Table 1.

Study characteristics of the 52 studies included in the review

Study (first author, year)Study characteristics (design, type)Sample characteristics (country)Study perspective (gender; individual; community)Manifestation of NTD
Lymphatic filariasis
 Ahorlu, 199924Design not stated
Qualitative study
GhanaIndividual & communityElephantiasis & hydrocele
 Ahorlu, 200131Design not stated
Qualitative study
GhanaMale; individual & communityHydrocele
 Babu, 200932Ethnographic design
Qualitative study
IndiaMale; individual & communityHydrocele
 Bandyopadhyay, 199633Design not stated
Qualitative study
IndiaFemale; individualLymphedema
 Coreil, 199825Ethnographic design
Qualitative study
HaitiIndividual & communityElephantiasis
 Gyapong, 199626Multi-disciplinary design
Qualitative study
GhanaIndividual & communityNA
 Gyapong, 200034Ethnographic design
Qualitative and quantitative study
GhanaMale; individual & communityHydrocele
 Hunter, 199235Case study design
Quantitative study
GhanaCommunityElephantiasis
 Kumari, 200528Design not stated
Qualitative and quantitative study
IndiaIndividual & communityNA
 Kumari, 201036Design not stated
Qualitative study
IndiaIndividualNA
 Lu, 198827Design not stated
Qualitative and quantitative study
PhilippinesIndividual & communityNA
 Perera, 200729Design not stated
Qualitative study
Sri LankaIndividualElephantiasis & hydrocele
 Person, 200738Grounded theory design
Qualitative study
Dominican RepublicFemale; individualLymphedema
 Person, 200813Grounded theory design
Qualitative study
Dominican RepublicFemale; individualLymphedema & elephantiasis
 Person, 200937Grounded theory design
Qualitative study
Dominican Republic & GhanaFemale; individualLymphedema
 Rauyajin, 199530Anthropological design
Qualitative and quantitative study
ThailandIndividual & communityNA
 Suma, 200339Design not stated
Qualitative study
IndiaIndividualLymphedema
 Wijesinghe, 200740Cross-sectional design
Quantitative study
Sri LankaIndividualLymphedema
Podoconiosis
 Ayode, 201245Design not stated
Qualitative study
EthiopiaIndividual & communityNA
 Ayode, 201346Design not stated
Qualitative study
EthiopiaIndividual & communityNA
 Deribe, 201343Cross-sectional design
Quantitative study
EthiopiaIndividualNA
 Molla, 201252Cross-sectional design
Quantitative study
EthiopiaIndividual & communityNA
 Mousley, 201350Comparative cross-sectional design
Quantitative study
EthiopiaIndividual & communityNA
 Mousley, 201551Comparative cross-sectional design
Quantitative study
EthiopiaIndividual & communityNA
 Tekola, 200947Design not stated
Qualitative study
EthiopiaIndividual & communityNA
 Tora, 201148Cross-sectional design
Qualitative study
EthiopiaIndividual & communityNA
 Tora, 201249Cross-sectional design
Qualitative study
EthiopiaIndividual & communityNA
 Tora, 201444Cross-sectional design
Qualitative study
EthiopiaIndividualNA
 Yakob, 200841Cross-sectional design
Quantitative study
EthiopiaCommunityNA
 Yakob, 201042Cross-sectional design
Quantitative study
EthiopiaCommunityNA
Buruli ulcer
 Adamba, 201153Design not stated
Qualitative and quantitative study
GhanaIndividualNA
 Amoakoh, 201354Cross-sectional design
Qualitative and quantitative study
GhanaIndividual & communityNA
 Aujoulat, 200355Design not stated
Qualitative study
BeninIndividual & communityNA
 Mulder, 200857Design not stated
Qualitative and quantitative study
BeninIndividual & communityNA
 Renzaho, 200758Cross-sectional design
Qualitative and quantitative study
GhanaCommunityNA
 Stienstra, 200259Anthropological design
Qualitative and quantitative study
GhanaIndividual & communityNA
 de Zeeuw, 201456Cross-sectional design
