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Table 1 Characteristics of included studies

From: Reported Māori consumer experiences of health systems and programs in qualitative research: a systematic review with meta-synthesis

Study

Participants

Ethnicity determination

N

Age range

Male:

Female

Health setting

Topic

Methodological framework

Funding source

Kaupapa Māori

White et al., 1999 [20]

Ngāti Tama marae iwi members

19

14–60 years

Physiotherapy

Perceptions of health, illness and physiotherapy among Maori

HRC

Tipene-Leach et al., 2000 [21]

Parents or caregivers of under 12-month-old infants within Maori, Tongan, Samoan, Cook Island, Niuean, and Pākehā communities

26

Mid-teens to late thirties

9:17

Sudden infant death syndrome

Infant care practices

HRC

Bassett and Tango, 2002 [22]

Patients recently completed or undergoing physiotherapy

6

1:5

Physiotherapy

Experiences of physiotherapy

Phenomenology

HRC

Buetow et al., 2003 [31]

Consumer representatives

10

30–79

3:7

General practice

Accessing general practitioner care for child asthma

Cram 2003 [24]

Members of urban, marae-based health services

28

17–75

Marae-based health program

Māori health

Kaupapa Māori

HRC

Yes

Williams 2003 [25]

Men with abnormal blood test (prostate-specific antigen)

20

40–70

20:0

Prostate disease

Health seeking for prostate health problems

Naturalistic approach

HRC; Wellington Medical Research Foundation; Wellington School of Medicine Surgical Research Trust; The Community Trust of Wellington; The University of Otago

Gibbs 2004 [26]

Patients who had been under community treatment order

Self-identification

8

27–50

6:2

Community treatment orders in psychiatric care

Community treatment orders

HRC

Glover 2005 [27]

Smokers intending to quit

Self-identification

130

16–62

29:101

Smoking cessation

Smoking cessation

Te Whare Tapa Wha

HRC

van der Oest 2005 [28]

Community members

Community groups

Health services for tuberculosis

Bolitho 2006 [29]

Whānau accessing care for child with respiratory illness

Health record

4 families

Paediatric hospital care

Accessing care for children with respiratory illness

Corbett 2006 [30]

Whānau of patients experiencing stroke

7 focus groups/3 interviews

Hospital care for stroke

Whānau experiences of caring for whānau with stroke

Penney 2006 [12]

Patients with ischaemic heart disease

25

40–70+

14:11

Primary health care

Heart disease management

Kaupapa Māori action research

HRC

Yes

Buetow 2007 [31]

Women overdue for cervical smear

Self-identification

5

39–57

0:5

Cervical screening program

Cervical cancer screening

Hermeneutic phenomenology

National Screening Unit

Dew 2007 [32]

Patients in general practice

7

2:5

General practice

Mental health in general practice

University of Otago

Lovell 2007 [33]

Women overdue for cervical smear

4

Cervical screening program

Cervical cancer screening

Fernandez 2008 [34]

Women who had stopped smoking

Self-identification

5

28–45

0:5

Smoking cessation

Smoking cessation initiatives

Waetford 2008 [35]

Young women

Self-identification

16

17–23

0:16

Sexual health

Sexual health and sexually transmitted infections

Kaupapa Māori

HRC; Ministry of Health

Yes

Walker 2008 [36]

Patients and whānau affected by cancer

44

20–80

Cancer

Experiences of cancer

Cancer Society of NZ

Wilson 2008 [37]

Women

Self-identification

38

24–61

0:38

Health services

Mainstream health services

Grounded theory

Arlidge 2009 [38]

Whānau of children admitted to hospital for injury

8 whānau

Injured children

Whānau experiences of hospital care for injured children

HRC

Edwards 2009 [39]

Fathers of babies dying from SIDS

Self-identification

9

20–45

9:0

Sudden infant death syndrome

Experiences of sudden infant death syndrome

Kaupapa Māori; discourse analysis

Yes

Glover 2009a [40]

Mothers and whānau with babies born in previous 3 years

Self-identification

59 mothers; 27 whānau members

Infant feeding

Breastfeeding

HRC

Glover 2009b [41]

Takatāpui with experience of assisted reproduction/infertility

8

38–58

3:5

Assisted reproduction

Assisted human reproduction

Jansen 2009 [42]

Health consumers

86 (10 hui)

Health services

Health services

HRC; Ministry of Health; ACC

Wiley 2009 [43]

Consumers and caregivers using disability services

34

Disability services

Disability services

Fulbright NZ; Te Pūmanawa Hauora

Handley 2010 [44]

Patients with type 2 diabetes

4

Type 2 diabetes

Lived experiences of type 2 diabetes

Phenomeonological; grounded theory

General Practice Trust, the Ministry of Health Primary Health Care Nursing fund, the New Zealand Nurses Organisation, the Whanganui District Health Board Clinical Training Agency fund and Diabetes New Zealand

Laird 2010 [45]

