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. 2025 Jun 6;9:100359. doi: 10.1016/j.ijnsa.2025.100359

Table 1.

Studies excluded following full-text review (n = 14).

Authors Reasons for exclusion
Dulli, L., Ridgeway, K., Packer, C., Plourde, K.F.,
Mumuni, T., Idaboh, T., Olumide, A., Ojengbede,
O. & McCarraher, D.R. JMIR Public Health and Surveillance Journal, 2018, 4(4) e12397
The study focused solely on Antiretroviral treatment adherence and retention.
Kourrouski, M.F.C. & Lima, R.A.G.D. Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem, 2009. 17 947-952 The study focused solely on Antiretroviral treatment.
Belzer, M.E., MacDonell, K.K., Ghosh, S., Naar,
S., McAvoy-Banerjea, J., Gurung, S., Cain, D.,
Fan, CA & Parsons, J.T. JMIR Research
Protocols. 2018, 7(12) 11183
The study focused solely on Antiretroviral adherence.
Bhana, A., Mellins, C.A., Petersen, I., Alicea, S., Myeza, N., Holst, H., Abrams, E., John, S.
Chhagan, M., Nestadt, D.F. & Leu, C.S. AIDS
Care Journal. 2014, 26(1) 1-11
The study focused on adolescent mental health.
Bhana, A., McKay, M.M., Mellins, C., Petersen, I.
& Bell, C. Journal of the International AIDS
Society. 2010, 13 S8-S8
Study focused on adolescent HIV prevention .
Kuo, C., Atujuna, M., Mathews, C., Stein, D.J., Hoare, J., Beardslee, W., Operario, D., Cluver, L.
& K. Brown, L. AIDS Care Journal. 2016. 28 supl 106-110
Study focused on the general adolescent population (not Adolescents living with HIV only)
Ridgeway, K., Dulli, L.S., Murray, K.R.,
Silverstein, H., Dal Santo, L., Olsen, P., Darrow de Mora, D. & McCarraher, D.R. PloS one. 2018, 13(1) e0189770
Study focused on Antiretroviral treatment adherence only .
Widman, L., Kamke, K., Evans, R., StewAntiretroviral, J.L., Choukas-Bradley, S. & Golin, C.E. The Journal of Sex Research. 2020, 57(2) 145-154. The program was a sexual reproductive health intervention.
Whiteley, L., Brown, L., Lally, M., Heck, N. & van den Berg, J.J. JMIR mHealth and uHealth Journal. 2018 6(4) e8155 The participants' mean age was above 1019 years. Mean age of participants was 22 years.
Sayegh, C.S., MacDonell, K.K., Clark, L.F., Dowshen, N.L., Naar, S., Olson-Kennedy, J., van den Berg, J.J., Xu, J. & Belzer, M. AIDS and Behavior. 2018 22(10) 3357-3362 The study focused on Antiretroviral treatment adherence.
Abrams, E.A., Burke, V.M., Merrill, K.G.,
Frimpong, C., Miti, S., Mwansa, J.K. & Denison,
J.A.PloS ONE. 2021 16(6) e0252349
The study focused on Antiretroviral treatment adherence
Chory, A., Callen, G., Nyandiko, W., Njoroge, T.,
Ashimosi, C., Aluoch, J., Scanlon, M., McAteer,
C., Apondi, E. & Vreeman, R.AIDS and Behavior, 2022, 26(1) 232-242
The study focused on adolescent counselling and peer support.
DeSilva, M., Vu, C.N., Bonawitz, R., Hai, L.T.,
Van Lam, N., Yen, L.T., Gifford, A.L., Haberer,
J., Linh, D.T. & Sabin, L. BioMedical Central
Trial Journal. 2019. 20(1) 1-13
The study focused solely on Antiretroviral treatment adherence.
Mahat, G., Scoloveno, M.A. & Ayres, C. Journal of Cultural Diversity. 2014, 21(4) 152-158 General adolescent population (not Adolescents living with HIV only).