Quantitative study
Ghana & BeninIndividual & communityNA
Onchocerciasis
 Brieger, 199861Survey design
Qualitative and quantitative study
NigeriaIndividual & communityOnchocercal skin disease
 Pan-African Study Group on Onchocercal Skin Disease, 199562Cross-sectional design
Qualitative and quantitative study
Cameroon, Ghana, Nigeria, Tanzania & UgandaIndividual & communityOnchocercal skin disease
 Tchounkneu, 201263Cross-sectional design
Qualitative and quantitative study
Cameroon, DRC , Nigeria & UgandaIndividual & communityNA
 Vlassoff, 200064Cross-sectional survey design
Qualitative and quantitative study
Cameroon, Ghana, Nigeria & UgandaIndividual & communityOnchocercal skin disease
 Wagbatsoma, 200460Cross-sectional design
Quantitative study
NigeriaIndividualNA
Schistosomiasis
 Musuva, 201465Cross-sectional design
Qualitative study
KenyaCommunityNA
 Mwanga, 200467Design not stated
Qualitative and quantitative study
TanzaniaIndividual & communityUrological & intestinal
 Odhiambo, 201466Cross-sectional design
Qualitative study
KenyaCommunityIntestinal
 Takougang, 200468Design not stated
Qualitative and quantitative study
CameroonIndividual & communityUrological
Leishmaniasis
 Reithinger, 200569Design not stated
Qualitative and quantitative study
AfghanistanCommunityNA
 Yanik, 200470Case-control design
Quantitative study
TurkeyIndividual & communityCutaneous
Chagas disease
 Guariento, 199971Survey design
Quantitative study
BrazilIndividualNA
Human African trypanosomiasis
 Robays, 200772Survey design
Qualitative study
DRCCommunityNA
Soil transmitted helminthiasis
 Schuster, 201173Design not stated
Quantitative study
BrazilIndividualHookworm related cutaneous larva migrans
Trachoma
 Palmer, 201474Design not stated
Qualitative study
NigeriaFemale; individual & communityTrichiasis
Study (first author, year)Study characteristics (design, type)Sample characteristics (country)Study perspective (gender; individual; community)Manifestation of NTD
Lymphatic filariasis
 Ahorlu, 199924Design not stated
Qualitative study
GhanaIndividual & communityElephantiasis & hydrocele
 Ahorlu, 200131Design not stated
Qualitative study
GhanaMale; individual & communityHydrocele
 Babu, 200932Ethnographic design
Qualitative study
IndiaMale; individual & communityHydrocele
 Bandyopadhyay, 199633Design not stated
Qualitative study
IndiaFemale; individualLymphedema
 Coreil, 199825Ethnographic design
Qualitative study
HaitiIndividual & communityElephantiasis
 Gyapong, 199626Multi-disciplinary design
Qualitative study
GhanaIndividual & communityNA
 Gyapong, 200034Ethnographic design
Qualitative and quantitative study
GhanaMale; individual & communityHydrocele
 Hunter, 199235Case study design
Quantitative study
GhanaCommunityElephantiasis
 Kumari, 200528Design not stated
Qualitative and quantitative study
IndiaIndividual & communityNA
 Kumari, 201036Design not stated
Qualitative study
IndiaIndividualNA
 Lu, 198827Design not stated
Qualitative and quantitative study
PhilippinesIndividual & communityNA
 Perera, 200729Design not stated
Qualitative study
Sri LankaIndividualElephantiasis & hydrocele
 Person, 200738Grounded theory design
Qualitative study
Dominican RepublicFemale; individualLymphedema
 Person, 200813Grounded theory design
Qualitative study
Dominican RepublicFemale; individualLymphedema & elephantiasis
 Person, 200937Grounded theory design
Qualitative study
Dominican Republic & GhanaFemale; individualLymphedema
 Rauyajin, 199530Anthropological design
Qualitative and quantitative study
ThailandIndividual & communityNA
 Suma, 200339Design not stated
Qualitative study
IndiaIndividualLymphedema
