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Table 4 Qualitative methodology used in included studies

From: The patient and clinician experience of informed consent for surgery: a systematic review of the qualitative evidence

Author

Year

Method of Data Collection

Method of Analysis

Berman

2008

Face-to-face interviews

Constant comparison.

Bramall

2014

Face-to-face interviews

Constant comparison - NVIVO

Dixon-Woods

2006

Face-to-face interviews

Constant comparison – QSR N5

Habiba

2004

Face-to-face interviews

Constant comparison – QSR N5

Hall

2012

Telephone semi-structured interviews

Constant comparison

Kumar

2012

Face-to-face interviews

Framework analysis - NVIVO

McKneally

2000

Face-to-face interviews

Constant comparison – Ethnographic software

McKneally

2004

Face-to-face interviews

Constant comparison -QSR N5

McKneally

2009

Face-to-face semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions.

Constant comparison

McNair

2016

Observational study of doctor-patient dialogue and face-to-face interviews

Thematic analysis

Meredith

1996

Face-to-face interviews

Unclear

Moore

2002

Face-to-face interviews

Constant comparison

Schaufel

2009

Observational study of doctor-patient dialogue.

Discourse analysis and pragmatic linguistics

Spector

2010

Face-to-face interviews

Thematic analysis

Suarez-Almazor

2010

Focus group discussions

Constant comparison

Wood

2014

Face-to-face interviews

Thematic analysis - NVIVO