Table 2 Studies with data on barriers to and/or enablers of ART uptake in the context of integrated HIV/TB treatment in sub-Saharan Africa

Kumwenda, 2011

Rural and urban Malawi

Mixed methods: historical cohort study (quantitative) and cross-sectional survey with IDIs (qualitative)

996 HIV/TB co-infected patients

99 newly registered TB patients for IDIs

996-quantitative

99-qualitative

Patel, 2014

Urban DRC

Quantitative: Prospective cohort

HIV/TB co-infected patients

492

Pepper, 2011

Urban slum,

South Africa

Quantitative: Secondary analysis of prospective cohort data

HIV/TB co-infected patients

100

Levin, 2006

Urban South Africa

Mixed-methods cross-sectional study using semi-structured questionnaire with qualitative fields

HIV/TB co-infected persons of predominantly low socioeconomic status

85

Nansera, 2010

Rural Uganda

Mixed methods: cross-sectional study including key informant interviews for qualitative data

Workers of 22 health units

88

Njozing, 2010

Rural and urban Cameroon

Quantitative: retrospective cohort

Staff of hospitals providing TB/HIV treatment and support services

1220

Ndagijimana, 2015

Rural and urban Rwanda

Mixed methods:

Quantitative component: Retrospective cohort

Qualitative component: cross-sectional with data collection via IDIs and FGDs

-Staff of health facilities (IDIs)

-HIV/TB co-infected patients (FGDs)

24 IDIs and 12 FGDs

Wajanga, 2014

Urban Tanzania

Qualitative: Cross-sectional with data collection via IDIs

Hospital staff including administrators, laboratory technicians, pharmacists, and physicians

26 IDIs

Chileshe, 2010

Rural Zambia

Qualitative: ethnographic case-studies

HIV/TB co-infected patients and their households

7 case studies

Tweya, 2014

Urban Malawi

Quantitative: retrospective cohort

HIV/TB co-infected patients

377