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LHWs to promote immunisation uptake in children vs usual care

Immunisation schedule up to date Interviews with mothers, record reviews · patients with improving immunisation uptake among children < 2 years whose vaccination is not up to date

LHWs to promote immunisation uptake in children probably leads to higher immunisation schedule up to date Interviews with mothers, record… compared with usual care (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

LHWs vs usual care

Mortality among children less than 5 years Verbal autopsy · patients with reducing mortality and morbidity in children <5 years

LHWs showed no clear difference in mortality among children less than 5 years Verbal autopsy compared with usual care (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

LHWs vs usual care

Morbidity e.g. fever, diarrhoea, ARI Verbal reports obtained during home visits, record reviews · patients with reducing mortality and morbidity in children <5 years

LHWs may leads to lower morbidity e.g. fever, diarrhoea, ARI Verbal reports obtained during… compared with usual care (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Decision aids for informed consent vs usual care

Congruence between informed values and choice ‐ all studies Based on the proportion of participants who made a decision that aligned with what was most important to them. Assessed soon after exposure to the decision aid. · adults considering treatment or screening decisions

Patient decision aids probably leads to higher congruence between informed values and choice ‐ all studies Based on… compared with usual care (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Decision aids for informed consent vs usual care

Participation in decision making: clinician‐controlled decision making ‐ all studies Assessed soon after consultation with clinician · adults considering treatment or screening decisions

Patient decision aids leads to lower participation in decision‐making: clinician‐controlled… compared with usual care (high certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Telephone quitline referral vs usual care or no treatment

Health system telephone counselling vs quitline · smoking cessation in hospitalised patients

It is very uncertain whether telephone quitline referral changes health system telephone counselling vs quitline compared with no treatment or usual care (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review