A scoping review and thematic analysis of social and behavioural research among HIV-serodiscordant couples in high-income settings

Mendelsohn, Joshua B; Calzavara, Liviana; Daftary, Amrita; Mitra, Sanjana; Pidutti, Joel; Allman, Dan; Bourne, Adam; Loutfy, Mona; Myers, Ted

doi:10.1186/s12889-015-1488-9

Table 1 Summary of included studies

From: A scoping review and thematic analysis of social and behavioural research among HIV-serodiscordant couples in high-income settings

1^stauthor	Year	Ref #	Country	Type	N (n, SD)	Theme								Population				Unit of analysis		Serostatus
✓						RM	RB	RQ	RI	SD	AD	SS	VU	MM	HE	WW	BI	IN	DY	+	-
Aidala	2006	[31]	US	CO	278	✓(2)	✓(1)							✓	✓			✓		✓
Aoki	2004	[115]	US	QL	1			✓(1)						✓				✓		✓
Asandar	2009	[112]	SWD	QL	47					✓(1)		✓(2)			✓			✓		✓
Bairan	2007	[86]	US	QL	104					✓(1)				✓	✓			✓		✓
Beckerman	2000	[116]	US	CS	82			✓(1)					✓(2)	✓	✓				✓	✓	✓
Beckerman	2002	[117]	US	QL	24	✓(1)		✓(2)	✓(3)					✓	✓				✓	✓	✓
Beckerman	2002	[118]	US	MX	82			✓(1)					✓ (2)	✓	✓				✓	✓	✓
Beckerman	2002	[119]	US	QL	82			✓(1)	✓(3)				✓ (2)	✓	✓				✓	✓	✓
Blashill	2012	[39]	US	CS	430		✓(1)							✓				✓		✓
Bouhnik	2007	[30]	FR	CS	663		✓(1)								✓			✓		✓
Bradley	2008	[40]	US	CS	394		✓(1)							✓	✓				✓	✓	✓
Brooks	2011	[120]	US	QL	50	✓(1)	✓(2)							✓			✓		✓	✓	✓
Brooks	2012	[121]	US	QL	25	✓(1)	✓(2)							✓			✓	✓			✓
Buchacz	2001	[122]	US	CS	290	✓(1)	✓(2)								✓				✓	✓	✓
Chakravarty	2012	[59]	US	CS	752	✓(1)								✓				✓			✓
Chen	2001	[123]	US	CS	1421				✓(1)						✓	✓	✓	✓		✓
Chin	1999	[87]	US	MX	9					✓(1)		✓(2)			✓			✓		✓
Coll	1999	[124]	SP	CS	280		✓(2)		✓(1)						✓				✓	✓	✓
Cooney	2009	[125]	UK	CS	69				✓(1)						✓i			✓		✓
Corbett	2009	[126]	US	QL	100	✓(1)	✓(2)								✓				✓	✓	✓
Crane	2002	[98]	US	QL	65								✓ (1)		✓				✓	✓	✓
Cranson	1998	[127]	US	QL	29		✓(2)	✓(1)						✓	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓
Crawford	2001	[62]	AU	CS	1070	✓(1)	✓(2)							✓				✓		✓	✓
Crawford	2003	[37]	US	CS	230	✓(2)	✓(1)							✓			✓	✓		✓	✓
Crawford	2006	[128]	AU	CS	903	✓(2)	✓(1)							✓				✓		✓	✓
Crosby	2007	[129]	US	CS	1006		✓(1)						✓(2)	✓				✓		✓	✓
Cusick	1999	[84]	UK	QL	73					✓(1)				✓	✓		✓		✓	✓	✓
Cusick	2000	[64]	UK	QL	73	✓(1)	✓(2)							✓	✓		✓		✓	✓	✓
Dave	2006	[69]	UK	CS	142	✓(1)				✓(2)					✓			✓		✓
Davidovich	2001	[130]	ND	CO	144		✓(1)							✓				✓		✓
Davis	2011	[65]	UK	QL	16	✓(1)		✓(2)						✓				✓		✓	✓
Dolezal	2005	[131]	US	CS	234		✓(2)	✓(1)						✓					✓	✓	✓
Doyal	2005	[97]	UK	QL	62								✓(1)		✓			✓		✓
Eaton	2008	[52]	US	CS	290	✓(1)							✓(2)		✓				✓	✓	✓
Eaton	2009	[132]	US	CS	254	✓(1)								✓					✓	✓	✓
Eaton	2009	[133]	US	CS	290		✓(1)								✓				✓	✓	✓
El-Bassel	2010	[99]	US	CS	1070 (535)		✓(2)						✓(1)		✓				✓	✓	✓
El-Bassel	2010	[21]	US	RCT	1070 (535)	✓(1)	✓(2)								✓				✓	✓	✓
El-Bassel	2010	[60]	US	CS	1070 (535)		✓(1)								✓				✓	✓	✓
El-Bassel	2010	[134]	US	CS	1070 (535)		✓(1)								✓				✓	✓	✓
El-Bassel	2010	[135]	US	CS	1070 (535)		✓(1)								✓				✓	✓	✓
Elford	1999	[56]	UK	CS	1004		✓(1)							✓				✓		NR	NR
Elford	2008	[111]	UK	CS	1687					✓(1)			✓(2)	✓	✓			✓		✓
Estes	1997	[136]	US	CS	60			✓(1)				✓(2)		✓	✓	✓	✓
Fife	2008	[28]	US	RCT	169			✓(2)			✓(3)	✓(1)		✓	✓	✓	✓		✓	✓	✓
