Table 2 Summary characteristics of included studies
Variable | Number of studies | % |
|---|---|---|
Setting | ||
Out-patient clinic | 11 | 65% |
Community health/rehabilitation centre | 3 | 18% |
Home-based | 2 | 12% |
Not reported | 1 | 5% |
Location | ||
Urban | 13 | 80% |
Rural | 1 | 5% |
Rural and urban | 1 | 5% |
Not reported | 2 | 10% |
Intervention target | ||
Individual (patient) | 5 | 30% |
Family/caregiver | 6 | 35% |
Patient and caregiver | 6 | 35% |
Implementation workforce | ||
Lay worker | 2 | 10% |
Specialist | 12 | 71% |
Not reported | 4 | 19% |
Study design | ||
Randomised controlled trial | 5 | 30% |
Cohort | 3 | 19% |
Cross sectional | 4 | 21% |
Qualitative | 5 | 30% |
Quality assessment | ||
Quantitative | ||
Adequate | 11 | 85% |
Weak/unknown | 2 | 15% |
Qualitative | ||
Adequate | 4 | 100% |
Weak/unknown | 0 | 0% |