Exploring adults’ experiences of sedentary behaviour and participation in non-workplace interventions designed to reduce sedentary behaviour: a thematic synthesis of qualitative studies

Table 3 Methodological quality of studies (numbers refer to the number of studies n = 30)

Domain	Rating
Theoretical rationale: appropriateness	Appropriate	Inappropriate/ Not sure
Theoretical rationale: appropriateness	29	1
Theoretical rationale: clarity	Clear	Unclear / Mixed
Theoretical rationale: clarity	29	1
Study design	Defensible	Indefensible / Not sure
Study design	28	2
Data collection	Appropriately	Inappropriately / Not sure
Data collection	22	8
Trustworthiness: role of researcher	Clear	Unclear / Not described
Trustworthiness: role of researcher	18	12
Trustworthiness: clarity	Clear	Unclear / Not sure
Trustworthiness: clarity	21	9
Trustworthiness: reliability	Reliable	Unreliable / Not sure
Trustworthiness: reliability	24	6
Analysis: rigorous	Rigorous	Not rigorous / Not sure
Analysis: rigorous	22	8
Analysis: richness	Rich	Poor / Not sure
Analysis: richness	25	5
Analysis: reliability	Reliable	Unreliable / Not sure
Analysis: reliability	22	8
Analysis: convincing	Convincing	Not convincing/ Not sure
Analysis: convincing	28	2
Analysis: relevance	Relevant	Irrelevant / Partially relevant
Analysis: relevance	29	1
Conclusions	Adequate	Inadequate / Not sure
Conclusions	24	6
Ethics	Appropriate	Inappropriate / Not sure
Ethics	29	1

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