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. 2020 Nov 12;17(11):e1003434. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003434

Table 1. Characteristics of the 39 studies included in this review.

Characteristic Number of studies (n = 39) References
EPOC domains
    Delivery arrangements 27 [28,3257]
    Delivery arrangements and implementation strategies 9 [30,31,5864]
    Implementation strategies 2 [65,66]
    Delivery arrangements, governance arrangements, implementation strategies 1 [29]
Intervention type
    Multicomponent clinic-based 8 [30,31,5863]
    Pharmacist task sharing 14 [28,3335,37,38,41,42,47,48,50,51,55,57]
    Diabetes education or support alone 9 [32,39,40,43,46,49,53,54,56]
    Case management by nurses 2 [36,52]
    Physician clinical training alone 2 [65,66]
    Nurse task sharing 1 [29]
    mHealth screening and quality improvement 1 [64]
    Internet-based glucose telemonitoring alone 2 [44,45]
Study design
    Individual RCT 20 [28,3335,3739,41,42,44,47,48,5053,55,58,59,61]
    Cluster RCT 19 [2932,36,40,43,45,46,49,54,56,57,60,6266]
World Bank region*
    East Asia and Pacific 20 [28,32,3437,39,40,44,45,49,5254,57,6163,66]
    South Asia 7 [30,31,38,42,43,51,58]
    Latin America and Caribbean 4 [47,48,59,60]
    Sub-Saharan Africa 4 [29,33,46,53]
    Middle East and North Africa 4 [41,50,55,64]
    Europe and Central Asia 1 [65]
World Bank income group*
    Low 1 [53]
    Lower middle 11 [30,31,33,38,42,43,49,51,53,58,66]
    Upper middle 29 [28,29,32,3437,3941,4448,50,52,5457,5966]
Setting
    Mostly rural 5 [30,31,36,49,64]
    Mostly urban 27 [29,32,33,35,3742,44,46,48,50,52,5462,65,66]
    Mixed 4 [43,45,53,63]
    Not reported 3 [28,34,47]
Outcome reported
    Mortality 19 [2931,34,36,39,42,44,45,49,5153,5759,61,63,66]
    Health-related quality of life 11 [29,32,33,40,45,46,51,52,58,59,62]
    Cost-effectiveness 5 [33,36,46,58,59]
    Change in glycemic control 39 All included studies

*The studies by Van Olmen et al. [53] and Reutens et al. [66] are counted twice, as they were conducted in multiple countries of different World Bank regions and income groups.

EPOC, Effective Practice and Organisation of Care; RCT, randomized controlled trial.