Returning for HIV Test Results: A Systematic Review of Barriers and Facilitators

Table 2

(a) Quality assessment of cross-sectional studies. (b) Quality assessment of longitudinal studies.

(a)

Study	Selection				Comparability	Outcome		Total (/10)
	Representativeness	Sample size	Nonrespondents	Ascertaining of exposure		Assessment of outcome	Statistical test
Bell et al. (1997) [42]	—	—	—				—	3
Bergenstrom et al. (2007) [14]		—	—	—				6
Catania et al. (1990) [15]	—	—	—					6
Chan et al. (2007) [41]			—					7
Dinh et al. (2005) [17]	—	—	—					6
Ellen et al. (2004) [18]		—	—					7
Erbelding et al. (2004) [19]			—					8
Healey et al. (2010) [20]	—		—	—			—	5
Hong et al. (2011) [8]			—					8
Kawichai et al. (2006) [43]			—					8
Kinsler et al. (2007) [22]			—					8
Laanani et al. (2015) [10]	—							8
Mmbaga et al. (2009) [26]			—					8
Molitor et al. (1999) [27]			—					8
Pahlavan et al. (2015) [11]	—		—					7
Sesay and Chien (2012) [30]	—	—						7
Slutsker et al. (1992) [12]			—					8
Sorin et al. (1996) [31]			—					8
Melo et al. (2012) [32]								9
Stein and Nyamathi (2000) [33]	—	—	—					6
Sullivan et al. (2004) [34]			—					8
Tao et al. (1999) [35]			—					7
Valdiserri et al. (1993) [36]			—					8
Van De Ven et al. (2000) [37]	—	—	—	—				4
Wiley et al. (1998) [38]			—					7
Wimonsate et al. (2011) [13]			—					8

(b)

Study	Selection				Comparability	Outcome			Total (/9)
	Representativeness	Selection of nonexposed cohort	Ascertaining of exposure	Presence of outcome		Assessment of outcome	Follow-up	Adequacy of follow-up
Cartoux et al. (1998) [40]									9
Desai and Rosenheck (2004) [16]	—	—							7
Hightow et al. (2003) [21]									9
Ladner et al. (1996) [23]									9
Lazebnik et al. (2001) [24]	—	—							7
Machekano et al. (2000) [25]	—								8
Msuya et al. (2006) [28]	—	—							7
Sahlu et al. (1999) [29]	—	—							7
Xu et al. (2011) [9]	—	—							7
Ziek et al. (2000) [39]	—	—							7