Gender in the consolidated criteria for reporting qualitative research (COREQ) checklist

Albury, Charlotte; Pope, Catherine; Shaw, Sara; Greenhalgh, Trisha; Ziebland, Sue; Martin, Sam; Rai, Tanvi; Chisholm, Alison; Barnes, Rebecca; White, Ashley; Wanat, Marta; Santillo, Marta; Boylan, Anne-marie; Tremblett, Madeline; Tonkin-crine, Sarah; Borek, Aleksandra; Sanders, Ruth; Koutoukidis, Dimitrios; Scragg, Jadine; Lee, Charlotte; Russell, Siabhainn; Mikulak, Magdalena; Logan, Mary; Spratt, Tanisha; Livingston-banks, Jonathan; Mcniven, Abigall; Stepney, Melissa; Talbot, Amelia; Crocker, Joanna; Powell, John; Paparini, Sara; Van der westhuizen, Helene-mari; Walumbe, Jackie; Newhouse, Nicola; Ryan, Sara; Webb, Helena; Mellor, Katie; Potter, Caroline; Butler, Ailsa; Pilbeam, Caitlin

Abstract

We are a group of researchers working in the Medical Sciences division at the University of Oxford. Many of us regularly use Equator’s Consolidated criteria for reporting qualitative research (COREQ) checklist [1] when reporting results from our studies using interviews and focus groups. The aim of this checklist is to encourage transparent and consistent reporting of methods and results, which we support. However, we would like draw attention to one particular criteria; Domain1, criteria 4—‘gender’. The guide questions/description for this checklist item asks authors to state ‘Was the researcher male or female?’.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Aug 23, 2021
• Online Publication Date: Aug 24, 2021
• Publication Date: Oct 15, 2021
• Deposit Date: Feb 20, 2023
• Journal: International Journal for Quality in Health Care
• Print ISSN: 1353-4505
• Electronic ISSN: 1464-3677
• Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 33
• Issue: 4
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/intqhc/mzab123
• Keywords: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health; Health Policy; General Medicine
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/10474878
• Publisher URL: https://academic.oup.com/intqhc/article/33/4/mzab123/6357106?login=false