Author (year) | Study design (year of data collection) | Sampling method | Sample description | Outcomes of interest | Country | Study quality |
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Entz et al. (2000)a [18] | Cross-sectional survey (1998) | Convenience sampling at fishing ports | N=818 Fishermen (582 Thai, 137 Burmese, 99 Cambodian) | HIV/AIDS, Condom use, Alcohol/drug use | Thailand | Good |
Entz et al. (2001)a [19] | Cross-sectional survey (1998) | Convenience sampling at fishing ports | N=818 Fishermen (582 Thai, 137 Burmese, 99 Cambodian) | Sexual health, Treatment seeking behaviour | Thailand | Good |
Nguyen et al. (2011)[27] | Cross-sectional survey (2007) | Purposive sampling via marine companies | N=94 Vietnamese seafarers | HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis B | Vietnam | Poor |
Ford and Chamrathrithirong (2007)b [20] | Cross-sectional baseline survey (2004) | Stratified, snowball sampling by occupational/ geographic groups | N=1603 Fishermen (1263 Burmese, 333 Cambodian) | Condom use | Thailand | Good |
Ford and Chamrathrithirong (2008)b [21] | Mixed methods study, cross-sectional baseline survey (2004) (study [20]), Qualitative interviews, focus groups (2007) | Stratified snowball sampling by occupational/geographic groups (quantitative), Purposive sampling (qualitative) | N=1603 Fishermen (1263 Burmese, 333 Cambodian), N=29 key informants, N=4 focus groups (5-7 Fishermen each) | Condom use, HIV/AIDS knowledge | Thailand | Good |
Musumari and Chamchan (2016)* [22] | Cross-sectional baseline (2010), endline survey (2014)* | Stratified, snowball sampling by occupational/ geographic groups | Baseline: N=578 Fishermen (148 Myanmar, 430 Cambodian). Endline: N=510 Fishermen (125 Myanmar, 385 Cambodian) | Condom use, HIV/AIDS knowledge | Thailand | Good |
MOPH (2011) [26] | Cross-sectional baseline survey (2003-5) for randomized trial | Consecutive sampling in n=47 health service provider screening sites | N=194 Thai fishermen (N=192 screened/tested for HIV) | HIV/AIDS | Thailand | Good |
Sopheab et al. (2006) [24] | Cross-sectional household and individual survey (2002) | Stratified random cluster sampling | N=262 Cambodian fishermen | Condom use, Healthcare seeking behaviour | Cambodia | Fair |
Ohnmar et al. (2009) [23] | Cross-sectional household survey (1999) | Random sampling | N=639 Burmese fishermen | Sexual health – penile practices, Condom use | Thailand | Good |
Samnang et al. (2004) [25] | Cross-sectional survey (2000) | Convenience sampling | N=262 Cambodian fishermen | HIV/AIDS/Sexual health, Condom use, Alcohol use | Cambodia | Good |
UNAIDs (1998) [28] | Cross-sectional survey, Qualitative in-depth interviews (year unclear) | Convenience sampling (seafarers/ fishermen), Purposive sampling (key informants) | N=110 Vietnamese seafarers/fishermen, N=173 Key informants | HIV/AIDS knowledge, Drug use, Treatment seeking behaviour | Vietnam | Poor |
Levin et al. (2010)c^ [42] | Cross-sectional survey (2005) | Convenience sampling at fishing port | N=78 Fishermen (82% Vietnamese) | Occupational health – hours, work safety attitudes | USA | Fair |
Carruth et al. (2010)c^ [43] | Focus groups, sampled from study [42] participants (year unclear) | Purposive sampling | N=3 Focus groups - 15 participants (9 Male, 6 Female, Vietnamese fishers/ key informants) | Occupational health - work safety attitudes | USA | Good |
Levin et al. (2016)d^ [29] | Cross-sectional baseline (2008) endline (2012) surveys in prospective quasi-experimental community trial | Consecutive, convenience sampling (baseline), convenience sampling (endline) (3 sites/interventions) | Baseline: N=227 Fishers (97% Vietnamese, 86% Male). Endline: N=206 Fishermen (99.0% Vietnamese, 89% Male) | Occupational health – work safety attitudes, hypertension | USA | Fair |
Levin et al. (2016)d^ [59] | Cross sectional survey (2008) | Consecutive, convenience sampling | N=227 Fishers (96.9% Vietnamese, 86% Male) | Occupational health - hearing loss | USA | Fair |
Hansen et al. (2008) [44] | Secondary analysis of accident reporting data from 4 sources (2003) | NA, Administrative records | N=3253 Southeast Asian seafarers (668 Thai, 59 Vietnamese) | Occupational health - accidents | Denmark | Fair |
Pe et al. (2005)e^ [40] | Cross-sectional household survey (2003) | Unclear (suggests every household sampled – could be census) | N=46 Sea snake bite victims (98% Fishermen) | Occupational health – sea snake bite, Treatment seeking behaviour, clinical symptoms | Myanmar | Fair/Poor |
Pe et al. (2006)e^ [41] | Cross sectional household surveys (2003-4) (includes study [40]) | Unclear (suggests every household sampled – could be census) | N=187 Sea snake bite victims (85% Fishermen) | Occupational health – sea snake bite, Treatment seeking behaviour, clinical symptoms | Myanmar | Fair/Poor |
Doung-ngern et al. (2007) [35] | Cross-sectional survey, examination of medical records (2005) | Case series | N=28 Fishermen (4 Thai, 24 Burmese) | Occupational health – beriberi, clinical symptoms | Thailand | Fair |
Kiss et al. (2015)^^ [31] | Cross-sectional survey (2011-13) | Prospective consecutive sampling in post-trafficking services | N=275 Fishermen (Trafficked, 217 Cambodian – 196 Long-haul, 55 Burmese/Short-haul, 2 Thai, 1 don’t know)** | Occupational health– hazards, injuries, Violence, Mental health Treatment seeking behaviour | Thailand, Cambodia | Good |