Perceptions of Patients and Nurses about Bedside Nursing Handover: A Qualitative Systematic Review and Meta-Synthesis

Table 3

Level of confidence of the qualitative studies included in the meta-synthesis.

Synthesized finding/themes	Type of study	Dependability	Credibility	ConQual score
Facilitators of bedside nursing handover	Qualitative	Unchanged	Downgrade one level	Moderate
Barriers to bedside nursing handover	Qualitative	Unchanged	Downgrade one level	Moderate
Strategies to maintain confidentiality during bedside handover	Qualitative	Unchanged	Downgrade one level	Moderate

All studies commenced with a “high” ranking on a scale of high, moderate, low, to very low, and then downgraded based on their dependability and credibility.