Standards for reporting qualitative research: a synthesis of recommendations

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/>(i.e. exactly what the authors state in the paper)</td> <td>Reporting of qualitative research studies.</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="label">Full bibliographic reference</td> <td><span class="notranslate">O'Brien BC, Harris IB, Beckman TJ, Reed DA, Cook DA. Standards for reporting qualitative research: a synthesis of recommendations. Acad Med. 2014;89(9):1245-1251.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="label">Language</td> <td>English</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="label">PubMed ID</td> <td> <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24979285" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">24979285</a> <i class="fa fa-external-link"></i> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="label">Relevant URLs<br />(full-text if available)</td> <td>The full-text of this reporting guideline is available at: <a href="https://journals.lww.com/academicmedicine/fulltext/2014/09000/Standards_for_Reporting_Qualitative_Research__A.21.aspx" rel="noopener">SRQR guideline</a><br /> <br /> Detailed descriptions of each reporting item and examples are available in the supplementary material at: <a href="http://links.lww.com/ACADMED/A218" rel="noopener">http://links.lww.com/ACADMED/A218</a><br /> <br />  </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="label">Availability in additional languages</td> <td>The SRQR checklist is available in <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1779012322001504">French</a>.</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="label">Reporting guideline acronym</td> <td><span class="notranslate">SRQR</span></td> </tr>  <tr> <td class="label">Study design</td> <td>Qualitative research</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="label">Applies to the whole report or to individual sections of the report?</td> <td>Whole report</td> </tr>  <tr> <td class="label">Record last updated on</td> <td>January 18, 2023</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="five columns"> <div class="five columns alpha report-guidelines"> <h3 class="title">Reporting guidelines for main study types</h3> <table class="krg-table"> <colgroup> <col width="100%"> </colgroup> <tbody> <tr> <td><div style="width: 140px; 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