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Table 4 Consolidated criteria for reporting qualitative studies: 62 items checklist

From: Qualitative process evaluation of a psycho-educational intervention targeted at people diagnosed with schizophrenia and their primary caregivers in Jordan

No. Item

Guide questions/description

Considered

Domain 1: Research team and reflexivity

 Personal Characteristics

1. Inter viewer/facilitator

Which author/s conducted the interview or focus group?

Yes

2. Credentials

What were the researcher’s credentials? e.g. PhD, MD

Yes

3. Occupation

What was their occupation at the time of the study?

Yes

4. Gender

Was the researcher male or female?

Yes

5. Experience and training

What experience or training did the researcher have?

Yes

 Relationship with participants

6. Relationship established

Was a relationship established prior to study commencement?

Yes

7. Participant knowledge of the interviewer

What did the participants know about the researcher? e.g. personal goals, reasons for doing the research

Yes

8. Interviewer characteristics

What characteristics were reported about the inter viewer/facilitator? e.g. Bias, assumptions, reasons and interests in the research topic

Yes

Domain 2: study design

 Theoretical framework

9. Methodological orientation and Theory

What methodological orientation was stated to underpin the study? e.g. grounded theory, discourse analysis, ethnography, phenomenology, content analysis

Yes

 Participant selection

10. Sampling

How were participants selected? e.g. purposive, convenience, consecutive, snowball

Yes

11. Method of approach

How were participants approached? e.g. face-to-face, telephone, mail, email

Yes

12. Sample size

How many participants were in the study?

Yes

13. Non-participation

How many people refused to participate or dropped out? Reasons?

No

 Setting

14. Setting of data collection

Where was the data collected? e.g. home, clinic, workplace

Yes

15. Presence of non-participants

Was anyone else present besides the participants and researchers?

Yes

16. Description of sample

What are the important characteristics of the sample? e.g. demographic data, date

Yes

 Data collection

17. Interview guide

Were questions, prompts, guides provided by the authors? Was it pilot tested?

Methods

18. Repeat interviews

Were repeat inter views carried out? If yes, how many?

N/A

19. Audio/visual recording

Did the research use audio or visual recording to collect the data?

Yes

20. Field notes

Were field notes made during and/or after the interview or focus group?

Yes

21. Duration

What was the duration of the inter views or focus group?

Yes

22. Data saturation

Was data saturation discussed?

Yes

23. Transcripts returned

Were transcripts returned to participants for comment and/or correction?

No

Domain 3: analysis and findings

 Data analysis

24. Number of data coders

How many data coders coded the data?

No

25. Description of the coding tree

Did authors provide a description of the coding tree?

No

26. Derivation of themes

Were themes identified in advance or derived from the data?

Yes

27. Software

What software, if applicable, was used to manage the data?

No

28. Participant checking

Did participants provide feedback on the findings?

No

 Reporting

29. Quotations presented

Were participant quotations presented to illustrate the themes/findings? Was each quotation identified? e.g. participant number

Yes

30. Data and findings consistent

Was there consistency between the data presented and the findings?

Yes

31. Clarity of major themes

Were major themes clearly presented in the findings?

Yes

32. Clarity of minor themes

Is there a description of diverse cases or discussion of minor themes?

Yes