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Table 1 Eligibility criteria

From: Determinants of health among people who use illicit drugs in the conflict-affected countries of Afghanistan, Colombia and Myanmar: a systematic review of epidemiological evidence

 

Inclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria

Population

People using illicit drugs (all modes of administration)

Studies on alcohol and tobacco or other legal substances

Studies with family members of drug users

People living in Afghanistan, Myanmar, Colombia

Studies of citizens from all other countries

Afghan, Myanmar, or Colombian citizens who have settled in other LMIC countries

Studies in high-income countries

Studies with Afghan, Myanmar, or Colombian citizens in LMICs that do not distinguish between them and host populations

Comparison

Factors associated with health outcomes specifically among people using drugs, including access to any type of health or social support services

Studies that do not examine factors influencing health outcomes

Studies that do not provide statistical tests of significance for factors associated with health outcomes

Outcome

Any health outcome among people using illicit drugs

Studies on use of alcohol, tobacco and other legal substances

Studies of health outcomes among general populations

Study type

Primary quantitative studies

English or Spanish languages

Studies published from 2000 onwards

Qualitative studies

Quantitative studies not providing statistical tests of significance for factors associated with health outcomes

Policy studies

Reviews, case reports, editorial, commentaries

Not in English or Spanish

Published before 2000