Table 1.

​​Characteristics of the articles included in the scoping review (n=73)

Study characteristics	References	Number (%)
Year of publication
1979	66	1 (1)
1995–1999	51 53 58 67	4 (5)
2000–2009	17 21 23 24 28 30 31 46–48 54 56 59 68–70	16 (22)
2010–2018	14–16 18–20 22 25–27 29 32 33 35–42 44 45 49 50 52 55 57 60–65 71–83 85	49 (67)
Region
Africa	14 20 22 35 41 42 44 45 60 62 63 65 66 73 82 85	16 (22)
Americas (North America)	23 24 32 34 58 61 64 67 70 72	10 (14)
Eastern Mediterranean	77	1 (1)
Europe	28 30 38 43 46–48 52–55 59 68 69 81 83 84	17 (23)
South-East Asia	50 51 63 80 86	5 (7)
Western Pacific	15 16 31 36 39 40 63 75 76	9 (12)
Global perspective	19 21 27 33 74 76 78	7 (10)
Other*	17 29 49 71	4 (5)
Study design
Quantitative	15 16 29–31 35–37 40 41 44 45 48–51 59 61 63–68 73 75 77 83 84 86	30 (41)
Review	17–20 25 27 34 46 49 56 69 70 74 76 78 79	16 (22)
Qualitative	14 22 23 38 43 54 55 62 71	9 (12)
Descriptive	28 32 71 81 85	5 (7)
Case study	26 58 72	3 (4)
Mixed methods	39 42	2 (3)
Other†	33 47 52 53	4 (5)
Target group
Contacts	14 15 21 22 24 27 32 35–37 42 44 74–76 81 82 84	18 (25)
Migrants	20 28 30 34 38 43 46–49 54–56 59 61 64 68 69 71 73 77 79 83	23 (32)
Community	17 26 29 31 40 45 51 60 62 63	10 (14)
High risk groups	19 25 33 57 66	5 (7)
Homeless	23 53 58 67	4 (5)
Asylum seekers or refugees	50 52	2 (3)
People living with HIV	18 78	2 (3)
Urban poor	16 39	2 (3)
Other‡	41 70 72 80 85 86	6 (8)

*High HIV prevalence countries,¹⁷ high TB incidence countries,²⁹ low-burden countries.^{49 71}

†^​Letter to editor,⁵² observational study,⁵³ perspective³³ and editorial.⁴⁷

‡^​Population affected by TB outbreak,⁷² pastoralists,⁴¹ healthcare workers,⁶⁵ prisoners,⁸⁰ people living in slums,⁸⁶ street connected youth and young adults⁸⁵ and non-immigrant visitors.⁷⁰