Lay Health Worker Interventions in Rheumatology: A Scoping Review.
Megan W CreasmanMackenzie B HargroveYuliana Domínguez PáezMichelle DemetresSarah B LieberShanthini KasturiMonika M SaffordIris Y Navarro-MillánPublished in: Arthritis care & research (2024)
There are not enough data to conclude if LHW interventions have a positive, null, or negative effect in patients with RMD. Future LHW interventions should specify a priori hypotheses, be powered to detect statistical significance for primary outcomes, employ a theoretical framework, include an active control, describe training protocols for LHW, and increase minority representation, in order to establish the effectiveness of LHW for patients with RMD.
Keyphrases
- physical activity
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- metabolic syndrome
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- machine learning
- skeletal muscle
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