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Abstract
Introduction
We investigated sampling methods being used to estimate the HIV prevalence rate among female commercial sex workers.
Methods: The studies were classified according to the adequacy or not of the sample size to estimate HIV prevalence rate and according to the sampling method (probabilistic or convenience).
ResultsWe identified 75 studies that estimated the HIV prevalence rate among female sex workers. Most of the studies employed convenience samples. The sample size was not adequate to estimate HIV prevalence rate in 35 studies.
DiscussionThe use of convenience sample limits statistical inference for the whole group. It was observed that there was an increase in the number of published studies since 2005, as well as in the number of studies that used probabilistic samples. This represents a large advance in the monitoring of risk behavior practices and HIV prevalence rate in this group.
Keywords:
HIV
AIDS
commercial sex workers
sampling
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