“…A score of 17 and above, demonstrating the overall quality of the study, was achieved by nine of the studies (Bariola et al., ; Boza & Perry, ; Budge, Adelson, & Howard, ; Fredriksen‐Goldsen et al., ; Gamarel, Reisner, Laurenceau, Nemoto, & Operario, ; Gonzalez, Bockting, Beckman, & Durán, ; Nuttbrock et al., ; Rotondi et al., ; Yang et al., ). A total of seven studies scored between 14–16, indicating shortcomings in relation to clarity of aims, data collection methods, research relationships considered and ethics considerations (Barr, Budge, & Adelson, ; Bockting, Miner, Swinburne Romine, Hamilton, & Coleman, ; Dargie, Blair, Pukall, & Coyle, ; Lombardi, ; Nuttbrock, Bucketing, & Rosenblum, ; Shipherd, Maguen, Skidmore, & Abramowitz, ; Strain & Shuff, ). The remaining three studies received scores of below 14, due to limited information that impacted on the quality, and were related to the aims, ethics and clarity and detail of findings (Bradford, Reisner, Honnold, & Xavier, ; Cruz, ; Sánchez & Vilain, ).…”