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Table 2 Quality assessment of studies included

From: Balancing the struggle to live with dementia: a systematic meta-synthesis of coping

Study

Criteriaa

Total /9

Quality

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

  

Aldridge H et al. 2017 [27]

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

8

Moderate

Aminzadeh F et al. 2009 [28]

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

8

Moderate

Aminzadeh F et al. 2010 [29]

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

7

Moderate

Atta-Konadu E et al. 2011 [30]

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

7

Moderate

Barrett C and Crameri P 2015 [31]

+

+

+

+−

+

+

+

7

Moderate

Beattie et al. 2004 [32]

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

8

Moderate

Borley G and Hardy S 2017 [33]

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

8

Moderate

Bronner K et al. 2016 [34]

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

7

Moderate

Brorsson et al. 2011 [35]

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

8

Moderate

Chaplin R et al. 2016 [36]

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

8

Moderate

Clare L et al. 2008 [37]

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

8

Moderate

Clemerson G et al. 2014 [38]

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

8

Moderate

Dalby P et al. 2012 [39]

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

9

High

Derksen E et al. 2006 [40]

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

8

Moderate

De Witt 2009 [41]

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

8

Moderate

De Witt 2010 [42]

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

8

Moderate

Digby 2011 [43]

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

8

Moderate

Digby 2012 [44]

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

9

High

Duggan et al. 2008 [45]

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

7

Moderate

Fleming R et al. 2015 [46]

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

9

High

Frazer SM et al. 2011 [47]

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

8

Moderate

Genoe MR et al. 2010 [48]

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

8

Moderate

Genoe MR et al. 2012 [49]

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

8

Moderate

Genoe MR and Dupuis SL 2014 [50]

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

9

High

Gill L et al. 2011 [51]

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

8

Moderate

Gilmour JA and Huntington AD 2005 [52]

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

8

Moderate

Goodman C et al. 2013 [53]

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

8

Moderate

Hain D et al. 2014 [54]

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

7

Moderate

Harman G and Clare L 2006 [55]

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

9

High

Harris PB 2011 [56]

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

8

Moderate

Hedman R et al. 2013 [57]

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

8

Moderate

Hedman R et al. 2016 [58]

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

9

High

Heggestad A et al. 2013 [59]

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

9

High

Hellström I et al. 2015 [60]

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

7

Moderate

Herron RV and Rosenberg MW 2017 [61]

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

7

Moderate

Hillmann A et al. 2018 [62]

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

7

Moderate

Hulko W 2009 [63]

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

8

Moderate

Johannessen A et al. 2011 [64]

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

8

Moderate

Johannessen A et al. 2014 [65]

+

+

+

+

+ −

+

+

+

8

Moderate

Karlsson E et al. 2014 [66]

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

8

Moderate

Keller HH et al. 2010 [67]

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

8

Moderate

Langdon SA et al. 2007 [68]

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

9

High

Lawrence RM et al. 2009 [69]

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

9

High

Lee SM et al. 2014 [70]

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

7

Moderate

Mac Kinley E 2009 [71]

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

8

Moderate

MacRae H 2011 [72]

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

9

High

Mazaheri M et al. 2013 [73]

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

9

High

Merrick R et al. 2016 [74]

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

7

Moderate

Mjørud M et al. 2017 [75]

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

8

Moderate

Molyneaux VJ et al. 2011 [76]

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

9

High

Mushi D et al. 2014 [77]

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

7

Moderate

Nowell ZC et al. 2013 [78]

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

9

High

Nygård L 2008 [79]

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

7

Moderate

Pesonen HM et al. 2013 [80]

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

8

Moderate

Phinney A 2011 [81]

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

8

Moderate

Pipon-Young FE et al. 2012 [82]

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

8

Moderate

Read ST et al. 2017 [83]

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

8

Moderate

Roach P et al. 2016 [84]

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

8

Moderate

Rostad D et al. 2013 [85]

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

8

Moderate

Sandberg L et al. 2017 [86]

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

8

Moderate

Sharp BK 2017 [19]

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

7

Moderate

Sixsmith A and Gibson G 2007 [87]

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

8

Moderate

Stephan A et al. 2018 [88]

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

8

Moderate

Svanström R et al. 2015 [89]

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

8

Moderate

Tak SH et al. 2015 [90]

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

8

Moderate

Tolhurst E and Weicht B 2017 [91]

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

9

High

Thein et al. 2011 [92]

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

7

Moderate

van Vliet D et al. 2017 [20]

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

8

Moderate

Van Zadelhoff E et al. 2011 [93]

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

8

Moderate

Vernooij-Dassen M et al. 2006 [94]

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

7

Moderate

Vikström S et al. 2008 [95]

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

7

Moderate

Weaks D et al. 2015 [96]

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

9

High

Wolverson EL et al. 2010 [97]

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

7

Moderate

Öman A and Nygård L 2005 [98]

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

7

Moderate

  1. a CASP criteria 1.Clear research statement, 2.Qualitative methodology, 3.Research question appropriate, 4.Recruitment strategy, 5.Data collection, 6.Relationship researcher – participants described adequately, 7.Ethical considerations, 8.Data analysis, 9.Clear statements of findings