Table 1.

MEDLINE search strategy

Search	Most recent queries
#1	Search HIV Infections[MeSH] OR HIV[MeSH] OR hiv[tw] OR hiv-1*[tw] OR hiv-2*[tw] OR hiv1[tw] OR hiv2[tw] OR hiv infect*[tw] OR human immunodeficiency virus[tw] OR human immunedeficiency virus[tw] OR human 19rospe-deficiency virus[tw] OR human immune-deficiency virus[tw] OR ((human 19rospe*) AND (deficiency virus[tw])) OR acquired immunodeficiency syndrome[tw] OR acquired immunedeficiency syndrome[tw] OR acquired 19rospe-deficiency syndrome[tw] OR acquired immune-deficiency syndrome[tw] OR ((acquired 19rospe*) AND (deficiency syndrome[tw])) OR “Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral”[MeSH:NoExp]
#2	Search randomized controlled trial [pt] OR controlled clinical trial [pt] OR randomized controlled trials [mh] OR random allocation [mh] OR double-blind method [mh] OR single-blind method [mh] OR clinical trial [pt] OR clinical trials [mh] OR (“clinical trial” [tw]) OR ((singl* [tw] OR doubl* [tw] OR trebl* [tw] OR tripl* [tw]) AND (mask* [tw] OR blind* [tw])) OR (placebos [mh] OR placebo* [tw] OR random* [tw] OR research design [mh:noexp] OR comparative study [mh] OR evaluation studies [mh] OR follow-up studies [mh] OR prospective studies [mh] OR control* [tw] OR 19rospective* [tw] OR volunteer* [tw]) NOT (animals [mh] NOT human [mh])
#3	Search Home-based care or homebased care or home based care
#4	Search Home care or homecare or home-care
#5	Search Home
#6	Search #3 OR #4 OR #5
#7	Search #1 AND #2 AND #6