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. 2021 Jul 5;2:73. doi: 10.1186/s43058-021-00177-y

Table 3.

Risk of bias assessment

Study Cohort Control or comparison group Pre/post intervention data Random assignment of participants to intervention Random selection of participants for assessment Follow-up rate of 80% or more Comparison group equivalent on socio-demographics Comparison group equivalent at baseline on outcome measures
HIV self-testing
Choko et al. 2019 [97] Yes Yes NA Yes Yes NA Yes Yes
George et al. 2018 [98] Yes Yes NA Yes Yes NR Yes Yes
Maheswaran et al. 2016 [99] Yes Yes NA Yes Yes NA Yes Yes
Home-Based HIV counseling and testing
Bogart et al. 2017 [95] Yes Yes NA No No Yes Yes Yes
Cham et al. 2019 [96] Yes Yes NA No No NA Yes Yes
Mulogo et al. 2013 [101] Yes Yes NR No No NA Yes Yes
Tabana et al. 2015 [104] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes NA Yes Yes
Mobile HIV counseling and testing
Meehan et al. 2017 [100] Yes Yes NA NA NA NR Yes Yes
Parker et al. 2015 [103] Yes Yes NA NA NA No Yes Yes
Provider-initiated counseling and testing
Obure et al. 2012 [102] Yes Yes NA NA NA NA Yes Yes

NR not reported, NA not applicable