Table 2

Data extraction plan

CategoryVariables
Details of the retrieved articlesTitle, author and year of publication
Study detailsYear the study was conducted, country the study was conducted, study design
Characteristics of study participantsAge, sex and sample size for intervention and control arms for both baseline and postintervention
Intervention characteristicsName of intervention, setting where the intervention was carried out (community or hospital-based), type of intervention delivery, delivery period/follow-up duration, type of allocation (individual or cluster), type of comparison
Outcome measuresKnowledge of HIV prevention, condom use, risk sexual behaviours, number of sexual partners, HIV testing and counselling, uptake of PrEP, screening and treatment of STIs
Reported effect size measuresRelative risks or risk ratios (RRs), ORs (for dichotomous outcomes) and weighted mean differences or standardised mean differences (for continuous outcomes)
  • OR, odds ratio; PrEP, pre-exposure prophylaxis; RR, relative risk; STI, sexually transimitted infection.