Table 2. Study design and rigor assessment.
Study | Cohort | Control or comparison group | Pre/post intervention data | Random assignment of participants to the intervention | Random selection of participants for assessment | Follow-up rate of 80% or more | Comparison groups equivalent on socio-demographics | Comparison groups equivalent at baseline on disclosure |
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Cognitive-behavioral support groups | ||||||||
Futterman et al., 2010 [33] | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes1 |
Jones et al., 2013 [34] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No1 |
Kaaya et al., 2013 [35] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | NR |
Mundell et al., 2011 [37] | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
Sarnquist et al., 2014 [41] | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Snyder et al., 2014 [42] | Yes | No | Yes | NA | No | No | NA | NA |
Wouters et al., 2009 [39] | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | NR | NR |
Home-based or peer/community health workers | ||||||||
MacNeil et al., 1999 [36] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Ncama, 2007 [38] | No | Yes | No | No | Partial2 | NA | No | NA |
Rochat et al., 2013 [29] | Yes | No | Yes | NA | No | Yes | NA | NA |
Rochat et al., 2014 [30] | Yes | No | Yes | NA | No | Yes | NA | NA |
Wouters et al., 2009 [39] | See above | |||||||
Zuyderduin et al., 2008 [40] | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | NR3 |
Partner notification | ||||||||
Brown et al., 2011 [31] | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | NA | NR | Yes4 |
Henley et al., 2013 [33] | No | Yes | No | No | No | NA | NR | NA |
NR: Not reported; NA: Not applicable
Calculated from additional data provided by authors
Intervention group randomly selected, control group non-randomly selected
Not calculable based on data provided in the article
All participants were newly diagnosed, so presumably none had disclosed prior to the intervention.