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Table 1 Characteristics of included studies

From: Patients’ and physicians’ perceptions and attitudes about oral anticoagulation and atrial fibrillation: a qualitative systematic review

 

Country

Methodological approach

Technique

Analysis

Quality assessment

Participants

Number (only physicians or patients)

Sex

Howitt et al. 1999 [28]

United Kingdom

Mixed: quantitative and qualitative

Structured interviews (information through email)

Thematic analysis (information through email)

moderate

-Patients

56

28 men/28 women (information through email)

Fuller et al. 2004 [32]

United Kingdom

Mixed: quantitative and qualitative

Questionnaire and interviews

Content analysis

moderate

-Patients

76

(in the interviews)

 

Wild et al. 2004 [33]

United States,, United Kingdom and Spain

Qualitative

Semi-structured interview

Interpretative.

Thematic analysis.

moderate

-Patients

60

 

Coelho Dantas et al.2004 [35]

Canada

Qualitative

Semi-structured Interview.

Interpretative. Thematic analysis (information through email). Grounded theory.

excellent

-Patients

21

12 men/9 women

Bajorek et al. 2007, 2009 [29, 30]

Australia

Qualitative: Phenomenology

Focus groups

Thematic analysis

excellent

-Physicians

20

12 men/8 women

[Geriatricians, Cardiologists, General medicine (consultants or registrars),General Practice]

-Nurses

-Pharmacist

(6 Geriatric

6 Cardiologists/General Medicine

8 General Practice)

 

-Patients

14

 

-Carers

  

Solà et al. 2009 [37]

Spain

Mixed: quantitative and qualitative

Focus groups

Content analysis

excellent

Physicians

[General Practice, Cardiologists and Internal Medicine]

23 (15 General Practice,

5 Cardiologist,

3 Internal Medicine)

12 men/11 women

Patients

23

15 men/8 women

Lipman et al. 2004 [29]

United Kingdom

Qualitative

Semi-structured Interview.

Framework method

excellent

-Physicians

[General Practices with an active interest in research or evidence-based medicine]

11

9 men/2 women

Anderson et al. 2006 [34]

United Kingdom

Mixed: quantitative and qualitative

Questionnaire and semi-structured interview

Interpretative. Grounded theory.

moderate

-Physicians

14

 

[Cardiologists, Geriatric or general medicine (consultants or Specialist Registrars)]

5 Cardiologists,

9 Geriatric or General medicine

Decker et al. 2012 [36]

United States

Qualitative

Semi-structured Interview.

Content analysis

moderate

-Physicians

[Cardiologists and internal medicine)

-Nurses practioner

23

(18 Cardiologist

5 Internal Medicine)