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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Feb 7.
Published in final edited form as: Sex Transm Infect. 2016 Aug 16;92(8):579–586. doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2016-052651

Table 3.

Study Quality

Citation Randomised Number of Sero-conversions HCT (exposure) ascertainment HIV (outcome) ascertainment Number of times HCT ascertained Participation rate Retention rate Adjustment methods
A. Sites receiving HCT versus sites not receiving HCT

 Corbett et al., 2007 Yes 61 Study records Study records Once 72% 69% Baseline HIV prevalence and age

B. Individuals receiving HCT versus individuals not receiving HCT

 Machekano et al., 1998 No 36 Study records Study records More than once Not stated 85% None
 Matovu et al., 2005 No 77 Household survey records Household survey records Once 78% 67% None
 Matovu et al., 2007 No 190 Household survey records Household survey records More than once Not stated Not stated Age, gender, marital status, education, current non-regular relationship, condom use in the past six months
 Sherr et al., 2007 No 165 Self-report Household survey records Once 79% 61% Age and sex
 Rosenberg et al., 2013 No 248 Self-report Household survey records More than once 54% of persons had sufficient information for inclusion in analysis Age, gender, distance to the nearest clinic, education, sexual debut, condom use, number of sex partners, pregnancy, fatherhood

C. Individuals receiving HCT alone versus individuals receiving HCT as a couple

 Allen et al., 1992 No 29 Study records Study records More than once Not stated 92% at 2 years None
 Okiria et al., 2013 No 106 Programmatic records Programmatic records Once Not stated Not stated HIV symptoms, age