Table 2.

Table of excluded studies

Reason for exclusion	Number of studies [references]
Not all participants are HIV positive	3 studies [34–36]
Intervention studied was not home-based care	5 studies [37–41]
Intervention was not provided by qualified nurses	15 studies [42–56]
Comparison of two models of home-based care	2 studies [57, 58]
Study investigating home-based voluntary HIV counselling and testing	12 studies [59–70]
Not a randomised controlled trial	12 studies [71–82]
Trial terminated for non-compliance with human subject regulations	1 study [83]