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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.”