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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Nurs Stud. 2019 Feb 8;94:85–97. doi: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2019.01.016

Table 1.

Study characteristics.

First Author, Year Study Design Recruitment Strategy Location Sample Age Range or Mean Sexual Orientation Measure
Anaid Ramírez-Aguilar et al., 2016. Cross-sectional Convenience Mexico 73 (including 15 lesbian women, 15 bisexual women, and 13 gay men) 16–30 years Sexual identity
Bahamondes-Correa, 2016*** Cross-sectional Convenience Chile 467 (268 gay men and 199 lesbian women) 18–67 years Sexual identity
Barbosa and Facchini, 2009 Qualitative: ethnography and in-depth interviews Convenience Brazil 30 women who have sex with women 18–45 years Sexual identity
Barrientos et al., 2017*** Cross-sectional Snowball Chile 447 (191 lesbian women, 256 gay men) 18–67 years Sexual identity
Bloomfield et al., 2011 Secondary analysis of data from the Gender, Alcohol, and Culture: An International Study (GENACIS) which Differed by country International (Latin American countries included: Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Uruguay) 3968 adult participants (122 lesbians, 126 gay men, 1830 heterosexual women, 1890 heterosexual men) Over 18 years old Gender of romantic partner
Calado Dantas et al., 2016. Qualitative: semi-structured interviews Convenience Brazil 6 lesbian women 20–23 years Sexual identity
Couzens et al., 2017. Qualitative: semi structured interviews Purposive St. Lucia 9 sexual minority women and men 18–46 years Sexual identity
da Silva Oliveira et al., 2017. Cross-sectional Snowball Brazil 91 women who have sex with women 26–33 years Sexual behavior
de Lima Garcia et al., 2016. Qualitative: semi-structured interviews Snowball Brazil 30 (6 lesbian, 3 bisexual, 12 gay, 9 transgender [gender identity not reported]) 18–51 years Sexual identity
Diaz Montes el: al., 2005. Cross-sectional Convenience Colombia 432 participants (213 girls and 42 identified as gay/lesbian, bisexual or questioning) 13–17 years Sexual identity
Gomes de Carvalho et al., 2013. Qualitative: semi-structured interviews Convenience Brazil 9 SMW 25–40 years Sexual identity
Mertehikian, 2017. Qualitative: semi-structured interviews Snowball Argentina Not reported 18–29 years Sexual identity
Monteiro et al., 2010.* Mixed methods; interviews and questionnaires Convenience Brazil 72 sexual minorities (no breakdown by sexual orientation) 18–26 years Not specified
Mora and Monteiro, 2010.* Mixed methods: ethnography, in-depth interviews, and questionnaires Convenience Brazil Not reported 18–26 years Sexual behavior
Ortiz-Hernández, 2005.** Cross-sectional Convenience Mexico 506 sexual minorities (188 lesbian and bisexual women, 318 gay and bisexual men) 13–70 years Attraction, sexual behavior, and identity
Ortiz-Hernández and García Torres, 2005.** Cross-sectional Convenience Mexico 506 sexual minorities (188 lesbian and bisexual women, 318 gay and bisexual men) 13–70 years Attraction, sexual behavior, and identity
Ortiz-Hernández and Granados-Cosme, 2006.** Cross-sectional Convenience Mexico 506 sexual minorities (188 lesbian and bisexual women, 318 gay and bisexual men) 13–70 years Attraction, sexual behavior, and identity
Ortiz-Hernandez, et al., 2009. Secondary analysis of the 2005 National Youth Survey Probability Mexico 12,796 participants (1484 same-sex attracted, 179 reported same-sex behavior, 230 identified as lesbian, gay, or bisexual) 12–29 years Attraction, sexual behavior, and identity
Pinto et al., 2005. Cross-sectional Convenience Brazil 145 women who have sex with women 18–50+ years Sexual behavior
Rambarran and Simpson, 2016. Qualitative: semi structured interviews Convenience Guyana 16 SMW 20–40+ years Sexual identity
Silberman et al., 2016. Cross-sectional Convenience Argentina 161 women who have sex with women Mean age: 29.3 years Sexual behavior
Traeen et al., 2009 Cross-sectional Convenience International (Cuba, India, South Africa, and Norway) 872 participants (337 from Cuba of which 29 identified as gay/lesbian, bisexual or questioning) 20–40+ years Sexual identity

Note. The 22 included articles represent 18 distinct studies.

*

Monteiro et al. (2010) and Mora and Monteiro (2010) reported findings from the same study.

***

Bahamondes-Correa (2016) and Barrientos et al. (2017) reported findings from the same study.