Table B
MMAT quality assessment profile.
| Code Bibliographic | Reference | Screening Questions | 1. Qualitative Studies | Total | |||||||
| S1. Are the objectives and/or research questions clear? | S2. Does the data collected address the research objectives and/or research questions? | 1.1. Is the qualitative approach appropriate for answering the research objective and/or research question? | 1.2. Are the qualitative data collection methods appropriate for addressing the research objective and/or research question? | 1.3. Are the conclusions adequately derived from the data? | 1.4. Is the interpretation of the results sufficiently supported by the data? | 1.5. Is there consistency between qualitative data sources, collection, analysis and interpretation? | |||||
| 2 | Frederickson (2022) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Yes | Yes | 80 % | ||
| 3 | McGreary et al. (2021) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 100 % | ||
| 4 | Pankow et al. (2021) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 100 % | ||
| 5 | Harrison et al. (2020) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 100 % | ||
| 6 | Kavoura & Ryba (2020) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 100 % | ||
| 8 | Ronkainen et al. (2020) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 100 % | ||
| 9 | Slaten et al. (2020) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 100 % | ||
| 10 | Cooper & Jackson (2019) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 100 % | ||
| 11 | Andersson & Barker-Ruchti (2018) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 100 % | ||
| 12 | Kristiansen & Stensrud (2017) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | 40 % | ||
| 13 | Perez-Rivases et al. (2017) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | 80 % | ||
| 14 | Madsen & McGarry (2016) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 100 % | ||
| 15 | Gledhill & Harwood (2015) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 100 % | ||
| 16 | Han et al. (2015) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Yes | Yes | 80 % | ||
| 17 | Falls & Wilson (2013) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 100 % | ||
| 18 | Selva et al. (2013) | Sí | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 100 % | ||
| 19 | Debois et al. (2012) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Yes | 80 % | ||
| Code Bibliographic | Reference | Screening Questions | 2. Quantitative Descriptive Studies | Total | |||||||
| S1. Are the objectives and/or research questions clear? | S2. Does the data collected address the research objective and/or research question? | 2.1. Is the sampling strategy appropriate for addressing the research objective and/or research question? | 2.2. Is the sample representative of the target population? | 2.3. Are the measures appropriate? | 2.4. Is the risk of non-response bias low? | 2.5. Is the statistical analysis appropriate for answering the objective and/or the research question? | |||||
| 7 | Perez-Rivases et al. (2020) | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Yes | 60 % | ||
| Code Bibliographic | Reference | Screening Questions | 3. Mixed methods studies | Total | |||||||
| S1. Are the objectives and/or research questions clear? | S2. Does the data collected address the research objective and/or research question? | 3.1. Is there adequate justification for using a mixed methods design to address the research objective and/or research question? | 3.2. Are the different components of the study effectively integrated in order to answer the research objective and/or research question? | 3.3. Are the results of the integration of qualitative and quantitative components adequately interpreted? | 3.4. Are divergences and inconsistencies between quantitative and qualitative results adequately addressed? | 3.5. Do the different components of the study adhere to the quality criteria of each tradition of the methods involved? | |||||
| 21 | Bergström et al. (2022) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Yes | No | Yes | 60 % | ||
| N.B. 1 ’yes’ corresponds to 20% of the MMAT criterion; 2 ’yes’ corresponds to 40% of the MMAT criterion; 3 ’yes’ corresponds to 60% of the MMAT criterion; 4 ’yes’ corresponds to 80% of the MMAT criterion; 5 ’yes’ corresponds to 100% of the MMAT criterion. 20-40 % = low quality; 60–80 % = moderate quality; 80–100 % = high quality | |||||||||||
