Table 2 Quantitative studies description
Author/year | Country | Study methods | Study objective | TB impact (direct or indirect | Children or adolescents | Number of children/adolescents reported | Age of children (range) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Onazi / 2015 [42] | Nigeria | Mixed methods | Addressing economic and societal consequences of TB on patients and their household members | Indirect | NA | NA | NA |
Rajeswari / 1999 [44] | India | Mixed methods | Assessing socioeconomic constraints faced by TB patients | Indirect | Children and adolescents | 276 (only for the assessment on education) | 6–16 |
Cremers / 2015 [24] | Zambia | Mixed methods | To enhance understanding of TB-related stigmatizing perceptions and to describe TB patients’ experiences of stigma | Direct | Children and adolescents | 25 | 1–19 |
Schoeman / 2002 [45] | South Africa | Quantitative | To determine the long-term outcome of children diagnosed with TB meningitis and treated with modern antituberculosis drugs | Direct | Children | 76 | Median age at admission 29Â months and 9Â years at follow up |
Wait / 2010 [48] | South Africa | Quantitative | To investigate child behaviour in children who recovered from tuberculous meningitis (TBM) | Direct | Children | 74 | 10Â years and 7Â months median age at evaluation |