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Table 2 CASP Assessment Results

From: Personal barriers to addressing intimate partner abuse: a qualitative meta-synthesis of healthcare practitioners’ experiences

Author (year)

Statement of aim?

Qualitative

methodology

appropriate?

Research

design

appropriate?

Recruitment

strategy

appropriate?

Relationship

between

researcher

&

participants

adequately

considered?

Ethical issues

taken into

consideration?

Data

analysis

sufficiently

rigorous?

Findings

supported

by

evidence?

Other limitations?

Overall

assessment of quality

Aziz & El-Gazzar [28]

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A

No or very minor concerns

Baig et al. [29]

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Partial

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A

No or very minor concerns

Colarossi et al. [30]

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A

No or very minor concerns

Conn et al.

Yes

Yes

Yes

Partial

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Participants were mostly junior residents with less experience.

Minor concerns

Columbini et al. [32]

Yes

Yes

Yes

Unclear

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A

No or very minor concerns

Djikanovic et al. [33]

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Unclear

Yes

Yes

Yes

Methods lack detail.

No or very minor concerns

Efe & Taskin [34]

Yes

Yes

Yes

yes

Unclear

Partial

Yes

Yes

No details on ethics and data analysis.

Minor concern.

Finnbogadottir & Dykes [35]

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A

No or very minor concerns

Gallagher [36]

Yes

Yes

Yes

Partial

Unclear

Partial

Yes

Yes

Concerns around recruitment and ethics.

Minor concerns

Guruge [37]

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A

No or very minor concerns

Husso et al. [38]

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A

No or very minor concerns

Mauri et al. [39]

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Partial

Yes

Yes

Yes

No limitations acknowledged

No or very minor concerns

McCauley et al. [40]

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A

No or very minor concerns

Papadakaki et al. [41]

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A

No or very minor concerns

Pau [42]

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A

No or very minor concerns

Pitter [43]

Yes

yes

Yes

Partial

yes

Yes

Partial

Partial

Concerns around sample recruitment, data analysis and discussion.

Moderate concerns

Rahmqvist et al. [44]

Yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

N/A

No or very minor concerns

Robinson [45]

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A

No or very minor concerns

Rose et al. [46]

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A

No or very minor concerns

Sormanti & Smith [47]

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Partial

Yes

Yes

Concerns about informed consents.

Minor concerns

Spangaro et al. [20]

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A

No or very minor concerns

Sun et al. [48]

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Partial

Partial

Partial

Yes

Concern around ethical issues and data collection.

Minor concerns

Sundborg et al. [49]

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A

No or very minor concerns

Usta et al. [50]

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Partial

Yes

Yes

Yes

Concerns about data collection (short interviews)

Minor concerns

Van der Wath [51]

Yes

Yes

Yes

Partial

Partial

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A

No or minor concerns

Visentin et al. [52]

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A

No or very minor concerns

Watson et al. [53]

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A

No or very minor concerns

Zakar et al. [54]

Yes

Yes

yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N/A

No or very minor concerns

Zijlstra et al. [55]

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Partial

Yes

Yes

Lack of detail on ethical approval

Minor concerns