Table 1 Summary of included studies
From: A systematic review of community based hepatitis C treatment
Study | Year | Country | Design | Intervention | Facility | n | Rx uptake | SVR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n (%) | n (%) | |||||||
Arora | 2011 | USA | Prospective cohort study of treatment outcome | Telehealth to support primary care (in community and prison) | Tertiary | 146 | 84/146 (58) | |
Primary total (Prisoners) | 261 (106) | 152/261 (58) | ||||||
Bruce | 2012 | USA | Randomised controlled trial of treatment uptake and outcome | Directly observed therapy in OST clinic vs self administered treatment in tertiary clinic | Tertiary | 9 | 4/9 (44) | 1/4 (33) |
Primary | 12 | 12/12 (100) | 6/12 (75) | |||||
Chen | 2014 | Taiwan | Prospective cohort study of treatment outcome | Telecare | Tertiary | 150 | 99/150 (66) | |
Telecare | 148 | 102/148 (69) | ||||||
Gigi | 2013 | Greece | Retrospective cohort study of treatment uptake | Rx in OST clinic | Tertiary | 643 Ab+ | 276/643 (43) | |
Primary | 204 Ab+ | 17/204 (8) | ||||||
Jou | 2013 | USA | Retrospective cohort study of treatment outcome | Analysis of data by Rx site | Academic | 1905 | 760/1905 (40) | |
Community | 1165 | 455/1165 (39) | ||||||
Kramer | 2010 | USA | Retrospective cohort study of treatment uptake | Specialist clinic | 24,853 | 3537 (14) | ||
Primary Care clinic | 1929 | 251 (13) | ||||||
Kuo | 2015 | Taiwan | Prospective cohort study of treatment uptake and outcome | Rx in community | Pre intervention | 18 | 4/18 (22) | 2/4 (50) |
Post intervention | 3/16 (19) | 3/3 (100) | ||||||
Moriarty | 2001 | New Zealand | Observational study of treatment uptake | Rx co-located at NSP site | Tertiary | 51 | 1 (2) | |
Primary | 4 (8) | |||||||
Moussalli | 2010 | France | Observational study of treatment uptake | Rx in OST clinic | Pre intervention | 337 | 2/337 (0.6) | |
Post intervention | 85/335 (25) | 37/85 (44) | ||||||
Myers | 2011 | Canada | Observational study of treatment outcomes | Academic | 133 | 79/133 (59) | ||
Community | 250 | 120/250 (48) | ||||||
Nazareth | 2013 | Australia | Retrospective cohort study of treatment outcomes | Telehealth | Tertiary | 528 | 311/528 (59) | |
Telehealth | 50 | 36/50 (72) | ||||||
Niederau | 2014 | Germany | Prospective cohort study of treatment outcome | Analysis of adherence to guidelines by Rx site | Hospital based | 621 | 290/621 (47) | |
Private practice | 3778 | 1744/3778 (46) | ||||||
Rossaro | 2013 | USA | Retrospective cohort study of treatment outcomes | Telehealth | Tertiary | 40 | 16/37 (43) | |
Telehealth | 40 | 21/38 (55) |