Table 1 Study characteristics
Study characteristics | Number of included studies | |
|---|---|---|
Quantitative research methods | Randomized controlled trial (RCT) | 31 |
Systematic Reviews & Meta-analysis | 11 | |
Case–control | 1 | |
Sample Size | RCTs | |
Range | 4407 | |
Median | 330 | |
Interquartile range (IQR) | 644 | |
Reviewsb | ||
Range | 126 | |
Median | 18 | |
Interquartile range (IQR) | 48 | |
Types of Interventiona | Mobile services | 7 |
Coalition | 24 | |
Outreach | 14 | |
Duration of intervention | 1–6 months | 8 |
7–12 months | 10 | |
> 1 year | 6 | |
Variedc | 10 | |
No information | 9 | |
Types of providers | Community health workers (CHWs) | 5 |
Nurses | 2 | |
Doctors/Pharmacists | 4 | |
Academic staff and community providers | 11 | |
Collaboration between CHWs, nurses, doctors, community members, social worker | 18 | |
Peer support / volunteer | 3 | |
Most common types of outcomes | Health status | 21 |
Behavior change | 8 | |
Psychosocial | 8 | |
Access to care | 4 | |
Knowledge translation activities | 2 | |
Countries of intervention | USA | 25 |
United Kingdom | 4 | |
Spain | 2 | |
Canada | 1 | |
Multiple countriesd | 9 | |
No information | 2 | |