Reference | Equity criteria | |||||||
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Name, year | Quality score | Sex | Age | Severity of disease | Area of living | Socio-economic status (including education and employment) | Marital status | Ethnicity |
ART initiation (lower < higher likelihood to initiate) | ||||||||
Cleary 2011[25] | *** | Not associated, men = women | SES: not associated, SES distribution HIV + in need = ART clinic patients | Inconclusive results population size too small to draw conclusions | ||||
Cooke 2010[32] | *** | Not associated | ||||||
men = women | Associated, younger (15–19 yrs), < older (>19 yrs) | Not associated, peri-urban = urban = rural | SES: not associated, index profile 1 = 2 = 3 = 4 = 5 (SES), education: not associated, years of education as continuous variable | |||||
Govindasamy 2011[26] | *** | Not associated, men = women | Not associated, ≤ 30 yrs = ≥ 30 yrs | Contradicting results, CD4 cell count: associated, CD4 > 350 < ≤350, WHO stages: not associated | Education: not associated, primary school completed = not completed, employment: not associated, employed < unemployed | |||
Tsai 2009[33] | ** | Not associated, men = women | Associated, younger (18–30 yrs) < older (30–35 yrs) | Education: associated, lower education (secondary) < higher education (matric/ tertiary), employment: associated, non salaried employment < salaried employment, unemployed < employed | Associated never married < married or cohabiting | |||
Adam 2009[34] | ** | Associated4, unequal ART coverage between 9 provinces | ||||||
Muula 2007[24] | * | Associated4, male < female | ||||||
Nattrass 2006[23] | Associated4, unequal ART coverage between 9 provinces | |||||||
ART adherence (poorer < better adherence) | ||||||||
Boyles 2011[30] | *** | Not associated, men = women | Associated, younger (<25 yrs) < older, (25–50 yrs) | Associated, CD4 ≥ 200 < <200 | ||||
Orrell 2003[31] | *** | Not associated, men = women | Associated, younger < older, adherence group is older (34 yrs) than non-adhererce group (31 yrs) | Contradicting results, CD4 cell count: associated, patients that not adhere had lower CD4 level, Viral load: associated, patients that not adhere had higher VL, WHO stage: not associated | SES: not associated, % low SES in patient group that continued, ART = that not continued | |||
Kranzer 2010[27] | *** | Associated, men < women | Not associated, ≤ 30 yrs = > 30 yrs | Contradicting results, CD4 cell count: associated, > 200 < ≤100, WHO stage: not associated | ||||
Fatti 2010[29] | *** | Not associated, men = women | Not associated, younger children (≤2 yrs) = older children (>2 yrs) | Contradicting results, CD4 cell count (severe immunodeficiency1): associated, patients with severe immunodeficiency were less adherent, WHO stage (severe clinical status2): not associated | Associated, rural/urban < urban/urban < rural/ rural3 | |||
Cornell 2009[28] | ** | Not associated, men = women | Not associated, age as continuous variable | Contradicting results, CD4 cell count: associated, CD4 < 50 < 50–150, but CD4 < 50 = >150, WHO stage: not associated, Viral load: not associated | Employment: associated, no income < income |