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Table 1 Data to be extracted from studies included within the review

From: Protocol for a systematic review of treatment adherence for HIV, hepatitis C and tuberculosis among homeless populations

 

HIV

Hepatitis C

Active tuberculosis

LTBI

Bibliometric data

Author, year of publication, title of study

Study characteristics

Study design, study funding, country study carried out in, inclusion/exclusion criteria for participants, recruitment method, sample size, any remuneration for participants, location of screening/treatment (e.g. hostel, hospital, mobile screening unit), description of intervention, who is delivering intervention, study start-end date, assessment points, description of any comparison/control (including definition, selection source, any confounding factors identified and/or controlled for)

Participant characteristics

Sex/gender, age, ethnicity, history of imprisonment, comorbidities, reported to be taking injection drugs, non-injection drugs reported to be taking, primary condition(s), history of previously treated hepatitis C or TB

Treatment initiation

Number/percentage who initiated treatment from those referred, reasons for not initiating treatment (if known), type of treatment given

Treatment completion

Undetectable viral load

Number/percentage who completed treatment, method by which treatment adherence/completion measured, programme adherence techniques (e.g. DOTS, case manager, phone calls, housing of patients during treatment), number/percentage lost to follow-up and reasons why if stated (including number found to have died and, if specified, reasons for death)