Table 1

Study characteristics

Citation	Year conducted	Country	Setting of HCT	Setting of assessment	Gender	Age range
(A) Sites receiving HCT vs sites not receiving HCT
Corbett et al21	2002–2004	Zimbabwe	Workplace (intervention) clinic (control)	Workplace	Predominantly male	<24 to >55 years
(B) Individuals receiving HCT vs individuals not receiving HCT
Machekano et al26	1993–1995	Zimbabwe	Workplace (pretest), work clinic (post-test)	Workplace	Male	<20 to >46 years
Matovu et al24	1999–2000	Uganda	Home	Population-based survey	Male and female	15–49 years
Matovu et al22	1994-not stated	Uganda	Home	Population-based survey	Male and female	15–49 years
Sherr et al25	1998–2003	Zimbabwe	Mobile HCT	Population-based survey	Male and female	17–54 years
Rosenberg et al23	2006–2011	South Africa	Not standardised	Population-based survey	Male and female	15–24 years
(C) Individuals receiving HCT alone vs individuals receiving HCT as a couple
Allen et al28^,32	1988–1990	Rwanda	Clinic	Clinic	Female	18–35 years
Okiria et al27	2006–2008	Uganda	Home	Home-based testing programme	Male and female	13 to >60 years*

*Those 13–17 years who were married were considered emancipated minors and able to provide informed consent. Otherwise minimum age was 18 years.
HCT, HIV counselling and testing.