Table 1.
Characteristics of included systematic reviews (n = 39)
| Year of publication | Number of articles |
|---|---|
| 2007–2012 | 7 |
| 2013 | 8 |
| 2014–2016 | 13 |
| 2017–2017 | 11 |
| Country of corresponding author | |
| High-income countries | 18 |
| LMICs | 21 |
| Publisher of review | |
| Non-Cochrane review | 28 |
| Cochrane review | 11 |
| Type of study designs included by the review | |
| RCT or clustered RCT only | 15 |
| RCT and othersa | 13 |
| Observational and analytical designs | 3 |
| Mixed methods, qualitative and quantitative | 7 |
| Economic evaluations | 1 |
| Sources searched | |
| Comprehensiveb | 37 |
| Limitedc | 2 |
| Number of articles included | |
| 1–5 | 4 |
| 6–12 | 14 |
| 15–32 | 12 |
| 38–60 | 6 |
| Othersd | 3 |
| Target disease/condition | |
| MCH services | 13 |
| Chronic caree | 15 |
| Malaria/fever | 6 |
| Otherse | 5 |
Others include qualitative designs, pre–post evaluations, cohort, post intervention only, interrupted time series, non-randomized control trials.
All major databases including EMBASE, Medline, Google Scholar and Cochrane Library are included.
A single database or government or institutional databases are included.
One review included 94 studies, another one included 106 studies and a third one did not report the number of studies included.
Others include screening of serious illnesses, screening for blindness and serious visual impairment and staffing PHC units and chronic care includes DOTs for TB, Buruli ulcer, HIV/AIDS, diabetes, non-communicable diseases, sexual violence and mental illness.