Fletcher	2012	[72]	US	QL	42				✓(1)						✓			✓		✓
Fox	2009	[61]	UK	CO	78	✓(2)	✓(1)							NR	NR	NR	NR		✓	✓	✓
Galvan	2004	[137]	US	CS	1421								✓(1)	✓	✓			✓		✓
Gaskins	2009	[79]	US	CR	2								✓ (1)		✓			✓		✓
Gielen	2000	[138]	US	MX	310					✓(2)			✓(1)		✓			✓		✓
Gordon-Garofa	2004	[27]	US	QUA	29			✓(2)				✓(1)		✓	✓			✓			✓
Gosselin	2011	[71]	US	CS	286				✓(1)						✓				✓	✓	✓
Greenberg	2001	[88]	US	CS	238					✓(1)		✓(2)		✓					✓	✓	✓
Guy	2011	[139]	AU	CO	7857		✓(1)							✓				✓		✓	✓
Guzman	2006	[48]	US	CS	199	✓(1)	✓(2)							✓				✓		✓	✓
Haas	2002	[101]	US	QL	40			✓(2)				✓(1)		✓					✓	✓	✓
Hart	2005	[70]	US	CS	456	✓(1)				✓(2)				✓				✓		✓
Heard	2004	[140]	FR	CO	575				✓(1)						✓ii			✓		✓
Heard	2007	[141]	FR	CO	1254				✓(1)						✓			✓		✓
Hernando	2009	[24]	SP	CO	1128	✓(1)	✓(2)								✓				✓	✓	✓
Hoff	2004	[36]	US	MX	245		✓(1)							✓				✓		✓
Hoff	2009	[57]	US	CS	382 (90)	✓(1)								✓					✓	✓	✓
Hoff	2010	[63]	US	QL	78	✓(1)		✓(2)						✓					✓	✓	✓
Horvath	2012	[47]	US	CS	326	✓(1)	✓(2)							✓				✓		✓	✓
Hotton	2011	[142]	US	CS	793	✓(1)	✓(2)							✓				✓		✓	✓
Hunt	1999	[143]	US	CS	52		✓(1)						✓(1)		✓			✓		✓	✓
Israel	2005	[41]	US	CS	74		✓(1)							✓	✓	✓		✓			✓
Jarman	2005	[144]	UK	QL	6			✓(1)					✓(2)		✓	✓		✓		✓
Johnson	2011	[90]	US	CS	420						✓(1)			✓			✓		✓	✓	✓
Kalichman	1999	[80]	US	CS	266		✓(2)			✓(1)				✓iii	✓			✓		✓
Kalichman	1999	[145]	US	CS	331		✓(1)						✓(2)	✓iv	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓
Kalichman	2002	[32]	US	CS	383		✓(1)							✓	✓		✓	✓		✓
Kelly	2011	[74]	UK	QL	10	✓(3)	✓(2)		✓(1)						✓			✓		✓
Klein	2003	[146]	US	MX	100				✓(1)						✓v				✓	✓	✓
Knight	2005	[147]	US	MX	161		✓(1)						✓(2)	✓	✓		✓	✓		✓
Knowlton	2011	[92]	US	CS	145						✓(1)	✓(2)			✓vi			✓		✓
Knowlton	2011	[94]	US	CS	104						✓(1)	✓(2)			✓vii			✓		✓
Latka	2006	[44]	US	CS	426 (292)		✓(1)						✓(2)		✓			✓		✓
Liu	2011	[68]	US	CO	2266	✓(1)	✓(2)								✓			✓		✓	✓
Lopez	2010	[148]	US	CO	190						✓(1)		✓(2)		✓			✓	✓	✓
Marks	2001	[149]	US	CS	206		✓(2)			✓(1)				✓	✓		✓	✓		✓
Marujo	2012	[150]	PO	CO	71				✓(1)						✓			✓		✓
McDonald	2011	[151]	AU	QL	34		✓(2)		✓(1)						✓			✓		✓
McFarland	2011	[152]	US	CS	1207	✓(1)	✓(2)							✓				✓		✓	✓
McFarland	2012	[153]	US	CO	732	✓(1)	✓(2)							✓				✓		✓	✓
Milam	2006	[29]	US	CS	121		✓(1)								✓			✓		✓
Mizuno	2007	[154]	US	CS	348	✓(2)	✓(1)						✓(2)		✓			✓		✓
Myers	2006	[100]	US	CS	147		✓(2)						✓(1)		NR			✓		✓
Nakhuda	2005	[155]	US	CR	5				✓(1)						✓			✓		✓
Niccolai	2002	[81]	US	CS	76			✓(2)		✓(1)				✓	✓	✓			✓	✓	✓
Nichols	2006	[156]	US	CS	150			✓(1)					✓(2)	✓					✓	✓	✓
NIMH	2008	[20]	US	MX	86	✓(2)	✓(1)								✓				✓	✓	✓
Noestlinger	2012	[73]	EU	CS	427				✓(1)						✓			✓		✓
Nostlinger	2010	[157]	EU	CS	651	✓(1)	✓(2)								✓			✓		✓
Operario	2011	[46]	US	CS	174		✓(1)							✓	✓			✓		✓	✓
Operario	2011	[45]	US	CS	174		✓(1)							✓	✓			✓		✓	✓
Ostrow	2002	[105]	US	CS	547	✓(2)	✓(1)							✓				✓		✓	✓
Ostrow	2008	[58]	US	CO	501	✓(2)	✓(1)							✓				✓		✓	✓
Palmer	2001	[78]	UK	QL	20	✓(2)		✓(1)					✓(3)	✓					✓	✓	✓
Panozzo	2003	[158]	SW	CS	114	✓(3)	✓(2)		✓(1)						✓			✓		✓
Parish	2001	[159]	US	QL	79	✓(2)	✓(1)								✓			✓	✓	✓	✓
Parsons	2004	[82]	US	MX	158		✓(2)			✓(1)				✓	✓		✓	✓		✓
