Question · asked by 1 review

Lay health worker‐led psychosocial interventions vs enhanced usual care: Service utilisation ‐ maternal or child hospitalisations ‐ intermediate term (1 to 6 months post intervention)

Population
women with perinatal depression
Intervention
Lay health worker‐led psychosocial interventions
Comparison
enhanced usual care
Outcome
Service utilisation ‐ maternal or child hospitalisations ‐ intermediate term (1 to 6 months post intervention)

It is very uncertain whether lay health worker‐led psychosocial interventions changes service utilisation ‐ maternal or child hospitalisations ‐… compared with enhanced usual care (very low certainty).

What each review found

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FindingEffectStudiesGRADE certainty
Lay health worker‐led psychosocial interventions vs enhanced usual care
Service utilisation ‐ maternal or child hospitalisations ‐ intermediate term (1 to 6 months post intervention) · women with perinatal depression
It is very uncertain whether lay health worker‐led psychosocial interventions changes service utilisation ‐ maternal or child hospitalisations ‐… compared with enhanced usual care (very low certainty).
Primary‐level worker interventions for the care of people living with mental disorders and distress in low‐… (2021) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 1.12 [0.6, 2.06]2 studies · 850 participantsVery low

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The reviews

ReviewSearched up toIncluded studiesAMSTAR 2
Primary‐level worker interventions for the care of people living with mental disorders and distress in low‐ and middle‐income countries
2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
Not reportedNot extractedNot assessed
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