Systematic review of healthcare-led and lay-led interventions for type 2 diabetes in community settings.

ABSTRACT: Models led by trained non-professionals or incorporating peer support may serve as promising alternative approaches to address shortages of healthcare personnel and substantial economic burdens. However, no comprehensive meta-analysis has yet evaluated whether models led by non-healthcare professionals and supported by peers can achieve effectiveness comparable to those led by healthcare professionals and without peer support in improving metabolic outcomes. This meta-analysis aims to address this existing knowledge gap. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) were systematically searched in eight Chinese and English databases from their inception to February 1, 2025. Meta-analyses, subgroup analyses, and sensitivity analyses were performed using RevMan 5.4 and Stata 18.0 software. The quality

SUBMITTER: Luo X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12738618 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature