TABLE 3.

Quality Appraisal

AuthorQuasi/RCTWell-Described Source Population?Eligible Population Representative of Source Populations?Well-Described Intervention(s)?Well-Described Comparator(s)?Random Sequence Generation Risk of Bias?Baseline (or Group) Characteristics Similar Risk of Bias?Outcome Data Completeness Risk of Bias?Adequate Analytical Methods?
Counseling interventions
Ndegwa32QuasiUnclearUnclearNoYesUnclearHighLowNo
Adanikin39RCTYesYesYesYesLowLowLowYes
Camara43QuasiYesYesYesYesUnclearLowLowNo
Ayiasi46cRCTYesYesYesYesHighHighUnclearNo
Keogh40QuasiYesYesYesYesNAHighHighYes
Abdulkadir38RCTYesYesYesYesHighLowLowYes
Daniele36RCTYesYesYesYesUnclearLowLowYes
Digital interventions
Unger31RCTUnclearUnclearYesYesLowLowLowYes
Harrington33RCTYesYesYesYesUnclearHighLowYes
Educational interventions
Sebastian54QuasiYesYesYesYesUnclearLowLowYes
Maldonado35cRCTYesYesYesYesLowLowLowYes
Bang41QuasiYesYesYesYesNAHighUnclearYes
Lori42QuasiYesYesYesYesNALowHighYes
Sarnquist48QuasiYesYesYesYesNALowLowYes
Financial interventions
McConnell34RCTYesYesYesYesUnclearLowHighYes
Engineer52cRCTYesYesYesYesUnclearLowUnclearYes
Package of interventions
Jiusitthipraphai55QuasiYesYesYesYesNAHighLowYes

Guo23Huber-Krum24Pradhan25Puri26

cRSWDYesYesYesYesUnclearLowLowYes
Karra27cRSWDYesYesYesYesUnclearLowLowYes
Pearson28cRSWDYesYesYesYesUnclearLowLowYes
TrancRCTYesYesYesYesUnclearHighLowYes
TrancRCTYesYesYesYesLowLowLowYes
JarvisQuasiYesYesYesYesNAHighHighYes
KarraRCTYesYesYesYesLowLowHighYes
EspeyQuasiNRNRYesNANANANAUnclear
WuQuasiYesYesYesYesNALowLowYes
AhmedQuasiYesUnclearYesYesNAHighUnclearYes
CooperQuasiYesYesYesYesNALowUnclearYes
BuserQuasiYesYesYesNANANANAYes
MaruQuasiUnclearUnclearUnclearNANANANAYes
Training intervention
DhitalQuasiYesYesUnclearNANANALowYes
  • Abbreviations: cRCT, cluster randomized controlled trial; cRSWD, cluster-randomized stepped-wedge design; NA, not applicable; NR, not reported; RCT, randomized controlled trial.