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Table 2 Studies included in the scoping review

From: Experiences of type 2 diabetes in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review

Authors (Year)

Country

Participants

Methods

Themes Covered in the Study

Identifying type 2 diabetes

Hybridity of diabetes care

Impediments, improvisation and diabetes management

Sources of Support

Diabetes and HIV/AIDS

Adeniyi et al. (2015) [18]

South Africa

17 people with diabetes with HBA1c ≥ 9% registered in a single clinic

Interviews

x

 

x

x

 

Aikins (2003) [19]

Ghana

28 people with diabetes recruited using snowballing and opportunistic methods

Interviews

x

x

x

x

x

Aikins (2005) [20]

Ghana

26 urban people and 41 rural people with diabetes recruited through 2 clinics, 1 self-help group and snowball sampling

Interviews, Focus group discussion, Ethnography

x

x

x

 

x

Awah and Philimore (2008) [21]

Cameroon

82 people with diabetes registered at 1 of 4 clinics included in the study

Interview, Ethnography

x

x

x

 

x

Awah, Unwin and Phillimore (2008) [10]

Cameroon

20 people with diabetes and their families registered at 1 of 4 clinics

Participant Observation, Fieldwork, interviews, Focus group discussion

x

x

x

 

x

BeLue et al. (2012) [22]

Senegal

54 people with diabetes registered at a single clinic

Interviews

x

x

x

x

x

Booysen and Schlemmer (2015) [23]

South Africa

29 people with diabetes patients with Hgt > 12 mmol/l Recruited through a single community health centre

Interviews, Focus group discussion

x

 

x

x

 

Broder et al. (2014) [24]

Ghana

59 people with diabetes recruited from Ghana’s National Diabetes Research and Management Centre

Focus group discussion

x

x

x

  

Doherty et al. (2014) [25]

Ghana

40 people with diabetes registered at a single clinic

Focus groups, semi-structured interviews

x

 

x

  

Habte et al. (2016) [26]

Ethiopia

39 people with diabetes registered at 1 of 3 clinics

Semi-structured interviews

x

x

x

 

x

Hjelm and Nambozi (2008) [27]

Uganda

25 people with diabetes registered at a single clinic

Semi-structured interviews

x

x

x

  

Hjelm and Mufunda (2010) [8]

Zimbabwe

21 people with diabetes registered at a single clinic

Semi-structured interviews

x

x

x

x

 

Kagee, Le Roux and Dick, (2007) [28]

South Africa

9 people with diabetes registered at 1 of 4 clinics

Semi-structured interviews

x

 

x

x

 

Mendenhall and Norris (2015) [29]

South Africa

27 people with diabetes recruited from an existing cohort study

Semi-structured interviews

x

x

x

x

 

Metta et al. (2015a) [30]

Tanzania

35 people with diabetes recruited from a single clinic

Focus groups, semi-structured interviews

x

 

x

x

x

Metta et al. (2015b) [31]

Tanzania

19 people with diabetes recruited from the community and the local diabetes clinic

Semi-structured interviews

x

x

x

  

Murphy et al. (2010) [9]

South Africa

13 people with diabetes recruited from 1 of 3 community health centres

Semi-structured interviews

x

x

x

x

 

Mwangome et al. (2016) [32]

Tanzania

9 people with diabetes recruited from 1 faith-based organisation facility

Semi-structured interviews

x

 

x

x

x

Nielsen et al. (2016) [33]

Uganda

10 people with diabetes identified through a household survey

Survey, Interviews, Observation

x

 

x

x

 

O’Brien et al. (2015) [35]

South Africa

19 people with diabetes recruited from private and public healthcare providers

Interviews

 

x

x

x

 

Tewahido and Berhane (2017) [34]

Ethiopia

13 people with diabetes recruited from 1 of 2 clinics

Interviews

x

 

x

x