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Table 2 Characteristics of included studies

From: Self-management of diabetes in Sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review

 

Author

Year

Country

Study Type

Sample characteristics

Reported outcomes

Sample size

Male

Female

Average age

Healthy eating

Being active

Monitoring

Medication

Risk Reduction

Psychosocial

Observational studies

Awah [57]

2008

Cameroon

cross-sectional

20

11

9

62.5

   

x

  

Awah [15]

2009

Cameroon

cross-sectional

65

30

35

      

Kassahun [43]

2016

Ethiopia

cross-sectional

309

189

120

50

  

x

x

  

Sorato [31]

2016

Ethiopia

cross-sectional

194

95

99

50.3

x

x

x

x

  

Wabe [42]

2011

Ethiopia

cross-sectional

384

186

161

48.3

  

x

x

x

 

Bruce [50]

2015

Ghana

cross-sectional

200

95

105

   

x

x

 

de-Graft Aikins [23]

2014

Ghana

cross-sectional

20

2

18

60

x

 

x

x

x

 

Doherty [27]

2014

Ghana

cross-sectional

30

10

20

48.7

x

     

Mogre [30]

2016

Ghana

cross-sectional

222

74

148

48.4

x

x

    

Obirikorang [54]

2016

Ghana

cross-sectional

630

243

387

55.2

    

x

 

Obirikorang [26]

2016

Ghana

cross-sectional

543

232

311

51.1

x

x

  

x

 

Matheka [44]

2013

Kenya

cross-sectional

187

  

x

   

Adibe [38]

2011

Nigeria

cross-sectional

314

136

178

43

 

x

  

x

 

Adisa [24]

2009

Nigeria

cross-sectional

121

60

61

x

x

x

x

  

Adisa [29]

2011

Nigeria

cross-sectional

114

51

63

61.3

x

x

x

x

  

Awotibede [37]

2016

Nigeria

cross-sectional

299

105

194

51.9

 

x

    

Ezuruike [48]

2016

Nigeria

cross-sectional

112

43

69

46

   

x

  

Iwuala [47]

2015

Nigeria

cross-sectional

100

38

62

59.9

  

x

   

Jackson [51]

2015

Nigeria

cross-sectional

303

171

132

54.5

   

x

  

Ogbera [40]

2011

Nigeria

cross-sectional

150

50

100

69.9

 

x

x

x

 

x

Onakpoya [49]

2010

Nigeria

cross-sectional

83

32

51

57.5

   

x

x

 

Oyetunde [52]

2014

Nigeria

cross-sectional

102

35

67

59.6

   

x

  

Yusuff [46]

2008

Nigeria

cross-sectional

200

110

90

   

x

x

 

Jackson [36]

2014

Nigeria

cross-sectional

303

132

171

50

 

x

x

x

x

 

Adeniyi [22]

2015

South Africa

cross-sectional

17

6

11

58.5

x

x

 

x

x

x

Haque [53]

2005

South Africa

cross-sectional

   

x

  

Matwa [55]

2003

South Africa

cross-sectional

15

5

10

61.4

    

x

 

Mendenhall [56]

2015

South Africa

cross-sectional

27

27

59

   

x

  

Nthangeni [33]

2001

South Africa

cross-sectional

288

133

155

62

x

  

x

  

Okonta [39]

2014

South Africa

cross-sectional

217

51

x

x

    

Steyl [35]

2014

South Africa

cross-sectional

26

11

15

58.9

x

x

 

x

  

Abdelgadir [45]

2006

Sudan

cross-sectional

193

95

98

50

  

x

   

Kamuhabwa [32]

2014

Tanzania

cross-sectional

469

171

298

54.9

x

x

x

x

  

Hijelm [34]

2008

Uganda

cross-sectional

25

10

15

x

x

 

x

x

 

Mayega [28]

2014

Uganda

cross-sectional

96

48

48

47.5

x

x

    

Nielsen [41]

2016

Uganda

cross-sectional

10

6

4

65.6

x

x

x

   

Hijelm [25]

2010

Zimbabwe

cross-sectional

21

10

11

48

x

x

x

 

x

 

Experimental studies

Awodele [21]

2015

Nigeria

pre-post, quasi-experimental

152

47

105

65

   

x

  

Baumann [18]

2015

Uganda

pre-post, quasi-experimental

25

7

18

53

x

x

 

x

  

Mash [20]

2014

South Africa

RCTs

1570

411

1158

56.4

x

x

 

x

x

 

Muchiri [16]

2015

South Africa

RCTs

41

5

36

59.4

x

     

Muchiri [17]

2015

x

     

van der Does [19]

2013

South Africa

RCTs

84

68

16

51.6

x

x

 

x

x

x