Table 1: characteristics of studies included in this review including

 the location, design and disease or condition covered

Study ID

Region

Study Design

Disease/Condition

Allotey 2007

Centre

Mixed methods

Epilepsy

Bain 2013

North West

Cross-sectional

Epilepsy

Boyer 2011

Across Cameroon

Retrospective

HIV and adherence

to medication

Boyer 2012

Littoral

Cross-sectional

HIV

Bremer 2010

North West

Qualitative

Physical disabilities and reproductive health

Cubo 2014

Littoral

Cross-sectional design

Parkinson’s Disease, anxiety, depression

Ekotarl 2007

Centre

Cross sectional

Cancer

Fernande 2014

Across Cameroon

Qualitative

Physical disabilities

Gaynes 2012

North West

Cross-sectional

HIV and depression

Grietens 2012

Centre

Mixed methods

Buruli Ulcer Disease

Heinserling 2005

South West

Qualitative study

N/A

Hofer 2014

North West

Cross-sectional

Generative concerns

Jacobi 2013

South West

Cross-sectional

HIV

Jacobi 2013

South West

Cross-sectional

HIV

John 2009

South West

Cross-sectional

Poverty

Keugoung 2013

Far North

Mixed methods

Suicide

Kiani 2009

North West

Cross sectional

Women with disabilities

Labhardt 2010

Centre

Cross-sectional

Care seeking attitudes

Labhardt 2010b

Centre

Before and after study

Mental illness

L'akoa 2013

Centre

Cross-sectional

HIV, depression

Louis 2013

Littoral

Cross-sectional

Mental illness

Marcellin 2010

Across Cameroon

Cross-sectional

HIV

Melgar 2012

Across Cameroon

Retrospective

Depression

Menick 2005

Centre

Retrospective

Mental illness and pregnancy

Menick 2006

Centre

Retrospective

Mental illness and rehabilitation

Menick 2006

Centre

Retrospective

Depression

Menick 2009

Centre

Retrospective

Mental illness and homicide

Nanfosso 2010

Centre/Littoral

Cross-sectional

Fertility

Njamnshi 2009

Centre

Cross-sectional

Epilepsy

Njamnshi 2009a

North West

Cross-sectional

Epilepsy

Njamnshi 2009b

South West

Cross-sectional

Epilepsy

Njamnshi 2009c

South

Cross-sectional

Epilepsy

Njamnshi 2009d

North West

Cross-sectional

Epilepsy

Njamnshi 2009e

Centre

Cross-sectional

Epilepsy

Njamnshi 2010

North West

Cross-sectional

Epilepsy

Njamnshi 2010b

North West

Cross-sectional

Epilepsy

Njamnshi 2010c

South West

Cross-sectional

Epilepsy

Oye 2006

South West

Cross-sectional

Visual impairment

Oye 2007

South West

Cross-sectional

Visual impairment

Pence 2012

North West

Cross-sectional

HIV and depression

Pence 2014

North West

Prospective cohort

HIV and depression

Rosenburg 2012

Across Cameroon

Cross-sectional

HIV

Suzan-Monti 2011

Across Cameroon

Cross-sectional

HIV

Tebeu 2008

Far North

Cross-sectional

Cervical cancer

Touko 2010

Centre

Cross-sectional

Hearing impairment and HIV

Zamo-Akono 2013

Across Cameroon

Cross-sectional

Disability