Community-based rehabilitation for people with psychosocial disabilities in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review of the grey literature.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Community based rehabilitation (CBR) aims to promote the inclusion and participation of people with disabilities, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Yet people with psychosocial disabilities are often excluded from CBR programmes. The restrictive inclusion criteria used by previous reviews make it difficult to identify promising examples that could otherwise help to inform the uptake of CBR for people with psychosocial disabilities. We aim to address this gap using gold standard methods for the review and synthesis of grey literature on CBR for people with psychosocial disabilities in LMICs.

Methods

Our search strategy was developed in consultation with an expert advisory group and covered seven grey literature databases, two customised Goog

SUBMITTER: Butura AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10941461 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature