Using eHealth to engage and retain priority populations in the HIV treatment and care cascade in the Asia-Pacific region: a systematic review of literature

Table 5 Quality assessment

STUDY	Assigned design	COMPONENT RATINGS						GLOBAL RATING
STUDY	Assigned design	Selection bias	Study design	Confounders	Blinding	Data collection method	Withdrawals and dropouts	GLOBAL RATING
eHealth and HIV testing and linkage to care
Bourne et al	Cross-sectional	Moderate	Moderate	Strong	Moderate	Weak	Weak	Moderate
Zou et al	Cross-sectional	Weak	Moderate	Weak	Moderate	Weak	Weak	Weak
Cheng et al	Cross-sectional	Weak	Weak	Weak	Moderate	Weak	Weak	Weak
Ko et al	Cross-sectional	Moderate	Moderate	Strong	Moderate	Weak	Weak	Moderate
Minas et al	Cross-sectional	Weak	Moderate	Weak	Moderate	Weak	Weak	Weak
Pedrana et al	Cross-sectional	Moderate	Moderate	Weak	Moderate	Weak	Weak	Weak
Wilkinson et al	Cohort	Weak	Weak	Weak	Moderate	Weak	Weak	Weak
eHealth and HIV treatment adherence
Huang et al	RCT	Moderate	Strong	Strong	Moderate	Strong	Strong	Strong
Shet et al	RCT	Moderate	Strong	Strong	Moderate	Strong	Strong	Strong
Swendeman et al	Cohort	Weak	Moderate	Weak	Moderate	Weak	Strong	Weak
Tran et al	Cross-sectional	Moderate	Weak	Weak	Moderate	Weak	Weak	Weak
Uzma et al	RCT	Moderate	Strong	Strong	Moderate	Strong	Strong	Strong
Sabin et al. 2010	RCT	Moderate	Strong	Strong	Weak	Strong	Strong	Moderate
Sabin et al. 2015	RCT	Moderate	Strong	Strong	Moderate	Strong	Strong	Strong
Perera et al	RCT	Moderate	Strong	Strong	Moderate	Strong	Strong	Strong
eHealth and HIV testing, linkage to care and treatment adherence
Mi et al	RCT	Moderate	Strong	Strong	Moderate	Weak	Strong	Moderate

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