Should community health workers offer support healthcare services to survivors of sexual violence? a systematic review

Table 4 Methodological quality assessment for qualitative studies

Rating section	Barron, 2013 [47]	Itzhaky, 2001 [48]	Merkin, 1995 [50]	Rossman, 1999 [51]	Tanabe, 2013 [52]	Zraly, 2011 [53]
1.1 Is a qualitative approach appropriate?	Appropriate	Appropriate	Appropriate	Appropriate	Appropriate	Appropriate
1.2 Is the study clear in what it seeks to do?	Clear	Mixed	Mixed	Unclear	Clear	Mixed
2.1 How defensible/rigorous is the research design/methodology?	Defensible	Defensible	Not defensible	Not defensible	Defensible	Defensible
3.1 How well was the data collection carried out?	Appropriate	Appropriate	Inadequately reported	Inadequately reported	Appropriate	Appropriate
4.1 Is the context clearly described?	Clear	Clear	Unclear	Unclear	Clear	Clear
4.2 Were the methods reliable?	Reliable	Reliable	Unreliable	Unreliable	Unreliable	Unreliable
5.1 Are the data ‘rich’?	Rich	Not sure/not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Rich	Rich
5.2 Is the analysis reliable?	Reliable	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Unreliable	Reliable
5.3 Are the findings convincing?	Convincing	Not convincing	Not convincing	Convincing	Convincing	Convincing
5.4 Are the conclusions adequate?	Adequate	Adequate	Adequate	Adequate	Adequate	Adequate
6.1 Was the study approved by an ethics committee?	Yes	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Yes	Yes
6.2 Is the role of the researcher clearly described?	Clear	Not clear	Not clear	Not reported	Clear	Clear
As far as can be ascertained from the paper, how well was the study conducted?	++	+	–	–	++	++

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