Table 2 Reporting of methods
Variables | Frequency | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Study design | ||
 Case study | 3 | 17.65 |
 Cross-sectional | 1 | 5.88 |
 Descriptive design | 8 | 47.06 |
 Exploratory design | 5 | 29.41 |
 Total | 17 | 100 |
Methods | ||
 Qualitative | 35 | 77.77 |
 Quantitative | 8 | 17.77 |
 Mixed methods | 2 | 4.44 |
 Total | 45 | 100 |
Sampling | ||
 Purposive sampling | 18 | 66.67 |
 Convenience sampling | 3 | 11.11 |
 Snowballing | 1 | 3.70 |
 Simple random and purposive sampling | 2 | 7.40 |
 Simple random sampling | 3 | 11.11 |
 Total | 27 |  |
Analysis mentioned in the methods of the abstract | ||
 Thematic content analysis | 17 | 70.84 |
 Descriptive statistics | 5 | 20.83 |
 Both descriptive and thematic analysis | 1 | 4.17 |
 Inferential statistics | 1 | 4.14 |
 Total | 24 | 100 |