COREQ (Consolidated Criteria for Reporting Qualitative Research) offers a 32-item checklist for interviews and focus groups.

Standardize reporting of qualitative studies using interviews or focus groups.

Who should use it

Qualitative researchers conducting interviews or focus groups.

Recommended for interview and focus group studies.

• Research team composition
• Study design
• Participant selection
• Setting and data collection
• Analysis and findings

• Interview guide or focus group protocol
• Participant characteristics
• Data saturation discussion

• Missing interview guide reference
• Incomplete participant description
• No discussion of saturation