Table 1 Quality assessment of the included RCTs
From: Community based interventions for the prevention and control of tuberculosis
Article | Randomization | Sequence generation | Allocation concealment | Blinding of participants | Blinding of assessors | Selective reporting |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Atkins 2011 [11] | No | No | No | Not clear | Not clear | Not clear |
Barker 2002 [12] | No | No | Not clear | Not clear | Not clear | No |
Clarke 2005 [15] | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Colvin 2003 [16] | No | No | No | Not clear | Not clear | Yes |
Corbett 2010 [17] | Yes | Not clear | Yes | No | Yes | No |
Dudley 2003 [19] | No | No | No | Not clear | Not clear | No |
Fairall 2005 [20] | Yes | Yes | Not clear | No | Yes | No |
Ferreira 2011 [21] | No | No | No | Not clear | Not clear | No |
Filho 2009 [14] | No | No | No | Not clear | Not clear | Yes |
Kironde 2002 [23] | No | No | No | Not clear | Not clear | No |
Vieira 2011 [31] | No | No | No | Not clear | Not clear | Not clear |
White 2002 [33] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not clear | Not clear | No |
Zwarenstein 2000 [35] | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Vassal 2002 [30] | Not clear | Not clear | Not clear | Not clear | Not clear | Not clear |
Prado 2011 [27] | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Mafigiri 2012 [24] | No | No | No | No | Not clear | No |
Niazi 2003 [26] | No | No | No | No | Not clear | No |
Uwimana 2012 [28] | Yes | Not clear | Not clear | Not clear | Not clear | No |
Yassin 2013 [34] | No | No | No | Not clear | Not clear | No |
CDI group | Yes | Not clear | Not clear | Not clear | Not clear | Not clear |
Miti 2003 [25] | No | No | No | Not clear | Not clear | No |
Zwarenstein 1998 [50] | Yes | Not clear | Not clear | No | No | No |
Chaisson 2001 [37] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not clear | Not clear | No |
Heal 1998 [39] | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Kamolratanakul 1999 [40] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Khan 2002 [41] | Yes | Not clear | Not clear | Not clear | Not clear | No |
Lwilla 2003 [42] | Yes | Not clear | Not clear | No | No | Yes |
MacIntyre 2003 [43] | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
Malotte 2001 [44] | Yes | No | Yes | Not clear | Not clear | No |
Newell 2006 [45] | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No |
Ollé-Goig 2001 [46] | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Walley 2001 [47] | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
Wandwalo 2004 [48] | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
Wright 2004 [49] | Yes | No | Yes | Not clear | Not clear | No |