 Wijesinghe, 200740Cross-sectional design
Quantitative study
Sri LankaIndividualLymphedema
Podoconiosis
 Ayode, 201245Design not stated
Qualitative study
EthiopiaIndividual & communityNA
 Ayode, 201346Design not stated
Qualitative study
EthiopiaIndividual & communityNA
 Deribe, 201343Cross-sectional design
Quantitative study
EthiopiaIndividualNA
 Molla, 201252Cross-sectional design
Quantitative study
EthiopiaIndividual & communityNA
 Mousley, 201350Comparative cross-sectional design
Quantitative study
EthiopiaIndividual & communityNA
 Mousley, 201551Comparative cross-sectional design
Quantitative study
EthiopiaIndividual & communityNA
 Tekola, 200947Design not stated
Qualitative study
EthiopiaIndividual & communityNA
 Tora, 201148Cross-sectional design
Qualitative study
EthiopiaIndividual & communityNA
 Tora, 201249Cross-sectional design
Qualitative study
EthiopiaIndividual & communityNA
 Tora, 201444Cross-sectional design
Qualitative study
EthiopiaIndividualNA
 Yakob, 200841Cross-sectional design
Quantitative study
EthiopiaCommunityNA
 Yakob, 201042Cross-sectional design
Quantitative study
EthiopiaCommunityNA
Buruli ulcer
 Adamba, 201153Design not stated
Qualitative and quantitative study
GhanaIndividualNA
 Amoakoh, 201354Cross-sectional design
Qualitative and quantitative study
GhanaIndividual & communityNA
 Aujoulat, 200355Design not stated
Qualitative study
BeninIndividual & communityNA
 Mulder, 200857Design not stated
Qualitative and quantitative study
BeninIndividual & communityNA
 Renzaho, 200758Cross-sectional design
Qualitative and quantitative study
GhanaCommunityNA
 Stienstra, 200259Anthropological design
Qualitative and quantitative study
GhanaIndividual & communityNA
 de Zeeuw, 201456Cross-sectional design
Quantitative study
Ghana & BeninIndividual & communityNA
Onchocerciasis
 Brieger, 199861Survey design
Qualitative and quantitative study
NigeriaIndividual & communityOnchocercal skin disease
 Pan-African Study Group on Onchocercal Skin Disease, 199562Cross-sectional design
Qualitative and quantitative study
Cameroon, Ghana, Nigeria, Tanzania & UgandaIndividual & communityOnchocercal skin disease
 Tchounkneu, 201263Cross-sectional design
Qualitative and quantitative study
Cameroon, DRC , Nigeria & UgandaIndividual & communityNA
 Vlassoff, 200064Cross-sectional survey design
Qualitative and quantitative study
Cameroon, Ghana, Nigeria & UgandaIndividual & communityOnchocercal skin disease
 Wagbatsoma, 200460Cross-sectional design
Quantitative study
NigeriaIndividualNA
Schistosomiasis
 Musuva, 201465Cross-sectional design
Qualitative study
KenyaCommunityNA
 Mwanga, 200467Design not stated
Qualitative and quantitative study
TanzaniaIndividual & communityUrological & intestinal
 Odhiambo, 201466Cross-sectional design
Qualitative study
KenyaCommunityIntestinal
 Takougang, 200468Design not stated
Qualitative and quantitative study
CameroonIndividual & communityUrological
Leishmaniasis
 Reithinger, 200569Design not stated
Qualitative and quantitative study
AfghanistanCommunityNA
 Yanik, 200470Case-control design
Quantitative study
TurkeyIndividual & communityCutaneous
Chagas disease
 Guariento, 199971Survey design
Quantitative study
BrazilIndividualNA
Human African trypanosomiasis
 Robays, 200772Survey design
Qualitative study
DRCCommunityNA
Soil transmitted helminthiasis
 Schuster, 201173Design not stated
Quantitative study
BrazilIndividualHookworm related cutaneous larva migrans
Trachoma
 Palmer, 201474Design not stated
Qualitative study
NigeriaFemale; individual & communityTrichiasis

DRC: Democratic Republic of Congo; NA: not applicable; NTD: neglected tropical disease.

