Table 2.

General characteristics of included studies that reported the prevalence and/predictors of mixed feeding practices among HIV positive mothers (n=15).

Author/year of publication	Study area	Region	Study design	Population	Sample size	Number of outcome	Prevalence (%)	Quality
Maru y et al./2009 [21]	Addis Ababa	Addis Ababa	Cross-sectional	Young infant	327	50	15.30	Low risk
Wakwoya EB et al./2016 [23]	Debre Markos Hospital	Amhara	Cross-sectional	< 2 yrs.	260	37	14.20	Low risk
Girma Y et al./2014 [24]	Mekelle Town	Tigray	Cross-sectional	< 2 yrs.	207	13	6.30	Low risk
Ejara D et al./2018 [25]	Bishoftu town	Oromia	Cross-sectional	<18 months	283	23	8.30	Low risk
Demssie DB et al./2016 [26]	Shashemene Referral Hospital	Oromia	Cross-sectional	<2 yrs.	146	1	0.70	Low risk
Modjo KE et al./2015 [27]	SNNPRS Hospital	SNNPRS	Cross-sectional	<2 yrs.	436	151	34.60	Low risk
Muluy D et al./2012 [30]	Gondar H/c	Amhara	Cross-sectional	<2 yrs.	209	22	10.50	Low risk
Bekere A et al./2014 [31]	West Oromia	Oromia	Cross-sectional	0-6 months	118	29	24.60	Low risk
G/Hiwot A et al./2014 [32]	Central zone	Tigray	Cross-sectional	<2 yrs.	219	13	5.90	Low risk
Ali Y/2015 [33]	Wollo Zone	Amhara	Cross-sectional	2-11 months	373	44	11.80	Low risk
Hailu C/2005 [34]	Jima town	Oromia	Cross-sectional	<12 months	643	521	81.00	Low risk
Tadese F/2017 [35]	Bahir Dar town	Amhara	Cross-sectional	<12 months	230	25	10.90	Low risk
Mengstie A et al./2015 [36]	SNNPRS hospital	SNNPRS	Cross-sectional	<2 yrs.	87	31	35.60	Low risk
Mebratu T/2014 [37]	Addis Ababa city	Addis Ababa	Cross-sectional	12 months	221	180	81.50	Low risk
Ketema Z/2016 [38]	Adama health facility	Oromia	Cross-sectional	12 months	193	12	6.30	Low risk

Note: outcome refers to the number of HIV positive mothers who practiced mixed feedings.