Families in contact with mental health services

Self-identification

18

Mental health services

Diagnostic classification within mental health services

McManus 2010 [46]

Women experiencing sudden infant death syndrome

17

19–38

0:17

Sudden infant death syndrome

Life story of women experiencing sudden infant death syndrome

HRC

Pitama 2011 [47]

Patients using health services

Self-identification

30

25–70

11:19

Primary health care

Te reo in primary care

Ministry of Health

Shih 2011 [48]

Haemodialysis patients living in rural area

Self-identification

7

46–77

Haemodialysis

Experience of haemodialysis

Hermeneutical analysis

Thompson-Evans 2011 [49]

Smokers

Self-identification

18

16–60

7:11

Smoking cessation

Rongoa to support smoking cessation

University of Auckland

Bassett-Clarke 2012 [50]

Community members

Self-identification

21

50–84

6:15

Community

Medicine taking

Bio-psychosocial model

Pharmacy Education Research Foundation

Evans 2012 [51]

Community members

Community

Genetic technologies

Interpretive phenomenological analysis

Glover 2012 [52]

Pregnant women who smoke

60

17–43

0:60

Māori primary health care services

Smoking cessation in pregnancy

Gray 2012 [53]

Community members

28

Communities vulnerable to H1N1 virus infection

Communication campaigns for influenza A (H1N1)

HRC; Ministry of Health

Sheridan 2012 [54]

Patients admitted to hospital with chronic health condition

8

Chronic health conditions leading to hospital admission

Engagement with primary health care

New Zealand Tertiary Education Commission

Wilson 2012 [55]

Patients admitted to medical or surgical setting

Self-identification

11

Acute medical-surgical hospitalisation

Hospital experiences

HRC; Ministry of Health

Elder 2013 [56]

Marae communities

Identified by marae koroua, kuia, rōpū

9 marae

Child and adolescent brain injury

Child and adolescent brain injury

Kaupapa Māori

Yes

Frey 2013 [57]

Cancer patients, whānau (including bereaved whānau)

Self-identification

7

Hospice care

Hospice service use

Counties Manukau District Health Board; Totara Hospice South Auckland

Johnson 2013 [58]

Homeless people

6

3:3

Homelessness

Needs of homeless people with mental health concerns

Lee 2013 [59]

Sole mothers

Self-identification

7

0:7

Primary health care

Barriers to sole mothers’ access to primary care

Kaupapa Māori

University of Auckland

Yes

Slater 2013 [60]

Patients and whānau affected by cancer

12 patients and whānau

Mid-30s to mid-70s

Cancer care services

Access to and through cancer care

HRC; Ministry of Health

Te Karu 2013 [61]

Patients with gout

Self-identification

12

48–79

Gout treatment

Gout management

Kaupapa Māori

Yes

Angelo 2014 [62]

Family members of dying patients

2

38–59

1:1

Hospice care

Hospice family caregiving

Bakker 2014 [63]

Patients referred for CPAP treatment

Self-identification

25

Obstructive sleep apnoea treatment

Continuous positive airway pressure treatment for obstructive sleep apnoea

HRC

Johnston Taylor 2014 [64]

Family members of patients who had used hospice service and kaumātua

7

34–74

1:6

Hospice care

Hospice care

Kaupapa Māori

HRC

Yes

Makowharemahihi 2014 [65]

Pregnant woman pre- and after birth

Self-identification

44

14–20

0:44

Maternity care

Maternity care

Kaupapa Māori

HRC

Yes

McLellan 2014 [66]

Patients and whānau affected by aphasia

11 patients and 23 whānau members

50–79

4:7

Speech language therapy

Speech language therapy services

Kaupapa Māori

University of Auckland; Henry Rongomau Bennet scholarship; Tavistock Trust for aphasia

Yes

School of Physio 2014 [67]

Consumers of disability services and whānau

Self-identification

29

17–74

18:10

Disability services

Disability services

Kaupapa Māori

HRC; Ministry of Health

Yes

Abel 2015 [68]

Mothers

Self-identification

12

19–39

0:12

Infant sleeping

Wahakura (flax bassinet) use for infant sleeping

Māori-focused

New Zealand Lotteries Grants Board; Eastern Institute of Technology

Slater 2015 [69]

Hospice patients and whānau

Self-identification

8 patients and whānau

Hospice care

Hospice care

HRC

Warbrick 2016 [70]

Sedentary and overweight men

Self-identification

18

28–72

18:0

Physical activity

Physical activity and exercise

Kaupapa Māori

HRC

Yes

Tapera et al., 2017 [71]

Grandparents

5

Urban neighbourhood

Feeding of grandchildren

Kaupapa Māori-consistent approach

None

Walker et al., 2017 [72]

Patients nearing need for dialysis or started dialysis

Self-identification

13

20–80

Dialysis units

Chronic kidney disease

Grounded theory

Baxter Clinical Evidence Council; New Zealand Lotteries Health Research Grant; Kidney Health New Zealand

  1. HRC Health Research Council of New Zealand. … not data available or none reported