Table 3 Summary characteristic of included studies
From: Factors influencing nurses participation in the health policy-making process: a systematic review
Study (year) | Country | Design of study | Participants (n) | Method of data collection | Quality assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gebbie et al., 2000 [20] | USA | Qualitative study | Nurses (27) | Semi-structured interviews | Good |
Deschaine and Schaffer, 2003 [21] | USA | Qualitative study | Assistant director, director and administrator (8) | Semi-structured interviews | Medium |
Kunaviktikul et al., 2010 [1] | Thailand | Mixed method | Nurses (2121) and Nurse leaders (26) | Questionnaire and interview | Good |
Richter et al., 2013 [13] | Canada, Jamaica, Barbados, Kenya, Uganda and South Africa | Mixed method | Nurses (51) | Interview | Good |
Juma et al., 2014 [12] | Kenya | Mixed method | Non nursing decision-makers, national level nurse leaders, frontline nurses and frontline managers (32) | Open-ended interview | Good |
Ditlopo et al., 2014 [22] | South Africa | Qualitative study | Informants (28) and nurses (73) | Semi-structured interviews | Good |
Aarabi et al., 2015 [26] | Iran | Qualitative study | experienced nurses (17) | deep semi-structured face to face interviews | Good |
Shariff, 2014 [15] | Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania | Mixed method | Nurse leaders (78) | Questionnaire and experts panel | Good |
Cheraghi et al., 2015 [24] | Iran | Qualitative study | Nurse leaders from all levels of management or administration (22) | Semi structured face to face in depth interviews | Good |
Shariff, 2015 [27] | Kenya | Mixed method | Nurses (78) | Questionnaires and Experts panel | Good |
O’connor, 2017 [28] | UK | Mixed method | All National Health Service (NHS) regional boards and higher education institutes as well as numerous related voluntary and government agencies associated with providing nursing and health services in Scotland | Virtual focus group posthumously using the hashtag #CNOScot | Medium |