Determining the frequency and level of task-sharing for hypertension management in LMICs: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) bear a disproportionately higher burden of Cardiovascular Disease (CVD). Team-based care approach adds capacity to improve blood pressure (BP) control. This updated review aimed to test team-based care efficacy at different levels of hypertension team-based care complexity.

Methods

We searched PubMed, Embase, Cochrane, and CINAHL for newer articles on task-sharing interventions to manage hypertension in LMICs. Levels of tasks complexity performed by healthcare workers added to the clinical team in hypertension control programs were categorized as administrative tasks (level 1), basic clinical tasks (level 2), and/or advanced clinical tasks (level 3). Meta-analysis using an inverse variance weighted random-effects model summ

SUBMITTER: Ogungbe O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9035722 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature