Table 1

Primary outcomes for sexual behaviour change interventions

StudyOutcomeOR/RR/SMD
(95% CI)
High-quality trials
Feldblum35STD symptomsOR 0.67 (0.51 to 0.89)
Other trials
Branson36GonorrhoeaOR 0.92 (0.64 to 1.32)
Branson36SyphillisOR 1.80 (0.61 to 5.32)
Branson36ChlamydiaOR 0.90 (0.60 to 1.36)
Cohen 199237 (condom skills)Reinfection with STIOR 0.57 (0.34 to 0.96)
Cohen 199237 (condom distribution)Reinfection with STIOR 0.91 (0.58 to 1.44)
Cohen 199237 (condom social influences)Reinfection with STIOR 0.97 (0.60 to 1.56)
Diclemente38ChlamydiaOR 0.17 (0.03 to 0.09)*
Explore39HIVOR 0.79 (0.61 to 1.02)
Gollub40Probable STIOR 1.09 (0.60 to 1.99)
Harvey41Treated for STD in last 6 monthsOR 0.96 (0.74 to 1.23)
Kamali42HIV rate (PY)RR 1.00 (0.87 to 1.16)
Kamali42Gonorrhoea rate (PY)RR 0.43 (0.32 to 0.59)
Kamali42Chlamydia rate (PY)RR 1.06 (0.88 to 1.27)
Kamali42CHSV2 rate (PY)RR 1.04 (0.93 to 1.17)
Kamali42Active syphilis rate (PY)RR 7.01 (5.82 to 8.51)
Shain43Chlamydia or gonorrhoeaOR 0.8 (0.55 to 1.16)
  • Results in italics are for studies with factorial design or those where more than one comparison group tested against a single control has been included.

  • * These are the results reported in the paper, which adjusted for baseline variables and covariates.

  • PY, per year; STD, sexually transmitted disease; STI, sexually transmitted infection.