Table 5. Reporting of meta-ethnography analytic phases 3 to 7 in included papers
Describe
fully
Noblit &
Hare's 7
phases
Phase 3.
State order
of reading &
synthesising
papers
Phase 3.
State how
they
identified
concepts/
themes
from
primary
studies
Phase 4.
State
they
determined
how the
studies
(papers)
are
related?
Paper
S1


-

Phase 4.
Clearly
describe
how
they
determined
how the
studies
(papers)
are
related?
Phase 5.
Clearly
describe
translation
process
Phases 5&6.
Number
researchers
involved in
analysis
Phase 6.
Clearly
describe
how
synthesised
translations
1
-

-
1
-

-
1
-
-
2
-
-
1
-
-
-
4
-
-
-
5 in study
one, 1 in
study two
-
-
-
3
-
-
-
3 to 4
-

-
Phase 6.
State which
papers
contributed
to each new
concept
/interpretation
Phase 6.
Present
new interpretation
of
concepts
Phase 6.
(Claim to)
present
3rd order
construct

Phase 6.
(Claim to)
present
line of
argument
synthesis
Phase 6.
(Claim
to)
present
new
model
or
theory?
Phase 7.
How did
they
express
synthesis?
Phase 7.
Gave
participant
quotes
in
findings
-
text only

-
-
text only

-
-
-
both text
& visual

DK

-
text only

DK

-
both text
& visual
-
-
text only

-
-
both text
& visual

-
-
text only



Phase 7.
Recognisable
as a metaethnography
?

S2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
S3



-

DK
S4
-
-
-

DK
-
S5

-



-




DK
-
DK
S6
-
S7

-






-

-

-
S8
-
-

-
-

-

DK
S9
-





S10










2

-

-
-
-
NS
-
-
DK
-
-

DK
-
both text
& visual

-
both text
& visual

S11

both text
& visual


DK
1
Describe
fully
Noblit &
Hare's 7
phases
Phase 3.
State order
of reading &
synthesising
papers
Phase 3.
State how
they
identified
concepts/
themes
from
primary
studies
Phase 4.
State
they
determined
how the
studies
(papers)
are
related?
Phase 4.
Clearly
describe
how
they
determined
how the
studies
(papers)
are
related?
Paper
Phase 5.
Clearly
describe
translation
process
S12

Phases 5&6.
Number
researchers
involved in
analysis
Phase 6.
Clearly
describe
how
synthesised
translations
Phase 6.
State which
papers
contributed
to each new
concept
/interpretation
Phase 6.
Present
new interpretation
of
concepts
NS (only 1
author)
-
-
DK
-
DK

-




-



-
5
-
-



-
1 main
-


-


-
2
-


-




2
-
-

-
-




4 to 5
-
-

-
-



NS
-
-
-




Phase 6.
(Claim to)
present
3rd order
construct

Phase 6.
(Claim to)
present
line of
argument
synthesis
Phase 6.
(Claim
to)
present
new
model
or
theory?
Phase 7.
How did
they
express
synthesis?
Phase 7.
Gave
participant
quotes
in
findings
-
-
text only

-
both text
& visual

-
S13

-

S14
-



Phase 7.
Recognisable
as a metaethnography
?
-
both text
& visual
-
text only

-

both text
& visual

-

both text
& visual

text only


-
S15
-
-
-
-
S16


S17
-
-
-
-

S18
-



1 main with
4 others
involved


NS
-
NS (only 1
author)
-
-
1 main with
2 others
involved
-
-
S19

-

DK
-
-


both text
& visual



both text
& visual

-
-
text only

-
-
text only

DK
S20
-
-
-

-
-
-

S21
-
-
S22
-
-




DK

-

-

DK


2
Describe
fully
Noblit &
Hare's 7
phases
Phase 3.
State order
of reading &
synthesising
papers
Phase 3.
State how
they
identified
concepts/
themes
from
primary
studies
-
-
-
-
-
-
Phase 4.
State
they
determined
how the
studies
(papers)
are
related?
Phase 4.
Clearly
describe
how
they
determined
how the
studies
(papers)
are
related?






Paper
Phase 5.
Clearly
describe
translation
process
Phases 5&6.
Number
researchers
involved in
analysis
Phase 6.
Clearly
describe
how
synthesised
translations
Phase 6.
State which
papers
contributed
to each new
concept
/interpretation
Phase 6.
Present
new interpretation
of
concepts
Phase 6.
(Claim to)
present
3rd order
construct
-
2
-
-
-
-
-
2
-
-
-
-
Phase 6.
(Claim to)
present
line of
argument
synthesis
Phase 6.
(Claim
to)
present
new
model
or
theory?
Phase 7.
How did
they
express
synthesis?
Phase 7.
Gave
participant
quotes
in
findings
Phase 7.
Recognisable
as a metaethnography
?
-
text only
-
-
-
text only
S23
S24
3
S26
-

-

-
-
-
-

S25


-
-

-

3
-
-

DK

S28
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
DK
-
3
-
-

both text
& visual
-
S29
-
S30
S31
-

-
S32






-
-
3
DK
NS

3
7


-
text only


-

-

-

-

-
both
text &
visual

both text
& visual
-
-
-
-

-
-

-
DK

-
-

-
-
text only
-
text only


-

-



-

-


-
-

text only


S27
-
both text
& visual






Key: ‘-‘ = no, √ = yes, NS = not stated, DK = don’t know (not enough detail given)
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