Table 4 Exploring service providers’ perspectives on the prevention and management of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders in South Africa: A qualitative study
No. Item | Guide questions/description | Reported on Page # |
|---|---|---|
Domain 1: Research team and reflexivity | ||
Personal Characteristics | ||
1. Interviewer/facilitator | Which author/s conducted the interview or focus group? | Results (5) Babatope O. Adebiyi |
2. Credentials | What were the researcher’s credentials? E.g. PhD, MD | Babatope O. Adebiyi PhD Student Ferdinand C. Mukumbang PhD Lizahn G. Cloete PhD Anna-Marie Beytell PhD |
3. Occupation | What was their occupation at the time of the study? | Student, Post-Doctoral researcher, Lecturer, Lecturer |
4. Gender | Was the researcher male or female? | Male, Male, Female, Female |
5. Experience and training | What experience or training did the researcher have? | Methods (5) They all have extensive experience in conducting qualitative study |
Relationship with participants | ||
6. Relationship established | Was a relationship established prior to study commencement? | (4) Yes |
7. Participant knowledge of the interviewer | What did the participants know about the researcher? e.g. personal goals, reasons for doing the research | (4) Participant information sheet and Consent form |
8. Interviewer characteristics | What characteristics were reported about the inter viewer/facilitator? e.g. Bias, assumptions, reasons and interests in the research topic | Methods (5) The participants know that the primary researcher is a student |
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 (4, 5) – Exploratory qualitative design – Framework Method |
Participant selection | ||
10. Sampling | How were participants selected? e.g. purposive, convenience, consecutive, snowball | Methods (4) Purposive sampling |
11. Method of approach | How were participants approached? e.g. face-to-face, telephone, mail, email | Methods (4) face-to-face, telephone, email |
12. Sample size | How many participants were in the study? | Results (4) 65 |
13. Non-participation | How many people refused to participate or dropped out? Reasons? | Methods (4) 3 (It was because of the work load) |
Setting | ||
14. Setting of data collection | Where was the data collected? e.g. home, clinic, workplace | Methods (5) Clinic, workplace |
15. Presence of non-participants | Was anyone else present besides the participants and researchers? | Results (5) No |
16. Description of sample | What are the important characteristics of the sample? e.g. demographic data, date | Results (4) Profession, Gender and Working experience |
Data collection | ||
17. Interview guide | Were questions, prompts, guides provided by the authors? Was it pilot tested? | Methods (5) No |
18. Repeat interviews | Were repeat interviews carried out? If yes, how many? | N/A |
19. Audio/visual recording | Did the research use audio or visual recording to collect the data? | Methods (5) Yes |
20. Field notes | Were field notes made during and/or after the interview or focus group? | Methods (5) Yes |
21. Duration | What was the duration of the inter views or focus group? | Methods (5) 30–60 min |
22. Data saturation | Was data saturation discussed? | Methods (5) Yes |
23. Transcripts returned | Were transcripts returned to participants for comment and/or correction? | N/A No |
Domain 3: analysis and findings | ||
Data analysis | ||
24. Number of data coders | How many data coders coded the data? | Methods (5) 2 |
25. Description of the coding tree | Did authors provide a description of the coding tree? | No |
26. Derivation of themes | Were themes identified in advance or derived from the data? | Methods (5) Derived from the data? |
27. Software | What software, if applicable, was used to manage the data? | N/A |
28. Participant checking | Did participants provide feedback on the findings? | Strengths and limitations No |
Reporting | ||
29. Quotations presented | Were participant quotations presented to illustrate the themes/findings? Was each quotation identified? e.g. participant number | Results (5–11) Yes |
30. Data and findings consistent | Was there consistency between the data presented and the findings? | Result and Discussion (5–13) Relationship to existing knowledge Yes |
31. Clarity of major themes | Were major themes clearly presented in the findings? | Results (5–11) Yes |
32. Clarity of minor themes | Is there a description of diverse cases or discussion of minor themes? | Discussion (11–13) Yes |