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Table 2 Characteristics and findings of the included studies

From: The use of home-based HIV testing and counseling in low-and-middle income countries: a scoping review

Author and Date

Population

Total participants

Percentage(%) of women

Percentage (%) of men

Age

Type of home-based HTC intervention (supervised or unsupervised)

Type of HTC test (name of test and manufacturer)

Study design

Income level

Geographic setting (rural/urban/semi-urban)

Becker et al. 2014 [16]

couples

390

51

49

15 to 49 years.

Supervised HTC by health care worker

Unigold rapid test

Cross-sectional survey

Low income level

Semi-urban

Bogart, 2016 [28]

home-based testing clients identified

9613

46

54

18–40 years

Supervised HTC by health care worker

Rapid test

Manufacture not specified

Descriptive qualitative study

low income level

Rural

Doherty T,2013 [17]

Individuals

4154

74.4

25.6

14 years or more

Supervised HTC by health care worker

SD-Bioline & SENSA tri-line rapid test

Cluster randomized controlled trial.

Low income

Rural

Helleringer et al.2013 [18]

Adults

764

54.7

45.3

≥25

Supervised HTC by health care worker

Determine and Unigold rapid test

Cohort study

low income

Can’t tell

Jürgensen et al.2013 [19]

Individual

1694

54

46

≥16

Supervised HTC by health care worker

Unigold rapid test

cluster-randomized trial

Low income

Rural

Kim,2016 [24]

1850 individuals and 1009 households

1850

Not specified

Not specified

Adult male (aged 20 to 59), an adult female (aged 20 to 49), and an adolescent (aged 15 to 19).

Supervised HTC by health care worker

Rapid test

Manufacture not specified

Randomized Controlled Trial

low

Rural

Kohler,2014 [20]

Women

405

100

0

14 years and older

Supervised HTC by health care worker

Wilcoxon Mann-Whitney test

Cross-sectional survey

low income

Rural

Krakowiak, 2015 [29]

partners of pregnant women

1101

85

15

24-31 years

Supervised HTC by health care worker

Unigold KHB rapid test

Randomized clinical trial (with Mix methods)

Low income level

Can’t tell

Krakowiak et al.,2016 [30]

Pregnant women attending their first antenatal. Male partners of women who were.

1101

48

52

24.9 years (SD = 4.9) for women and 31.0 years (SD = 6.4) for men

Supervised HTC by health care worker

Not specified

Randomized clinical trial

low income

Can’t tell

C. Low et al.2013 [27]

Community leaders and Individuals

313

97.1

2.9

average age was 45 years,

Supervised HTC by health care worker

Not specified

cluster-randomized trial

low

Rural

Magasana et al.2016 [31]

individuals

6757

71.9

28.1

14 and above

Supervised HTC by health care worker

Not specified

Randomized control trial

low income

Rural

Ndege et al.2016 [21]

All women aged 13–50 years were considered to be of reproductive age and were included in the analysis.

119.678

100

0

all consenting persons 13 years and older as well as children less than 13 years of age whose mother is either dead, HIV-positive, or whose vital and/or HIV status is of unknown.

Supervised HTC by health care worker

Determine and Unigold rapid test

observational study: Cross-sectional survey

LOW

Rural

Novitsky V et al.2015 [32]

residents aged 16 to 64 for HIV in the north-eastern sector of Mochudi, a community in Botswana with about 44,000 inhabitants

6238

68

32

age range of 16 to 64 years old

Supervised HTC by health care worker

Determine and Unigold rapid test

cohort study

LOW

Semi -urban

Parker et al.2015 [25]

Individuals

12,269

51

49

18 months and above

Supervised HTC by health care worker

Determine and Unigold rapid test

Cross-sectional survey

lower-middle

Rural

Shahid et al.2016 [23]

spouses of HIV-positive men who inject drugs in Pakistan

2400

100

0

17–60

Supervised HTC by health care worker

Determine and Unigold rapid test

Cross-sectional study

Low

Can’t tell

Van Rooyen et al.2016 [26]

All family members (adults, adolescents, and children)

Not indicated

Not indicated

Not indicated

All ages

Supervised HTC by health care worker

Not specified

systematic review

low

Rural

Ruzagira et al.2017 [22]

Five databases were searched for studies published between 1st January 2000 and 19th August 2016 that reported on linkage to care among adults newly identified with HIV infection through home-based HCT

Not indicated

Not indicated

19 articles

Not indicated

Supervised HTC by health care worker

Not specified

systematic review

low income

Can’t tell