Table 6 Proportions for select steps in HIV targeted testing cascade among persons who experience homelessness, by test type
Rapid Ab | |||
Cascade steps | Study | Proportion | 95% CI |
 Recruited of reached | Bucher 2007 [27] | 75.2% | 73%,77.2% |
 Valid results of recruited | Bucher 2007 [27] | 99.3% | 98.6%,99.6% |
 Positive of valid results | 3.4% | 0%,16.6% | |
 Given results of positive | No studies | - | - |
 Referred to treatment of given results | No studies | - | - |
 Attended first treatment appointment of referred to treatment | No studies | - | - |
Non-rapid Ab | |||
Cascade steps | Study | Proportion | 95% CI |
 Recruited of reached | 69% | 65.7%,72.3% | |
 Valid results of recruited | Grimley 2006 [21]; Klinkenberg 2003 [5]; Magura 2000 [34]; Page 2017 [35]; Stewart 2020 [41] | 86.4% | 79.3%,92.3% |
 Positive of valid results | Grimley 2006 [21]; Gelberg 2012 [14]; Caton 2015 [29]; Bell 2003 [24]; Klinkenberg 2003 [5]; Magura 2000 [34]; Tsu 2002 [42]; Page 2017 [35]; Stewart 2020 [41]; Gelberg 2019 [14] | 7.3% | 1.9%,15.8% |
 Given results of positive | 18% | 0%,77.2% | |
 Referred to treatment of given results | Grimley 2006 [21] | 50% | 9.5%,90.5% |
 Attended first treatment appointment of referred to treatment | Grimley 2006 [21] | 100% | 20.7%,100% |
Unknown | |||
Cascade steps | Study | Proportion | 95% CI |
 Recruited of reached | Anaya 2010 [22] | 71.3% | 63.2%,78.3% |
 Valid results of recruited | 93.6% | 90%,96.4% | |
 Positive of valid results | 4.2% | 0%,16.2% | |
 Given results of positive | Anaya 2015 [23] | 85.7% | 48.7%,97.4% |
 Referred to treatment of given results | Anaya 2015 [23] | 71.4% | 35.9%,91.8% |
 Attended first treatment appointment of referred to treatment | No studies | - | - |