Doctor vs nurse or clinical officer: Death or loss to
- Population
- HIV infected patients on antiretroviral therapy
- Intervention
- Doctor
- Comparison
- nurse or clinical officer
- Outcome
- Death or loss to
Doctor showed no clear difference in death or loss to compared with nurse or clinical officer (moderate certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Doctor vs nurse or clinical officer Death or loss to · HIV infected patients on antiretroviral therapy Doctor showed no clear difference in death or loss to compared with nurse or clinical officer (moderate certainty). Task shifting from doctors to non‐doctors for initiation and maintenance of antiretroviral therapy (2014) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 1.1 [0.86, 1.41] | 2 studies · 4332 participants | Moderate |
Doctor vs nurse or clinical officer Death or loss to · HIV infected patients on antiretroviral therapy It is very uncertain whether doctor changes death or loss to compared with nurse or clinical officer (very low certainty). Task shifting from doctors to non‐doctors for initiation and maintenance of antiretroviral therapy (2014) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.3 [0.17, 0.54] | 1 study · 2772 participants | Very low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Task shifting from doctors to non‐doctors for initiation and maintenance of antiretroviral therapy 2014 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | Not extracted | Not assessed |
Related questions
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How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.