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- 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)
  Primary‐level worker interventions for the care of people living with mental disorders and distress in low‐ and… 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  5 studies · 1989 participants
  Moderate
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- Lay health worker‐led psychosocial interventions vs enhanced usual care · Recovery from depression ‐ intermediate term (1 to 6 months post intervention) Recovery defined by Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale ≤ 5a; PHQ‐9 < 5b,c; absence of major depression based on DSM‐IV criteriad (RR > 1 denotes greater likelihood of...
  Primary‐level worker interventions for the care of people living with mental disorders and distress in low‐ and… 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  RR 1.29 [1.08, 1.54]
  4 studies · 1243 participants
  Low
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- Lay health worker‐led psychosocial interventions vs usual or no care · PTS symptoms (1 to 6 months post intervention) Child post‐traumatic stress scale (higher score = higher severity)
  Primary‐level worker interventions for the care of people living with mental disorders and distress in low‐ and… 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  3 studies · 1090 participants
  Low
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- Lay health worker‐led psychosocial interventions vs usual or no care · Depression or PTSD recovery
  Primary‐level worker interventions for the care of people living with mental disorders and distress in low‐ and… 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  Studies not reported
  No studies found
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- Lay health worker‐led psychosocial interventions vs usual or no care · Depression symptoms (1 to 6 months post intervention) Depression self‐rating scale (higher score = higher severity)
  Primary‐level worker interventions for the care of people living with mental disorders and distress in low‐ and… 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  3 studies · 1092 participants
  Moderate

Lay health worker‐led psychosocial interventions vs usual care or no treatment

Depression or PTSD recovery · children/adolescents with post‐traumatic stress and related depressive/anxiety symptoms

The review found no eligible studies for this question.

1 finding from 1 review

Primary‐level worker interventions for the care of people living with mental disorders and distress in low‐ and… 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found

Lay health worker‐led psychosocial interventions vs usual care or no treatment

Disease prevalence · children/adolescents with post‐traumatic stress and related depressive/anxiety symptoms

The review found no eligible studies for this question.

1 finding from 1 review

Primary‐level worker interventions for the care of people living with mental disorders and distress in low‐ and… 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found

Lay health worker‐led psychosocial interventions vs usual care or no treatment

Depressive symptoms · children/adolescents with post‐traumatic stress and related depressive/anxiety symptoms

1 finding from 1 review

Primary‐level worker interventions for the care of people living with mental disorders and distress in low‐ and… 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
3 studies · 1092 participants
Moderate

Lay health worker‐led psychosocial interventions vs usual care or no treatment

Severity of PTSD symptoms · children/adolescents with post‐traumatic stress and related depressive/anxiety symptoms

1 finding from 1 review

Primary‐level worker interventions for the care of people living with mental disorders and distress in low‐ and… 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
3 studies · 1090 participants
Low

Lay health worker‐led psychosocial interventions vs usual care or no treatment

Quality of life · children/adolescents with post‐traumatic stress and related depressive/anxiety symptoms

The review found no eligible studies for this question.

1 finding from 1 review

Primary‐level worker interventions for the care of people living with mental disorders and distress in low‐ and… 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found

Lay health worker‐led psychosocial interventions vs usual care or no treatment

Functional impairment · children/adolescents with post‐traumatic stress and related depressive/anxiety symptoms

1 finding from 1 review

Primary‐level worker interventions for the care of people living with mental disorders and distress in low‐ and… 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
3 studies · 1092 participants
Moderate

Lay health worker‐led psychosocial interventions vs usual care or no treatment

Service utilisation · children/adolescents with post‐traumatic stress and related depressive/anxiety symptoms

The review found no eligible studies for this question.

1 finding from 1 review

Primary‐level worker interventions for the care of people living with mental disorders and distress in low‐ and… 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found

Lay health worker‐led psychosocial interventions vs usual care or no treatment

Adverse events (during intervention) · children/adolescents with post‐traumatic stress and related depressive/anxiety symptoms

1 finding from 1 review

Primary‐level worker interventions for the care of people living with mental disorders and distress in low‐ and… 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
3 studies · 809 participants
Low

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

Primary‐level worker interventions for the care of people living with mental disorders and distress in low‐ and… 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 1.29 [1.08, 1.54]
4 studies · 1243 participants
Low

Lay health worker‐led psychosocial interventions vs enhanced usual care

Prevalence of perinatal depression (1 to 6 months post intervention) · women with perinatal depression

The review found no eligible studies for this question.

1 finding from 1 review

Primary‐level worker interventions for the care of people living with mental disorders and distress in low‐ and… 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found

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

Primary‐level worker interventions for the care of people living with mental disorders and distress in low‐ and… 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
5 studies · 1989 participants
Moderate

Lay health worker‐led psychosocial interventions vs enhanced usual care

Quality of life (1 to 6 months post intervention)Â · women with perinatal depression

The review found no eligible studies for this question.

1 finding from 1 review

Primary‐level worker interventions for the care of people living with mental disorders and distress in low‐ and… 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found

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

Primary‐level worker interventions for the care of people living with mental disorders and distress in low‐ and… 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
4 studies · 1856 participants
Low

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

Primary‐level worker interventions for the care of people living with mental disorders and distress in low‐ and… 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 1.12 [0.6, 2.06]
2 studies · 850 participants
Very low

Lay health worker‐led psychosocial interventions vs enhanced usual care

Adverse events (1 to 6 months post intervention) · women with perinatal depression

1 finding from 1 review

Primary‐level worker interventions for the care of people living with mental disorders and distress in low‐ and… 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
4 studies · 1205 participants
Low