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67 questions · 75 findings · 6 reviews · Headline outcomes only

No studies found 11 · 14.7%GRADE not reported 0 · 0%Very low 20 · 26.7%Low 33 · 44%Moderate 10 · 13.3%High 1 · 1.3%

Lay health worker‐led psychosocial interventions vs enhanced usual care

Depression recovery ‐ intermediate term (1 to 6 months post intervention) · women with perinatal depression

Lay health worker‐led psychosocial interventions may leads to higher recovery from depression ‐ intermediate term (1 to 6 months post… compared with enhanced usual care (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

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) · women with perinatal depression
1 finding from 1 review

Lay health worker‐led psychosocial interventions vs enhanced usual care

Functional impairment · women with perinatal depression

Lay health worker‐led psychosocial interventions showed no clear difference in functional impairment ‐ intermediate term (1 to 6 months post… compared with enhanced usual care (low certainty).

1 finding from 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) · 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).

1 finding from 1 review