PRISMA 2009 Flow Diagram

Records identified through Additional records identified

Identification database searching through other sources
(n = 2411 ) (n = 23)

Records after duplicates removed

(n = 1875)

Screening

Records screened Records excluded

(n = 1875 ) (n = 1778)

Full-text articles assessed Full-text articles excluded

for eligibility (n = 57)
Eligibility (n = 97 )
 No tuberculosis
patient support
described (n = 44)
Studies included in  No low-incidence
qualitative synthesis country (n = 12)
(n = 97)  Publication in
Japanese (n = 1)

Included
Studies included in
quantitative synthesis
(meta-analysis)
(n = 40)

From: Moher D, Liberati A, Tetzlaff J, Altman DG, The PRISMA Group (2009). Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-
Analyses: The PRISMA Statement. PLoS Med 6(7): e1000097. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed1000097

For more information, visit www.prisma-statement.org.