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Table 4 Overview of the studies reviewed

From: Which aspects of health care are most valued by people living with HIV in high-income countries? A systematic review

Study

Country

Aim relevant to this review

Methods

Service type

HIV+ Sample

N (HIV+)

Mean Age (Years)

Gender (% male)

Ethnicity

Allan & Clarke (2005)

UK

To determine whether existing HIV services in Leeds meet the needs of HIV-positive asylum seekers.

Qualitative: Interviews

GUM service

Asylum seekers

14

Not stated

Not stated

Not stated

Baker et al. (2014)

USA

To analyse satisfaction with health care among African American women living with HIV/AIDS

Quantitative: Questionnaire

HIV outpatient clinic

African American women

157

40 (SD 9)

0

100% African American

Bennett et al. (2014)

UK

To explore the experience and needs of people living with HIV who are accessing healthcare services.

Qualitative: Focus groups

Not stated

General

16

Not stated

44

Not stated

Bodenlos et al. (2004)

USA

To develop and validate an instrument to measure patient attitudes toward Health Care Professionals in the HIV population.

Quantitative: Questionnaire

Outpatient clinic

General

129

38 (median) (Range 18–61)

57

83% African American 16% Caucasian

1% Hispanic

Dang et al. (2012)

USA

To determine components which contribute to patients’ satisfaction with HIV care and the relative importance of each component.

Quantitative: Questionnaire

HIV outpatient service

General

489

48 (SD 11)

71

61% Non Hispanic Black

15% Non Hispanic White

21% Hispanic 3% Other

Davis-Michaud et al. (2004)

USA

To explore patient preferences regarding HIV care.

Qualitative and quantitative: Focus groups and ranking exercise

Not specified

General

29

41 (Range 26–60)

69

25% African American

7% Latino

62% Caucasian

3% Asian

3% Native American

Dawson-Rose et al. (2005)

USA

To identify barriers and facilitators to care among HIV positive injection drug users.

Qualitative: Interviews

Not specified

Injection drug users

161

35 (SD 7)

50

62 % African American 13% Latino 21% Caucasian 4% Mixed/Other

Emlet & Berghuis (2002)

USA

To explore service use differences between younger and older persons with HIV/AIDS?

Quantitative: Questionnaire

Not specified

General (Divided into groups based on age)

287

Younger group

34 (SD 3.9)

Older group

54 (SD 4.5)

Younger group

86

Older group

94

Younger group

70% White

29% Non-white

Older group

78% White

21% Non-white

Harrison et al. (2009)

UK

To conduct a patient survey to help design a new HIV/Sexual Health service.

Quantitative: Questionnaire

HIV/sexual health outpatient clinic

General

59

Not stated

Not stated

38% African

Hekkink et al. (2003)

Netherlands

To develop and validate a questionnaire to measure the quality of HIV care from the patient’s perspective.

Qualitative and quantitative: Focus groups and questionnaire

Not specified

General

Focus groups 15

Questionnaire

44

Focus groups 49 (Range 30–62)

Questionnaire 43 (SD 7.6)

Focus groups

80

Questionnaire

84

Not stated

Hekkink et al. (2005)

Netherlands

To compare patients’ perceptions of the quality of HIV care received from nursing consultants, HIV specialists and GPs.

Quantitative: Questionnaire

GP and specialist HIV care

General

153

44 (SD 7.4)

90

Not stated

Hope et al. (2001)

UK

To collect data to inform the improvement of HIV/GUM services in West London.

Quantitative: Questionnaire

HIV/GUM outpatient clinic

General

202

16 % ≤30 yrs

84 % > 30 yrs

88

82% White

8% Black

6% Mixed race

3% Asian

Laschinger et al. (2005)

Canada

To describe and compare perceptions of HIV care from the perspectives of patients and health care professionals.

Qualitative: Focus groups

HIV/mixed outpatient clinics

General

Not stated

Not stated

Not stated

Not stated

Mallinson et al. (2007)

USA

To discover what specific provider behaviours influence engagement in HIV care from the client’s perspective.

Qualitative: Interviews

Community services/clinics

General

76

39

(Range 19–58)

51

51% African American 19% Hispanic 13% Mixed race 12% White/Caucasian

4% Native American 1% Asian

McCoy (2005)

Canada

To explore HIV patients' perceptions of 'good doctoring'.

Qualitative: Interviews and focus groups

Community services/clinics

General

79

Early 20s to late 50s

72

Not stated

Moore et al. (2010)

USA

To assess the value of the QUOTE-HIV questionnaire to identify African American patients’ perceptions of HIV care and further explore health care disparities in the HIV-positive African American population.

Qualitative and quantitative: Questionnaire and focus groups

Mixed

African-Americans

Questionnaire 55

Interviews

16

Range 20-59

69

100% African American

Pollard et al. (2015)

UK

To examine patients’ preferences for the future delivery of services

Qualitative: Focus groups

HIV outpatient clinic

General

74

Not stated

61

41% White British

4% White other

41% Black African

7% Other Black

3% Mixed race

Ndirangu & Evans (2009)

UK

To explore migrant African women's experiences of coping with HIV and their views about the HIV services.

Qualitative: Interviews

Hospital clinic/drop in centre

African women living in the UK

8

Range 30s-50

0

62% Zimbabwean

13% Congolese

25% Malawian

Sullivan et al. (2000)

USA

To explore the extent to which various aspects of the doctor-patient relationship were associated with overall satisfaction with the doctor.

Quantitative: Two satisfaction questions

Outpatient clinic

General

146

37 (SD 7.9)

75

49% Black

21% Hispanic

30% White

Tsasis et al. (2000)

Canada

To explore factors associated with satisfaction with HIV care.

Quantitative: Questionnaire

Outpatient clinic

General

193

Majority aged 30–49 years

91

Not stated

Vyavaharkar et al. (2008)

USA

To explore the perceptions of the availability, accessibility, and quality of HIV health care and social services of African American women residing in rural South Carolina.

Qualitative: Focus groups

Not stated

African-American women

22

44 (SD 9.2)

0

100% African American

Williams et al. (2011)

USA

To determine the barriers to and facilitators of consistently attending HIV medical care visits among a group of PLWH who had successfully negotiated enrolling in HIV care.

Qualitative: Focus groups

Public infectious disease clinic

General

25

40

(Range 24–54)

60

84% African American

Zablotska et al. (2009)

Australia

To explore service needs of gay men living with HIV and any barriers to accessing them.

Quantitative: Questionnaire

Mixed (GP/outpatient services/sexual health clinics)

Men who have sex with men

270

46 (median)

(Range 26–72)

100

Not stated

  1. GP = General practitioner; GUM = Genitourinary Medicine