Table 3. Subgroup and sensitivity analyses for UVAI with any sexual partners among PLWHA1.
| Subgroup | No. of intervention | Combined effect size (95% CI) | P value | Heterogeneity | |
| I2 (%) | P value | ||||
| Recall period on UVAI (months) | |||||
| ≤1 | 4 | −0.16 (−0.44, 0.13) | 0.28 | 33.4 | 0.21 |
| 3 | 10 | −0.21 (−0.34, −0.08) | <0.01 | 0 | 0.68 |
| >3 | 4 | −0.19 (−0.43, 0.04) | 0.11 | 0 | 0.65 |
| Number of study cities | |||||
| 1 | 10 | −0.21 (−0.35, −0.06) | 0.01 | 0 | 0.62 |
| >1 | 8 | −0.19 (−0.33, −0.05) | 0.01 | 0 | 0.59 |
| Venue of recruiting participants | |||||
| AIDS service organizations (ASO) | 10 | −0.17 (−0.29, −0.05) | 0.01 | 0 | 0.55 |
| Non-ASO | 8 | −0.28 (−0.47, −0.09) | <0.01 | 0 | 0.79 |
| Format of delivering intervention | |||||
| Group-based | 12 | −0.27 (−0.42, −0.12) | <0.01 | 0 | 0.71 |
| Individual-based | 6 | −0.13 (−0.27, 0.01) | 0.06 | 0 | 0.69 |
| Duration of follow-up (months) | |||||
| Immediately after intervention | 3 | −0.27 (−0.56, 0.03) | 0.07 | 0 | 0.82 |
| 1–5 | 8 | −0.23 (−0.37, −0.08) | <0.01 | 0 | 0.92 |
| 6–10 | 14 | −0.18 (−0.29, −0.08) | <0.01 | 0 | 0.81 |
| 11–15 | 9 | −0.12 (−0.30, 0.06) | 0.18 | 32.7 | 0.16 |
| >15 | 2 | −0.05 (−0.43, 0.32) | 0.78 | 0 | 0.69 |
| Retention rate at the last follow-up | |||||
| <80% | 8 | −0.16 (−0.30, −0.02) | 0.03 | 7.5 | 0.37 |
| ≥80% | 10 | −0.26 (−0.41, −0.10) | <0.01 | 0 | 0.89 |
| Sample size at baseline | |||||
| ≤300 | 11 | −0.16 (−0.34, 0.02) | 0.08 | 0 | 0.71 |
| >300 | 7 | −0.26 (−0.34, −0.09) | <0.01 | 0 | 0.50 |
| Publication year | |||||
| Prior to 2006 | 9 | −0.22 (−0.37, −0.08) | <0.01 | 9.6 | 0.36 |
| In 2006 or later | 9 | −0.17 (−0.31, −0.02) | 0.03 | 0 | 0.89 |
| Rigor score | |||||
| <9 | 14 | −0.19 (−0.31, −0.06) | <0.01 | 0 | 0.63 |
| 9 | 4 | −0.23 (−0.41, −0.05) | 0.01 | 0 | 0.60 |
| Sensitivity analyses | |||||
| Excluded Cleary et al. [45], 1995 | 17 | −0.22 (−0.32, −0.11) | <0.01 | 0 | 0.83 |
| Excluded Kalichman et al. [46], 2001 | 17 | −0.18 (−0.28, −0.07) | <0.01 | 0 | 0.79 |
| Excluded Richardson et al. [30], 2004 (gain-frame) | 17 | −0.22 (−0.33, −0.11) | <0.01 | 0 | 0.80 |
| Excluded Richardson et al. [30], 2004 (loss-frame) | 17 | −0.19 (−0.29, −0.08) | <0.01 | 0 | 0.73 |
| Excluded Rotheram-Borus et al. [10], 2004 (telephone) | 17 | −0.20 (−0.30, −0.10) | <0.01 | 0 | 0.69 |
| Excluded Rotheram-Borus et al. [10], 2004 (in-person) | 17 | −0.19 (−0.29, −0.09) | <0.01 | 0 | 0.76 |
| Excluded Wingood et al. [49], 2004 | 17 | −0.18 (−0.29, −0.07) | <0.01 | 0 | 0.76 |
| Excluded Naar-King et al. [16], 2006 | 17 | −0.19 (−0.30, −0.09) | <0.01 | 0 | 0.72 |
| Excluded McKirnan et al. [12], 2010 | 17 | −0.20 (−0.30, −0.09) | <0.01 | 0 | 0.69 |
| Excluded Lovejoy et al. [24], 2011 (4-session TDMII) | 17 | −0.20 (−0.31, −0.10) | <0.01 | 0 | 0.72 |
| Excluded Lovejoy et al. [24], 2011 (1-session TDMII) | 17 | −0.20 (−0.30, −0.10) | <0.01 | 0 | 0.69 |
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UVAI: unprotected vaginal or anal intercourse; PLWHA: people living with HIV/AIDS; TDMII: telephone-delivered motivational interviewing interventions.