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. 2017 Mar 24;48(2):153–177. doi: 10.1111/sifp.12018

Table A2.

Study rigor assessment

Citation Study design includes pre/post intervention data Study design includes control or comparison group Study design includes cohort Comparison groups equivalent at baseline on socio‐demographics Comparison groups equivalent at baseline on outcome measures Selection process minimizes bias a Participants randomly allocated to the intervention Control for potential confounders Follow‐up rate ≥75%
Baumgartner et al. 2014 Yes No No N/A N/A Yes No Yes N/A
Chabikuli et al. 2009 Yes No No N/A N/A Yes No No N/A
Chibwesha et al. 2011 No No Yes N/A N/A No No No NR
Church et al. 2012; Church et al. 2015 No Yes No N/A N/A Yes No Yes N/A
Coyne, Hawkins, and Desmond 2007 Yes Yes No N/A N/A Yes No No N/A
Grossman et al. 2013; also Shade et al. 2013 and Onono et al. 2015 Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes N/A
Hoke et al. 2014 Yes No No N/A N/A Yes No No N/A
Kosgei et al. 2011 No Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes
McCarraher et al. 2011 Yes Yes Yes No No No No Yes Yes
Phiri et al. 2016 No Yes No NR NR No No No N/A
Sarnquist et al. 2014 No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Thyda et al. 2015 Yes No No N/A N/A NR No No N/A
Wanyenze et al. 2015 No Yes No No N/A Yes No Yes N/A
Wielding and Flynn 2015 Yes No No NR NR Yes No No N/A

N/A = Not applicable. NR = Not reported.

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For most studies, integration is a facility‐level intervention, and the target populations for the included studies were women living with HIV who were attending HIV treatment. Therefore randomization was not superior to other approaches to reduce selection bias, including using a census of all visits (e.g., the studies using electronic medical data) or eligibility screening of all or a randomly selected subset of women attending the sites during an enrollment period. Studies using either of these approaches for selection of the study sample were assessed as having minimized selection bias.