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Table 2 Anticoagulation control, primary and secondary outcomes of included studies in the systematic review

From: Anticoagulation control, outcomes, and associated factors in long-term-care patients receiving warfarin in Africa: a systematic review

Author ID

Primary outcomes

Secondary Outcomes

Method to determine TTR

Percentage of TTR

% of patients within the therapeutic range

% of patients with TTR ≥ 65% or indicated by a study

Bleeding during warfarin therapy (%)

Major bleeding (%)

Thromboembolic events (%)

Salaheldin A, 2019 [32]

Rosendaal and Direct Method

Median 37% by Rosendaal method, and median TTR 42.9% by Direct Method

NA

23% of patients with TTR > 72%

9.50

NA

NA

Karuri et al., 2019 [36]

Rosendaal method

Mean 31.1% (± 26.7)

82% of MVR (mech); 54% of patients with MVR (prosthetic)

10.4% of pts (TTR ≥ 70%)

NA

NA

NA

Sana et al., 2020 [43]

Rosendaal method

Mean 48.87 ± 28.69% in 341 patients

NA

32.50

5.80

5.80

1.64

Lauren et al., 2019 [35]

Rosendaal and Direct Method

Mean 29.4% by Rosendaal method and 25.2% by direct method

NA

10

NA

NA

NA

Sonuga et al., 2016 [37]

Cross-section-of-the-files method

48.50%

48

NA

14.00

NA

2.20

Fenta et al., 2017 [23]

Direct Method

Mean 29%

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

Semakula et al., 2020 [5]

Rosendaal method

Median 41%

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

Prinsloo et al., 2021 [38]

Rosendaal method

Median 37.2%

NA

17.80%

NA

NA

NA

Ahmed et al., 2017 [41]

Direct Method

BI mean 51.5% and AI 68.3%

BI mean 51.5% and AI 68.3%

NA

BI 37% of patients, AI 53 of patients

0.00

NA

Botsile et al., 2020 [39]

Rosendaal method

Median 29.8%

NA

14.80

14.10

14.10

22.50

Masresha et al., 2021 [31]

Rosendaal method

Mean 41%

NA

29.20

4.50

NA

7.40

Kizito et al., 2016 [47]

Cross-section-of-the-files method

Mean 43.5%

43.50

NA

NA

NA

NA

Yimer et al., 2021[40]

Rosendaal method

Mean 42.03%

NA

12.67

20.67

NA

NA

Sadhabiriss and Brown, 2021 [33]

Rosendaal method

Mean TTR for the AF group was 44.5% and for PHV was 13.7%

NA

10.4% for the AF group had a range of more than 70% but none in the PHV group achieved this

24.00

NA

NA

Ntlokotsi et al., 2018 [28]

Direct method

49.70%

NA

Cut-off TTR was ≥ 70%

0.006% per patient-year

NA

0.002% per patient-year

Rejeb et al., 2019 [29]

Rosendaal method

Mean 57.3%

NA

24.5%; Cut-off TTR was ≥ 70%

0.59

9.50

15 patients

Mwita et al.,2017 [30]

Rosendaal method

Median 30.8%

NA

14.90

NA

NA

NA

Ebrahim et al., 2018 [7]

Rosendaal method

Mean 47%

NA

25.10

NA

NA

NA

  1. MVR Mitral valve replacement, PHV Prosthetic heart valve, BI Before the intervention, AI After the intervention, TTR Time in therapeutic range, NA Not applicable