Parsons	2005	[160]	US	CS	1168	✓(1)	✓(2)							✓			✓	✓		✓
Peretti-Watel	2006	[96]	FR	CS	1809		✓(2)				✓(1)		✓(3)	✓	✓		✓	✓		✓
Persson	2011	[77]	AU	QL	14			✓(2)					✓(1)		✓			✓			✓
Persson	2008	[76]	AU	QL	46			✓(1)							✓			✓	✓	✓	✓
Persson	2008	[161]	AU	QL	16	✓(3)	✓(2)						✓(1)		✓			✓	✓	✓	✓
Persson	2010	[54]	AU	QL	27	✓(2)	✓(1)	✓(3)							✓			✓	✓	✓	✓
Poindexter	2003	[162]	US	QL	2			✓(1)					✓(2)		✓				✓	✓	✓
Pomeroy	2002	[25]	US	QUA	24			✓(1)							✓				✓	✓	✓
Poppen	2005	[34]	US	CS	219	✓(3)	✓(1)			✓(2)				✓				✓		✓
Prestage	2008	[163]	AU	CS	23424 (2489)	✓(1)								✓				✓		✓	✓
Prestage	2009	[49]	AU	CO	1006	✓(1)	✓(2)							✓				✓		✓	✓
Reilly	2001	[164]	US	CS	360		✓(1)							✓	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓
Reilly	2004	[165]	US	CS	360		✓(2)					✓(1)		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓
Remien	2005	[26]	US	RCT	430						✓(1)			✓	✓	✓		✓	✓	✓	✓
Rhodes	2000	[66]	UK	QL	73	✓(1)		✓(2)						✓	✓		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Ritchie	2012	[166]	UK	CO	275 (192)		✓(1)							✓	✓				✓	✓	✓
Ross	2008	[167]	US	CS	675		✓(1)			✓(3)			✓(2)	✓				✓		✓
Rosser	2010	[22]	US	RCT	675	✓(1)	✓(2)							✓				✓		✓
Schonnesson	2008	[168]	US	CS	258		✓(1)								✓			✓		✓
Semple	2002	[169]	US	CS	47		✓(1)								✓			✓		✓
Semple	2006	[35]	US	CS	132		✓(1)			✓(2)				✓				✓		✓
Service	2006	[170]	US	CS	604 (172)	✓(2)	✓(1)							✓	✓		✓	✓		✓
Sherr	2004	[171]	UK	CS	32				✓(1)						✓			✓		✓
Simoni	2000	[42]	US	CS	105		✓(1)	✓(2)							✓			✓		✓
Sowell	1999	[172]	US	CS	45				✓(1)						✓			✓		✓
Sowell	2003	[85]	US	MX	322					✓(1)					✓			✓		✓
Stevens	2007	[173]	US	QL	55		✓(1)						✓(2)		✓			✓		✓
Stirratt	2006	[95]	US	CS	215					✓(2)	✓(1)			✓	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓
Stolte	2004	[53]	ND	CO	57	✓(1)	✓(2)							✓				✓		✓
Stumbo	2011	[174]	US	QL	40						✓(1)	✓(2)		✓					✓	✓	✓
Sullivan	2009	[83]	US	CS	99		✓(2)			✓(1)				✓	✓		✓	✓		✓
Sunderam	2008	[75]	IT	QL	33				✓(1)						✓			✓	✓	✓	✓
Suzan-Monti	2011	[175]	FR	CS	322	✓(1)								✓				✓		✓
Theall	2007	[43]	US	CS	187		✓(1)				✓(2)				✓viii			✓		✓
Theodore	2004	[38]	US	CS	87		✓(1)	✓(2)						✓				✓		✓
Tieu	2011	[33]	US	CS	328		✓(1)			✓(2)				✓				✓		✓	✓
Turner	1998	[176]	US	CS	642							✓(1)		✓ix	✓		✓	✓			✓
Van de Ven	2002	[177]	AU	CS	14156	✓(1)	✓(2)							✓				✓		✓	✓
Van de Ven	2005	[50]	AU	CS	119	✓(1)	✓(2)							✓				✓		✓	✓
Van der Straten	2000	[51]	US	CS	208	✓(1)	✓(2)								✓				✓	✓	✓
Van Leeuwen	2008	[178]	ND	CS	100				✓(1)						✓				✓	✓	✓
Vide Tavares	2012	[179]	PO	CS	133				✓(1)						✓x			✓		✓
Wagner	2002	[89]	US	CS	80						✓(1)			✓	✓				✓	✓	✓
Weinhardt	2004	[180]	US	CS	3723		✓(1)							✓	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓	✓
Wilson	2007	[104]	US	CO	1090	✓(1)	✓(2)								✓			✓		✓
Wolitski	2003	[181]	US	CS	250	✓(1)	✓(2)							✓				✓		✓
Wrubel	2008	[93]	US	QL	40						✓(1)			✓					✓	✓	✓
Wrubel	2010	[91]	US	QL	40						✓(1)	✓(2)		✓					✓	✓	✓
Wyatt	2004	[23]	US	RCT	147	✓(1)	✓(2)				✓(3)		✓(4)		✓xi			✓		✓
Wyatt	2012	[182]	US	CR	2	✓(1)	✓(2)								✓				✓	✓	✓
Xia	2006	[67]	US	CS	354	✓(1)	✓(2)							✓				✓		✓	✓
Zablotska	2011	[183]	AU	CO	16022	✓(1)	✓(2)							✓				✓		✓	✓

