Table 18 Critical appraisal of qualitative studies supporting Theme #3: life/treatment balance
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 |
S14 | Harris et al., 2022 [82] | 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 |
S19 | Krawczyk et al., 2021 [87] | 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 |
S24 | Meyerson et al., 2022 [92] | Yes | Yes | Can't tell | Can't tell | Can't tell |
S27 | Nobles et al., 2021 [95] | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
S28 | Parkes et al., 2021 [96] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
S29 | Pilarinos et al., 2022 [97] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
S34 | Scott et al., 2023 [102] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
S35 | Suen et al., 2022/Wyatt et al., 2022 [104] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
S36 | University of Bath et al., 2020, 2021 [105] | Can't tell | Yes | Can't tell | Can't tell | Can't tell |
S38 | Walters et al., 2022 [108] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
S39 | Watson et al., 2022 [109] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
# meeting quality criterion | 15/16 | 15/16 | 13/16 | 14/16 | 14/16 | |