Neither were any differences between health care professions detected during analysis of data, thus adding to trustworthiness.
We believe that this avoided their responses being shaped by how this study was framed and adds to the trustworthiness of our findings.
The combination of researchers, with different expertise and levels of knowledge in the area, allowed both external and internal perspectives, which also adds to the trustworthiness of the study [ 34].
Our use of investigator triangulation throughout the analytic process in order to collaboratively identify analytic themes and confirm interpretation adds to the trustworthiness, and thus overall rigour, of the analysis [ 26].
Using multiple researchers in evaluation and analysis of transcribed material can also add to the trustworthiness of results [ 31].
To support the richness of the data and to add to the trustworthiness of the data a reflective journal was kept by the researcher.
The combination of researchers, with different expertise in the areas of medicine and social sciences and different levels of knowledge in the area and the issue under study, allowed both external and internal perspectives, which also added to the trustworthiness of the study (86).
The study also adds that the assessment of trustworthiness at an emotional plane is quite strong in resource-poor settings and this need to be kept in mind in trust building interventions.
The need to prove trustworthiness will soon become an industry standard," he adds.
We argue that following an emergent design adds to the study's dependability, which contributes to research trustworthiness (58).
The use of wood, especially dark wood, and darker colors tend to convey the image of stability, reliability and trustworthiness, he added.
