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Provision of Pre-pregnancy Care for Women with Pre-existing Diabetes in Lagos, Nigeria: An Exploratory Qualitative Study

World Journal of Nursing Research | Vol 5, Issue 1

Table 1. COREQ (COnsolidated criteria for REportingQualitative research) -32 ITEM checklist

No Item Guide questions/description Reported on Page #
Domain 1: Research team and reflexivity
Personal Characteristics
1. Interviewer/facilitator Which author/s conducted the interview or focus group? Page 9
2. Credentials What were the researcher’s credentials? E.g PhD, MD Page 12
3. Occupation What was their occupation at the time of the study? Page 12
4. Gender Was the researcher male or female? Page 0
5. Experience and training                                      What experience or training did the researcher have? Page 12
Relationship with participants
6. Relationship established Was a relationship established prior to study commencement? Page 9
7. Participant knowledge of the interviewer What did the participants know about the researcher? E.g Personal goals, reason for doing the research Page 9
8. Interviewer characteristics What characteristics were reported about the interviewer? Page 9
Domain 2: Study design
Theoretical framework
9. Methodological Orientation and Theory What methodological orientation underpins the study stated? eg grounded theory, discourse analysis, ethnography, phenomenology, content analysis Page 8
Participant selection
10. Sampling How were the participants selected? E.g, purposive, convenience, consecutive snowball Page 9
11. Method of approach How were the participant approached? E.g, face-to-face, telephone, mail, email Page 9 and 10
12. Sample size How many participants were in the study? Page 9
13. Non-participation How many people refused to participate or dropped out? Reasons Page 0
Setting
14. Setting of data collection Where was the data collected? Eg, home, clinic, workplace Page 8
15. Presence of non-participants Was anyone else present besides the participants and researchers? Page 10
16. Description of sample What are the important characteristics of the sample? E.g demographic data, date Page 14
Data collection
17. Interview guide Were questions, prompts guides provided by the author? Was it pilot tested? Page 9
18. Repeat interviews Were repeat interviews carried out? If yes, how many? Page 9
19. Audio/visual recording Did the researcher use audio or visual recording to collect the data? Page 10
20. Field notes Were field notes made during and / or after the interview or focus group? Page 10
21 Duration What was the duration of the interview or focus group? Page 10
22. Data saturation Was data saturation discussed Page 10
23 Transcripts returned Were transcripts returned to participants for comment and / or correction? Page 0
Domain 3: Analysis and finding
Data analysis
24. Number of data coders How many coders coded the data? Page 11
25. Description of data coding tree Did author provider a description of the coding tree? Page 11
26. Derivation of themes Were themes identified in advance or derived from the data? Page 11
27. Software What software, if applicable, was used to manage the data? Page 11
28. Participant checking Did participants provide feedback on the findings? Page 0
Reporting
29. Quotations presented Were participants quotations presented to illustrate the themes/ findings? Was each quotation identified? ResultPage 15 to 21
30. Data and findings consistent Was there consistency between the data presented and the findings? ResultPage 15 to 21
31. Clarity of major themes Were major themes clearly presented in the findings? Result and DiscussionPage 21 to 23
32. Clarity of minor themes Is there a description of diverse cases or discussion of minor themes? Result and DiscussionPage 21 to 23