Table 2 Strategies for enhancing and assessing the study’s trustworthiness
Key criteria | Procedures used |
|---|---|
Credibility | Supervision and peer evaluation: the results were continuously reviewed and shared with the other researchers (GR; FC; JE.) and an inspection pathway that used reflexive reminders to allow readers to trace the approach used [30]. Moreover, the comparison with other professionals not part of the project enhanced the credibility of the study. Member checking: participants were then able to edit, add or remove any information expressed to increase accuracy. Data Saturation: when data gathering and analysis were no longer able to produce novel notions, this cycle of data collecting was deemed to be complete [40, 41]. The Setting of Interviews: The remote interview guaranteed the privacy of the participants, the choice of an environment familiar to them, as well as greater flexibility. Furthermore, the interviews were conducted in the absence of other participants to avoid any sort of conditioning [40, 41]. Preventing Biases: The authors followed a reflective approach to prevent biases from interfering with the data analysis. Group discussions were held to conduct the reflective process, during which researchers were invited to discuss the subject of the interviews. Participant Selection: The heterogeneous and meticulous participant selection allowed readers for easier investigate and interpretation of the results [33]. Researcher–participant relationship: The principal researcher (MB) did not have any personal relationship with the interviewees. Pilot Interview: it was conducted to focus on the investigation of study themes, and the information gathered in this manner was used to begin the interviews [37]. |
Transferability | Thorough description: the e-mail sent to the experienced manual therapists included an exhaustive overview of the research subject to enhance transferability. Acknowledgement of limits: the discussion section of this paper includes an in-depth description of the limitations. |
Dependability | Control track: reflection meetings and notes were held to aid analysis and knowledge of how the data were related to the emergent themes. |
Confirmability | Researcher’s position: Because the researcher’s role and experiences affect how data are interpreted and presented in qualitative research, he was regularly supervised by experts with extensive methodological training in this field. Individual viewpoints: They were recorded on notes, which were then utilised to check for influences throughout the confirmability process. |