|
Characteristic
|
Proposal N = 43* % (n)
|
Report N = 48% (n)
|
|---|
|
Type of study
| | |
|
Evaluation
|
53% (23)
|
46% (22)
|
|
Fieldwork and survey
|
35% (15)
|
40% (19)
|
|
Feasibility study
|
7% (3)
|
10% (5)
|
|
Instrument development
|
5% (2)
|
4% (2)
|
|
Purpose of the study
| | |
|
Explanatory
|
65% (28)
|
58% (28)
|
|
Exploratory
|
28% (12)
|
42% (20)
|
|
Both
|
7% (3)
|
0% (0)
|
|
Components
| | |
|
Qualitative:
|
79% (34)
|
67% (32)
|
|
Interview study
|
79% (34)
|
67% (32)
|
|
Focus group study
|
12% (5)
|
23% (11)
|
|
Observation
|
2% (1)
|
10% (5)
|
|
Case studies
|
19% (8)
|
40% (19)
|
|
Documentary analysis
|
2% (1)
|
2% (1)
|
|
Other e.g. diaries
|
0% (0)
|
4% (2)
|
|
Quantitative:
|
40% (17)
|
62% (30)
|
|
Survey
|
40% (17)
|
62% (30)
|
|
Other observational study
|
26% (11)
|
19% (9)
|
|
RCT
|
28% (12)
|
21% (10)
|
|
Other intervention study
|
28% (12)
|
23% (11)
|
|
Economic
|
40% (17)
|
23% (11)
|
|
Other
|
7% (3)
|
2% (1)
|
- * two studies were not mixed methods studies at the proposal stage and were not included here
