Nursing Research and Practice / 2014 / Article / Tab 3 / Review Article
Examining End-of-Life Case Management: Systematic Review Table 3 Assessments of risk of bias in included qualitative studies, according to the Critical Appraisal Skills Program (CASP) tool for qualitative atudies.
Study Screening questions Detailed questions Risk of bias (Yes/cannot tell/no) (Yes/cannot tell/no) Author and date Clear statement of the aims of the research Is a qualitative methodology appropriate Appropriate research design Recruitment strategy appropriate Data collected so that research issue are addressed
Relationship between researcher and participant adequately considered Ethical issues taken into consideration Data analysis rigorous Clear statement of findings How valuable is the research? Browne and Braun (2001) [41 ] Yes Yes Yes Yes Cannot tell Yes Cannot tell No Yes Low High
Elwyn et al. (2008) [42 ] Yes Yes Yes Yes Cannot tell Yes Cannot tell No Yes Low High Spencer and Battye (2001) [34 ] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Cannot tell No Yes High Low
Williams (1999) [35 ] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Cannot tell Yes Yes High Low
Reference: Critical Appraisal Skills Program (CASP) 2014. CASP checklists are available at http://www.casp-uk.net/#!casp-tools-checklists/c18f8 [24 ]. The authors of the CASP tool request this note for every use: “The authors of this tool do not endorse this report, in whole or in part.”