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Table 3 Risk of bias assessment

From: Costs of implementing community-based intervention for HIV testing in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review

Study

Cohort

Control or comparison group

Pre/post intervention data

Random assignment of participants to intervention

Random selection of participants for assessment

Follow-up rate of 80% or more

Comparison group equivalent on socio-demographics

Comparison group equivalent at baseline on outcome measures

HIV self-testing

Choko et al. 2019 [97]

Yes

Yes

NA

Yes

Yes

NA

Yes

Yes

George et al. 2018 [98]

Yes

Yes

NA

Yes

Yes

NR

Yes

Yes

Maheswaran et al. 2016 [99]

Yes

Yes

NA

Yes

Yes

NA

Yes

Yes

Home-Based HIV counseling and testing

Bogart et al. 2017 [95]

Yes

Yes

NA

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Cham et al. 2019 [96]

Yes

Yes

NA

No

No

NA

Yes

Yes

Mulogo et al. 2013 [101]

Yes

Yes

NR

No

No

NA

Yes

Yes

Tabana et al. 2015 [104]

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

NA

Yes

Yes

Mobile HIV counseling and testing

Meehan et al. 2017 [100]

Yes

Yes

NA

NA

NA

NR

Yes

Yes

Parker et al. 2015 [103]

Yes

Yes

NA

NA

NA

No

Yes

Yes

Provider-initiated counseling and testing

Obure et al. 2012 [102]

Yes

Yes

NA

NA

NA

NA

Yes

Yes

  1. NR not reported, NA not applicable