Table 1.

Study characteristics of the 52 studies included in the review

Study (first author, year)Study characteristics (design, type)Sample characteristics (country)Study perspective (gender; individual; community)Manifestation of NTD
Lymphatic filariasis
 Ahorlu, 199924Design not stated
Qualitative study
GhanaIndividual & communityElephantiasis & hydrocele
 Ahorlu, 200131Design not stated
Qualitative study
GhanaMale; individual & communityHydrocele
 Babu, 200932Ethnographic design
Qualitative study
IndiaMale; individual & communityHydrocele
 Bandyopadhyay, 199633Design not stated
Qualitative study
IndiaFemale; individualLymphedema
 Coreil, 199825Ethnographic design
Qualitative study
HaitiIndividual & communityElephantiasis
 Gyapong, 199626Multi-disciplinary design
Qualitative study
GhanaIndividual & communityNA
 Gyapong, 200034Ethnographic design
Qualitative and quantitative study
GhanaMale; individual & communityHydrocele
 Hunter, 199235Case study design
Quantitative study
GhanaCommunityElephantiasis
 Kumari, 200528Design not stated
Qualitative and quantitative study
IndiaIndividual & communityNA
 Kumari, 201036Design not stated
Qualitative study
IndiaIndividualNA
 Lu, 198827Design not stated
Qualitative and quantitative study
PhilippinesIndividual & communityNA
 Perera, 200729Design not stated
Qualitative study
Sri LankaIndividualElephantiasis & hydrocele
 Person, 200738Grounded theory design
Qualitative study
Dominican RepublicFemale; individualLymphedema
 Person, 200813Grounded theory design
Qualitative study
Dominican RepublicFemale; individualLymphedema & elephantiasis
 Person, 200937Grounded theory design
Qualitative study
Dominican Republic & GhanaFemale; individualLymphedema
 Rauyajin, 199530Anthropological design
Qualitative and quantitative study
ThailandIndividual & communityNA
 Suma, 200339Design not stated
Qualitative study
IndiaIndividualLymphedema
 Wijesinghe, 200740Cross-sectional design
Quantitative study
Sri LankaIndividualLymphedema
Podoconiosis
 Ayode, 201245Design not stated
Qualitative study
EthiopiaIndividual & communityNA
 Ayode, 201346Design not stated
Qualitative study
EthiopiaIndividual & communityNA
 Deribe, 201343Cross-sectional design
Quantitative study
EthiopiaIndividualNA
 Molla, 201252Cross-sectional design
Quantitative study
EthiopiaIndividual & communityNA
 Mousley, 201350Comparative cross-sectional design
Quantitative study
EthiopiaIndividual & communityNA
 Mousley, 201551Comparative cross-sectional design
Quantitative study
EthiopiaIndividual & communityNA
 Tekola, 200947Design not stated
Qualitative study
EthiopiaIndividual & communityNA
 Tora, 201148Cross-sectional design
Qualitative study
EthiopiaIndividual & communityNA
 Tora, 201249Cross-sectional design
Qualitative study
EthiopiaIndividual & communityNA
 Tora, 201444Cross-sectional design
Qualitative study
EthiopiaIndividualNA
 Yakob, 200841Cross-sectional design
Quantitative study
EthiopiaCommunityNA
 Yakob, 201042Cross-sectional design
Quantitative study
EthiopiaCommunityNA
Buruli ulcer
 Adamba, 201153Design not stated
Qualitative and quantitative study
GhanaIndividualNA
 Amoakoh, 201354Cross-sectional design
Qualitative and quantitative study
GhanaIndividual & communityNA
 Aujoulat, 200355Design not stated
Qualitative study
BeninIndividual & communityNA
 Mulder, 200857Design not stated
Qualitative and quantitative study
BeninIndividual & communityNA
 Renzaho, 200758Cross-sectional design
Qualitative and quantitative study
GhanaCommunityNA
 Stienstra, 200259Anthropological design
Qualitative and quantitative study
GhanaIndividual & communityNA
 de Zeeuw, 201456Cross-sectional design
Quantitative study
