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Table 3 General data extraction tool

From: The impact of income support systems on healthcare quality and functional capacity in workers with low back pain: a realist review protocol

Author

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Year

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Type

Primary study? Review? Grey literature?

Region

USA? Australia?

Relevance

Rating

Very relevant, moderately relevant, or less relevant?

Justification

Does the study adequately address an initial theory? Does it address a mechanism, context, or outcome?

Rigour

Rating

Very rigorous, moderately rigorous, or less rigorous?

Justification

Did the authors of this study draw an inference that can make a methodologically credible test of a theory?

Context

Mechanism

1, 2, 3, all..?

Evidence

How does this contextual factor contribute to an initial theory/CMO configuration?

Page

Page number

Author interpretation

How do the authors interpret this result? Does the interpretation contribute to our initial theories?

Mechanism

Mechanism

1, 2, 3, all..?

Position

Support, refute, other?

Evidence

What is the evidence for the mechanism proposed by this literature? How and why does it generate an outcome? How does it fit with our initial theories?

Page

Page number

Author interpretation

How do the authors interpret this result? Does the interpretation contribute to our initial theories?

Outcome

Evidence

What is the outcome of the mechanism in this literature? How is this outcome defined?

Location

Page number, paragraph

Author interpretation

How do the authors interpret this result? Does the interpretation contribute to our initial theories?

Comments

Additional comments about this literature

Citation

Any citations in this article that could be appropriate for inclusion in the review