Table 4.
Overview of the studies reviewed
| Study | Country | Aim relevant to this review | Methods | Service type | HIV+ Sample | N (HIV+) | Mean Age (Years) | Gender (% male) | Ethnicity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allan & Clarke (2005) | UK | To determine whether existing HIV services in Leeds meet the needs of HIV-positive asylum seekers. | Qualitative: Interviews | GUM service | Asylum seekers | 14 | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated |
| Baker et al. (2014) | USA | To analyse satisfaction with health care among African American women living with HIV/AIDS | Quantitative: Questionnaire | HIV outpatient clinic | African American women | 157 | 40 (SD 9) | 0 | 100% African American |
| Bennett et al. (2014) | UK | To explore the experience and needs of people living with HIV who are accessing healthcare services. | Qualitative: Focus groups | Not stated | General | 16 | Not stated | 44 | Not stated |
| Bodenlos et al. (2004) | USA | To develop and validate an instrument to measure patient attitudes toward Health Care Professionals in the HIV population. | Quantitative: Questionnaire | Outpatient clinic | General | 129 | 38 (median) (Range 18–61) | 57 | 83% African American 16% Caucasian 1% Hispanic |
| Dang et al. (2012) | USA | To determine components which contribute to patients’ satisfaction with HIV care and the relative importance of each component. | Quantitative: Questionnaire | HIV outpatient service | General | 489 | 48 (SD 11) | 71 | 61% Non Hispanic Black 15% Non Hispanic White 21% Hispanic 3% Other |
| Davis-Michaud et al. (2004) | USA | To explore patient preferences regarding HIV care. | Qualitative and quantitative: Focus groups and ranking exercise | Not specified | General | 29 | 41 (Range 26–60) | 69 | 25% African American 7% Latino 62% Caucasian 3% Asian 3% Native American |
| Dawson-Rose et al. (2005) | USA | To identify barriers and facilitators to care among HIV positive injection drug users. | Qualitative: Interviews | Not specified | Injection drug users | 161 | 35 (SD 7) | 50 | 62 % African American 13% Latino 21% Caucasian 4% Mixed/Other |
| Emlet & Berghuis (2002) | USA | To explore service use differences between younger and older persons with HIV/AIDS? | Quantitative: Questionnaire | Not specified | General (Divided into groups based on age) | 287 | Younger group 34 (SD 3.9) Older group 54 (SD 4.5) |
Younger group 86 Older group 94 |
Younger group 70% White 29% Non-white Older group 78% White 21% Non-white |
| Harrison et al. (2009) | UK | To conduct a patient survey to help design a new HIV/Sexual Health service. | Quantitative: Questionnaire | HIV/sexual health outpatient clinic | General | 59 | Not stated | Not stated | 38% African |
| Hekkink et al. (2003) | Netherlands | To develop and validate a questionnaire to measure the quality of HIV care from the patient’s perspective. | Qualitative and quantitative: Focus groups and questionnaire | Not specified | General | Focus groups 15 Questionnaire 44 |
Focus groups 49 (Range 30–62) Questionnaire 43 (SD 7.6) |
Focus groups 80 Questionnaire 84 |
Not stated |
| Hekkink et al. (2005) | Netherlands | To compare patients’ perceptions of the quality of HIV care received from nursing consultants, HIV specialists and GPs. | Quantitative: Questionnaire | GP and specialist HIV care | General | 153 | 44 (SD 7.4) | 90 | Not stated |
| Hope et al. (2001) | UK | To collect data to inform the improvement of HIV/GUM services in West London. | Quantitative: Questionnaire | HIV/GUM outpatient clinic | General | 202 | 16 % ≤30 yrs 84 % > 30 yrs |
88 | 82% White 8% Black 6% Mixed race 3% Asian |
| Laschinger et al. (2005) | Canada | To describe and compare perceptions of HIV care from the perspectives of patients and health care professionals. | Qualitative: Focus groups | HIV/mixed outpatient clinics | General | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated |
| Mallinson et al. (2007) | USA | To discover what specific provider behaviours influence engagement in HIV care from the client’s perspective. | Qualitative: Interviews | Community services/clinics | General | 76 | 39 (Range 19–58) |
51 | 51% African American 19% Hispanic 13% Mixed race 12% White/Caucasian 4% Native American 1% Asian |
| McCoy (2005) | Canada | To explore HIV patients' perceptions of 'good doctoring'. | Qualitative: Interviews and focus groups | Community services/clinics | General | 79 | Early 20s to late 50s | 72 | Not stated |
| Moore et al. (2010) | USA | To assess the value of the QUOTE-HIV questionnaire to identify African American patients’ perceptions of HIV care and further explore health care disparities in the HIV-positive African American population. | Qualitative and quantitative: Questionnaire and focus groups | Mixed | African-Americans | Questionnaire 55 Interviews 16 |
Range 20-59 | 69 | 100% African American |
| Pollard et al. (2015) | UK | To examine patients’ preferences for the future delivery of services | Qualitative: Focus groups | HIV outpatient clinic | General | 74 | Not stated | 61 | 41% White British 4% White other 41% Black African 7% Other Black 3% Mixed race |
| Ndirangu & Evans (2009) | UK | To explore migrant African women's experiences of coping with HIV and their views about the HIV services. | Qualitative: Interviews | Hospital clinic/drop in centre | African women living in the UK | 8 | Range 30s-50 | 0 | 62% Zimbabwean 13% Congolese 25% Malawian |
| Sullivan et al. (2000) | USA | To explore the extent to which various aspects of the doctor-patient relationship were associated with overall satisfaction with the doctor. | Quantitative: Two satisfaction questions | Outpatient clinic | General | 146 | 37 (SD 7.9) | 75 | 49% Black 21% Hispanic 30% White |
| Tsasis et al. (2000) | Canada | To explore factors associated with satisfaction with HIV care. | Quantitative: Questionnaire | Outpatient clinic | General | 193 | Majority aged 30–49 years | 91 | Not stated |
| Vyavaharkar et al. (2008) | USA | To explore the perceptions of the availability, accessibility, and quality of HIV health care and social services of African American women residing in rural South Carolina. | Qualitative: Focus groups | Not stated | African-American women | 22 | 44 (SD 9.2) | 0 | 100% African American |
| Williams et al. (2011) | USA | To determine the barriers to and facilitators of consistently attending HIV medical care visits among a group of PLWH who had successfully negotiated enrolling in HIV care. | Qualitative: Focus groups | Public infectious disease clinic | General | 25 | 40 (Range 24–54) |
60 | 84% African American |
| Zablotska et al. (2009) | Australia | To explore service needs of gay men living with HIV and any barriers to accessing them. | Quantitative: Questionnaire | Mixed (GP/outpatient services/sexual health clinics) | Men who have sex with men | 270 | 46 (median) (Range 26–72) |
100 | Not stated |
GP = General practitioner; GUM = Genitourinary Medicine