxing restrictions on take-home doses during the COVID-19 pandemic on program effectiveness and client experiences in opioid agonist treatment: a mixed methods systematic review

No

Study

MMAT Sect. 1a for qualitative studies

1

2

3

4

5

Is the qualitative approach appropriate to answer the research question?

Are the qualitative data collection methods adequate to address the research question?

Are the findings adequately derived from the data?

Is the interpretation of results sufficiently substantiated by data?

Is there coherence between qualitative data sources, collection, analysis and interpretation?

S1

Abidogun et al., 2023 [69]

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

S10

Gage et al., 2022 [78]

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

S15

Hoffman et al., 2022 [83]

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

S18

Kesten et al., 2021 [86]

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

S20

Levander et al., 2021 [88]

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

S21

Liddell et al., 2021 [89]

Yes

Yes

Can't tell

Yes

Yes

S23

May et al., 2022 [91]

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

S27

Nobles et al., 2021 [95]

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

S28

Parkes et al., 2021 [96]

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

S32

Russell et al., 2021 [100]

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

S33

Schofield et al., 2022 [101]

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

S34

Scott et al., 2023 [102]

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

S36

University of Bath et al., 2020, 2021 [106]

Can't tell

Yes

Can't tell

Can't tell

Can't tell

S37

Vicknasingam et al., 2021 [107]

Can't tell

Yes

Can't tell

No

No

S38

Walters et al., 2022 [108]

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

# meeting quality criterion

13/15

14/15

12/15

13/15

13/15

  1. aThe MMAT (Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool) Qualitative Checklist is designed specifically for mixed methods systematic reviews (Hong et al., 2018). It consists of five sections specific to various study designs, each with five quality criteria. All qualitative studies included in this review including qualitative components of mixed-methods studies, were appraised under Sect. 1: Qualitative studies