Task sharing with non-physician health-care workers for management of blood pressure in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Task sharing for the management of hypertension could be useful for understaffed and resource-poor health systems. We assessed the effectiveness of task-sharing interventions in improving blood pressure control among adults in low-income and middle-income countries.

Methods

We searched the Cochrane Library, PubMed, Embase, and CINAHL for studies published up to December 2018. We included intervention studies involving a task-sharing strategy for management of blood pressure and other cardiovascular risk factors. We extracted data on population, interventions, blood pressure, and task sharing groups. We did a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.

Findings

We found 3012 references, of which 54 met the inclusion criteria initially. Another nine studie

SUBMITTER: Anand TN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6527522 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature