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Table 6 Intervention outcomes that were significant or non-significant

From: Household-focused interventions to enhance the treatment and management of HIV in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review

Characteristics

References

[53]

[54]

[55]

[46]

[47]

[48]

[56]

[49]

Primary outcomes

 Retention in care

   

✓

    

 Adherence to medication

   

✓

    

Secondary outcomes

 Individual-level:

  Improved quality of life

   Enabled self-management

 

✓

   

✓

 

✓

   Disclosure

     

✓

  

   Improved perceived social support

 

✓

  

✓

 

✗

✓

   Improved mental health

✓

✓

✓

 

✓

 

✗

✓

   Risk behaviour (substance use, violence, sexual)

      

✓

 

 Household-level (competency):

   Household communication

      

✓

 

   Improved HIV prevention practices – safe sex (condom use)

      

✓

 

 Attitude towards HIV treatment

   Ownership of the disease

 

✓

      

   Household functioning

 

✓

  

✓

   

   Risk behaviour (substance use, violence, sexual)

        
  1. ✓: Reported statistical significance
  2. ✗: No statistical significance