Question · asked by 1 review
Doctor vs nurse or clinical officer: Lost to
- Population
- HIV‐infected patients
- Intervention
- Doctor
- Comparison
- nurse or clinical officer
- Outcome
- Lost to
Doctor probably leads to lower lost to compared with nurse or clinical officer (moderate certainty).
What each review found
Current versions onlyNo studies found 0 · 0%GRADE not reported 0 · 0%Very low 1 · 50%Low 0 · 0%Moderate 1 · 50%High 0 · 0%
| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Doctor vs nurse or clinical officer Lost to · HIV‐infected patients Doctor probably leads to lower lost 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 0.73 [0.55, 0.97] | 1 study · 2770 participants | Moderate |
Doctor vs nurse or clinical officer Lost to · HIV‐infected patients It is very uncertain whether doctor changes lost 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 [0.05, 1.94] | 2 studies · 39156 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 |
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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.