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Table 1 Main criteria for assessing the methodological quality of the qualitative studies; the quality of studies with less than 5+ and 1 ± is insufficient

From: Factors influencing work participation of adults with developmental dyslexia: a systematic review

Author(s)

Relevance and goal

Method and techniques appropriate

Selection of participants

Data collection

Theoretical framework

Data analysis

Results

Number of factors

Number of +/±

Hellendoorn and Ruijssenaars, 2000 [28]

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

73

7+

McNulty, 2003 [29]

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

44

7+

Price et al., 2003 [30]

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

47

7+

Burns and Bell, 2011 [31]

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

72

7+

Ferri et al., 2001 [32]

+

+

+

+

+

-

+

20

6+

Lindstrom and Benz, 2002 [33]

+

+

±

+

+

+

+

31

6+/1±

Gerber et al., 2004 [34]

+

+

±

+

+

+

+

79

6+/1±

Burns et al., 2013 [35]

+

+

+

+

+

±

+

55

6+/1±

Raskind et al., 1997 [36]

+

+

-

+

+

±

+

116

5+/1±

Shessel and Reiff, 1999 [37]

+

+

±

+

+

-

+

43

5+/1±

Price and Gerber, 2001 [38]

+

+

+

±

-

+

+

14

5+/1±

Ferri et al., 2005 [39]

+

+

-

±

+

+

+

21

5+/1±

Macdonald, 2009 [40]

+

+

+

±

+

-

+

33

5+/1±

Duff et al., 2007 [41]

+

+

±

+

-

-

+

46

4+/1±

Illingworth, 2005 [42]

+

+

±

±

-

±

+

81

3+/3±

Greenbaum et al., 1996 [43]

+

±

±

±

-

-

+

25

2+/3±

Gilmour, 1998 [44]

+

-

±

±

-

-

-

10

1+/2±

  1. (‘+’ = present; ‘-‘ = not present; ‘±’ = insufficiently described).