i Population not explicitly stated; assumed heterosexual because sample of women address fertility needs.
ii Population not explicitly stated; assumed heterosexual because a majority of women contracted HIV through heterosexual contact.
iii Population not explicitly stated; assumed men who have sex with men, and heterosexual because of sexual acts reported.
iv Population not explicitly stated; assumed men who have sex with men, heterosexual, women who have sex with women and bisexual because of partners reported.
v Population not explicitly stated; assumed heterosexual because sample included men and women in couples with whom fertility concerns were explored.
vi Population not explicitly stated; assumed heterosexual because a majority of men contracted HIV through heterosexual contact.
vii Population not explicitly stated; assumed heterosexual because a majority of women contracted HIV through heterosexual contact.
viii Population not explicitly stated; assumed heterosexual because a majority of women contracted HIV through heterosexual contact.
ix Population not explicitly stated; assumed men who have sex with men, heterosexual and bisexual because of sample characteristics.
x Population not explicitly stated; assumed heterosexual because the sample of women addressed contraception use.
xi Population not explicitly stated; assumed heterosexual because of sexual acts reported.
Legend. LOCATION: United States (US); United Kingdom (UK); Australia (AU); Multiple European Union Countries (EU); France (FR); Italy (IT); Netherlands (ND); Spain (SP); Sweden (SWD); Switzerland (SW); Portugal (PO). TYPE: cross-sectional study (CS); case control (CC); case report (CR); cohort study (CO); quasi-experimental (QUA) randomized controlled trial (RCT); qualitative study (QL); mixed methods (MX). THEME: risk management (RM); sexual risk behaviours (RB); relationship quality (RQ); reproductive issues (RI); serostatus disclosure (SD); adherence (AD); social support (SS); vulnerability (VU). POPULATION: men who have sex with men (MM); heterosexual (HE); women who have sex with women (WW); bisexual (BI). UNIT OF ANALYSIS: individual (IN); dyad (DY). SEROSTATUS: HIV-positive (+); HIV-negative (−). SAMPLE SIZE: no. serodiscordant (n,SD). Data not reported (NR).

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