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Lay health worker‐led psychosocial interventions vs enhanced usual care: Depression symptoms ‐ intermediate term (1 to 6 months post intervention) GHQ‐12a; PHQ‐9d,e,f; self‐reporting questionnaireh (higher score = higher severity)
- Population
- women with perinatal depression
- Intervention
- Lay health worker‐led psychosocial interventions
- Comparison
- enhanced usual care
- Outcome
- Depression symptoms ‐ intermediate term (1 to 6 months post intervention) GHQ‐12a; PHQ‐9d,e,f; self‐reporting questionnaireh (higher score = higher severity)
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Lay health worker‐led psychosocial interventions vs enhanced usual care Severity of depression symptoms ‐ intermediate term (1 to 6 months post intervention) Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scalea; Hamilton Depression Rating Scaled,f; PHQ‐9b,c (higher score = higher severity) · women with perinatal depression Primary‐level worker interventions for the care of people living with mental disorders and distress in low‐… (2021) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | no estimate extracted | 5 studies · 1989 participants | Moderate |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 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 reported | Not extracted | Not assessed |
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