Ghana & BeninIndividual & communityNA
Onchocerciasis
 Brieger, 199861Survey design
Qualitative and quantitative study
NigeriaIndividual & communityOnchocercal skin disease
 Pan-African Study Group on Onchocercal Skin Disease, 199562Cross-sectional design
Qualitative and quantitative study
Cameroon, Ghana, Nigeria, Tanzania & UgandaIndividual & communityOnchocercal skin disease
 Tchounkneu, 201263Cross-sectional design
Qualitative and quantitative study
Cameroon, DRC , Nigeria & UgandaIndividual & communityNA
 Vlassoff, 200064Cross-sectional survey design
Qualitative and quantitative study
Cameroon, Ghana, Nigeria & UgandaIndividual & communityOnchocercal skin disease
 Wagbatsoma, 200460Cross-sectional design
Quantitative study
NigeriaIndividualNA
Schistosomiasis
 Musuva, 201465Cross-sectional design
Qualitative study
KenyaCommunityNA
 Mwanga, 200467Design not stated
Qualitative and quantitative study
TanzaniaIndividual & communityUrological & intestinal
 Odhiambo, 201466Cross-sectional design
Qualitative study
KenyaCommunityIntestinal
 Takougang, 200468Design not stated
Qualitative and quantitative study
CameroonIndividual & communityUrological
Leishmaniasis
 Reithinger, 200569Design not stated
Qualitative and quantitative study
AfghanistanCommunityNA
 Yanik, 200470Case-control design
Quantitative study
TurkeyIndividual & communityCutaneous
Chagas disease
 Guariento, 199971Survey design
Quantitative study
BrazilIndividualNA
Human African trypanosomiasis
 Robays, 200772Survey design
Qualitative study
DRCCommunityNA
Soil transmitted helminthiasis
 Schuster, 201173Design not stated
Quantitative study
BrazilIndividualHookworm related cutaneous larva migrans
Trachoma
 Palmer, 201474Design not stated
Qualitative study
NigeriaFemale; individual & communityTrichiasis
Study (first author, year)Study characteristics (design, type)Sample characteristics (country)Study perspective (gender; individual; community)Manifestation of NTD
Lymphatic filariasis
 Ahorlu, 199924Design not stated
Qualitative study
GhanaIndividual & communityElephantiasis & hydrocele
 Ahorlu, 200131Design not stated
Qualitative study
GhanaMale; individual & communityHydrocele
 Babu, 200932Ethnographic design
Qualitative study
IndiaMale; individual & communityHydrocele
 Bandyopadhyay, 199633Design not stated
Qualitative study
IndiaFemale; individualLymphedema
 Coreil, 199825Ethnographic design
Qualitative study
HaitiIndividual & communityElephantiasis
 Gyapong, 199626Multi-disciplinary design
Qualitative study
GhanaIndividual & communityNA
 Gyapong, 200034Ethnographic design
Qualitative and quantitative study
GhanaMale; individual & communityHydrocele
 Hunter, 199235Case study design
Quantitative study
GhanaCommunityElephantiasis
 Kumari, 200528Design not stated
Qualitative and quantitative study
IndiaIndividual & communityNA
 Kumari, 201036Design not stated
Qualitative study
IndiaIndividualNA
 Lu, 198827Design not stated
Qualitative and quantitative study
PhilippinesIndividual & communityNA
 Perera, 200729Design not stated
Qualitative study
Sri LankaIndividualElephantiasis & hydrocele
 Person, 200738Grounded theory design
Qualitative study
Dominican RepublicFemale; individualLymphedema
 Person, 200813Grounded theory design
Qualitative study
Dominican RepublicFemale; individualLymphedema & elephantiasis
 Person, 200937Grounded theory design
Qualitative study
Dominican Republic & GhanaFemale; individualLymphedema
 Rauyajin, 199530Anthropological design
Qualitative and quantitative study
ThailandIndividual & communityNA
 Suma, 200339Design not stated
Qualitative study
IndiaIndividualLymphedema
 Wijesinghe, 200740Cross-sectional design
