| 171 6 Appendices COREQ checklist No. Item Guide questions/description Reported under Domain 1: Research team and re exivity Personal Characteristics 1. Inter viewer/ facilitator Which author/s conducted the interview or focus group? Appendix 2. Credentials What were the researcher’s credentials? E.g. PhD, MD Appendix 3. Occupation What was their occupation at the time of the study? Appendix 4. Gender Was the researcher male or female? Appendix 5. Experience and training What experience or training did the researcher have? Appendix Relationship with participants 6. Relationship established Was a relationship established prior to study commencement? Methods -Procedures 7. Participant knowledge of the interviewer What did the participants know about the researcher? e.g. personal goals, reasons for doing the research Methods- data collection 8. Interviewer characteristics What characteristics were reported about the interviewer/facilitator? e.g. Bias, assumptions, reasons and interests in the research topic Appendix 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 Methods- Analysis Participant selection 10. Sampling How were participants selected? e.g. purposive, convenience, consecutive, snowball Methods -Procedures 11. Method of approach How were participants approached? e.g. faceto-face, telephone, mail, email Methods -Procedures 12. Sample size How many participants were in the study? Results 13. Non-participation How many people refused to participate or dropped out? Reasons? Methods -Procedures Setting 14. Setting of data collection Where was the data collected? e.g. home, clinic, workplace Methods -Data collection 15. Presence of nonparticipants Was anyone else present besides the participants and researchers? Methods- data collection 16. Description of sample What are the important characteristics of the sample? e.g. demographic data, date Results
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