Lay Health Worker Interventions in Rheumatology: A Scoping Review
Authors' conclusion
There are not enough data to conclude if LHW interventions have a positive, null, or negative effect on patients with RMDs.
Study context
- Population
- Adults with rheumatic musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs)22 articles
- Comparison
- Lay health worker (LHW) interventions vs control
- Outcome
- Studies of LHW interventions with statistically significant results (intervention vs control)
Methodological detailsSearched Ovid Medline, Ovid Embase, CINAHL, PsycINFO and The Cochrane Library from inception to September 2021
- Searched Ovid Medline, Ovid Embase, CINAHL, PsycINFO and The Cochrane Library from inception to September 2021
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Studies with statistically significant results in the intervention arm vs control
8
Of these, studies with sustained treatment effects past one year
1
Original publication
Lay Health Worker Interventions in Rheumatology: A Scoping Review. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). Published 2 May 2024. doi:10.
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