Quantitative study
Sri LankaIndividualLymphedema
Podoconiosis
 Ayode, 201245Design not stated
Qualitative study
EthiopiaIndividual & communityNA
 Ayode, 201346Design not stated
Qualitative study
EthiopiaIndividual & communityNA
 Deribe, 201343Cross-sectional design
Quantitative study
EthiopiaIndividualNA
 Molla, 201252Cross-sectional design
Quantitative study
EthiopiaIndividual & communityNA
 Mousley, 201350Comparative cross-sectional design
Quantitative study
EthiopiaIndividual & communityNA
 Mousley, 201551Comparative cross-sectional design
Quantitative study
EthiopiaIndividual & communityNA
 Tekola, 200947Design not stated
Qualitative study
EthiopiaIndividual & communityNA
 Tora, 201148Cross-sectional design
Qualitative study
EthiopiaIndividual & communityNA
 Tora, 201249Cross-sectional design
Qualitative study
EthiopiaIndividual & communityNA
 Tora, 201444Cross-sectional design
Qualitative study
EthiopiaIndividualNA
 Yakob, 200841Cross-sectional design
Quantitative study
EthiopiaCommunityNA
 Yakob, 201042Cross-sectional design
Quantitative study
EthiopiaCommunityNA
Buruli ulcer
 Adamba, 201153Design not stated
Qualitative and quantitative study
GhanaIndividualNA
 Amoakoh, 201354Cross-sectional design
Qualitative and quantitative study
GhanaIndividual & communityNA
 Aujoulat, 200355Design not stated
Qualitative study
BeninIndividual & communityNA
 Mulder, 200857Design not stated
Qualitative and quantitative study
BeninIndividual & communityNA
 Renzaho, 200758Cross-sectional design
Qualitative and quantitative study
GhanaCommunityNA
 Stienstra, 200259Anthropological design
Qualitative and quantitative study
GhanaIndividual & communityNA
 de Zeeuw, 201456Cross-sectional design
Quantitative study
Ghana & BeninIndividual & communityNA
Onchocerciasis
 Brieger, 199861Survey design
Qualitative and quantitative study
NigeriaIndividual & communityOnchocercal skin disease
 Pan-African Study Group on Onchocercal Skin Disease, 199562Cross-sectional design
Qualitative and quantitative study
Cameroon, Ghana, Nigeria, Tanzania & UgandaIndividual & communityOnchocercal skin disease
 Tchounkneu, 201263Cross-sectional design
Qualitative and quantitative study
Cameroon, DRC , Nigeria & UgandaIndividual & communityNA
 Vlassoff, 200064Cross-sectional survey design
Qualitative and quantitative study
Cameroon, Ghana, Nigeria & UgandaIndividual & communityOnchocercal skin disease
 Wagbatsoma, 200460Cross-sectional design
Quantitative study
NigeriaIndividualNA
Schistosomiasis
 Musuva, 201465Cross-sectional design
Qualitative study
KenyaCommunityNA
 Mwanga, 200467Design not stated
Qualitative and quantitative study
TanzaniaIndividual & communityUrological & intestinal
 Odhiambo, 201466Cross-sectional design
Qualitative study
KenyaCommunityIntestinal
 Takougang, 200468Design not stated
Qualitative and quantitative study
CameroonIndividual & communityUrological
Leishmaniasis
 Reithinger, 200569Design not stated
Qualitative and quantitative study
AfghanistanCommunityNA
 Yanik, 200470Case-control design
Quantitative study
TurkeyIndividual & communityCutaneous
Chagas disease
 Guariento, 199971Survey design
Quantitative study
BrazilIndividualNA
Human African trypanosomiasis
 Robays, 200772Survey design
Qualitative study
DRCCommunityNA
Soil transmitted helminthiasis
 Schuster, 201173Design not stated
Quantitative study
BrazilIndividualHookworm related cutaneous larva migrans
Trachoma
 Palmer, 201474Design not stated
Qualitative study
NigeriaFemale; individual & communityTrichiasis

DRC: Democratic Republic of Congo; NA: not applicable; NTD: neglected tropical disease.

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