Table 2.
Characteristics and findings of the included studies
| Author and Date | Population | Total participants | Percentage(%) of women | Percentage (%) of men | Age | Type of home-based HTC intervention (supervised or unsupervised) | Type of HTC test (name of test and manufacturer) | Study design | Income level | Geographic setting (rural/urban/semi-urban) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Becker et al. 2014 [16] | couples | 390 | 51 | 49 | 15 to 49 years. | Supervised HTC by health care worker | Unigold rapid test | Cross-sectional survey | Low income level | Semi-urban |
| Bogart, 2016 [28] | home-based testing clients identified | 9613 | 46 | 54 | 18–40 years | Supervised HTC by health care worker | Rapid test Manufacture not specified |
Descriptive qualitative study | low income level | Rural |
| Doherty T,2013 [17] | Individuals | 4154 | 74.4 | 25.6 | 14 years or more | Supervised HTC by health care worker | SD-Bioline & SENSA tri-line rapid test | Cluster randomized controlled trial. | Low income | Rural |
| Helleringer et al.2013 [18] | Adults | 764 | 54.7 | 45.3 | ≥25 | Supervised HTC by health care worker | Determine and Unigold rapid test | Cohort study | low income | Can’t tell |
| Jürgensen et al.2013 [19] | Individual | 1694 | 54 | 46 | ≥16 | Supervised HTC by health care worker | Unigold rapid test | cluster-randomized trial | Low income | Rural |
| Kim,2016 [24] | 1850 individuals and 1009 households | 1850 | Not specified | Not specified | Adult male (aged 20 to 59), an adult female (aged 20 to 49), and an adolescent (aged 15 to 19). | Supervised HTC by health care worker | Rapid test Manufacture not specified |
Randomized Controlled Trial | low | Rural |
| Kohler,2014 [20] | Women | 405 | 100 | 0 | 14 years and older | Supervised HTC by health care worker | Wilcoxon Mann-Whitney test | Cross-sectional survey | low income | Rural |
| Krakowiak, 2015 [29] | partners of pregnant women | 1101 | 85 | 15 | 24-31 years | Supervised HTC by health care worker | Unigold KHB rapid test | Randomized clinical trial (with Mix methods) | Low income level | Can’t tell |
| Krakowiak et al.,2016 [30] | Pregnant women attending their first antenatal. Male partners of women who were. | 1101 | 48 | 52 | 24.9 years (SD = 4.9) for women and 31.0 years (SD = 6.4) for men | Supervised HTC by health care worker | Not specified | Randomized clinical trial | low income | Can’t tell |
| C. Low et al.2013 [27] | Community leaders and Individuals | 313 | 97.1 | 2.9 | average age was 45 years, | Supervised HTC by health care worker | Not specified | cluster-randomized trial | low | Rural |
| Magasana et al.2016 [31] | individuals | 6757 | 71.9 | 28.1 | 14 and above | Supervised HTC by health care worker | Not specified | Randomized control trial | low income | Rural |
| Ndege et al.2016 [21] | All women aged 13–50 years were considered to be of reproductive age and were included in the analysis. | 119.678 | 100 | 0 | all consenting persons 13 years and older as well as children less than 13 years of age whose mother is either dead, HIV-positive, or whose vital and/or HIV status is of unknown. | Supervised HTC by health care worker | Determine and Unigold rapid test | observational study: Cross-sectional survey | LOW | Rural |
| Novitsky V et al.2015 [32] | residents aged 16 to 64 for HIV in the north-eastern sector of Mochudi, a community in Botswana with about 44,000 inhabitants | 6238 | 68 | 32 | age range of 16 to 64 years old | Supervised HTC by health care worker | Determine and Unigold rapid test | cohort study | LOW | Semi -urban |
| Parker et al.2015 [25] | Individuals | 12,269 | 51 | 49 | 18 months and above | Supervised HTC by health care worker | Determine and Unigold rapid test | Cross-sectional survey | lower-middle | Rural |
| Shahid et al.2016 [23] | spouses of HIV-positive men who inject drugs in Pakistan | 2400 | 100 | 0 | 17–60 | Supervised HTC by health care worker | Determine and Unigold rapid test | Cross-sectional study | Low | Can’t tell |
| Van Rooyen et al.2016 [26] | All family members (adults, adolescents, and children) | Not indicated | Not indicated | Not indicated | All ages | Supervised HTC by health care worker | Not specified | systematic review | low | Rural |
| Ruzagira et al.2017 [22] | Five databases were searched for studies published between 1st January 2000 and 19th August 2016 that reported on linkage to care among adults newly identified with HIV infection through home-based HCT | Not indicated | Not indicated | 19 articles | Not indicated | Supervised HTC by health care worker | Not specified | systematic review | low income | Can’t tell |