SynthesisInternational journal of nursing practice2022
Nurse-led task-shifting strategies to substitute for mental health specialists in primary care: A systematic review.
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20 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Nurse-led task-shifting strategies to substitute for mental health specialists in primary care: A systematic review.International journal of nursing practice · 2022Pooled it
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- General practitioner utilization by age, sex and disease in Norway from 2012-2023: a national health registry study.Scandinavian journal of primary health care · 2026Article
- Professional perspectives on roles and structural gaps in interprofessional collaboration for suicide prevention: a qualitative study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Are nurse-led patient consultations acceptable for the general practitioners and practice nurses in Germany? Results from a cross-sectional survey in two federal states.Family medicine and community health · 2025Article
- Enhancing accessibility through nurse-led clinics in primary care: An integrative review of models of care.International journal of nursing sciences · 2025Review
- Post-pandemic mental health: Understanding the global psychological burden and charting future research priorities.World journal of psychiatry · 2025Review
- Are Economic Evaluations of Task Shifting Too Narrow in Focus? A Rapid Review.PharmacoEconomics · 2025Review
- Engineering Integrated Care Expansion and Innovation: Drawing upon Nursing Leadership.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
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- Task-Shifting from Acupuncturists to Nurses in Delivering Acupuncture/Acupressure or Supervising Patient Self-Administered Acupressure for Sleep Management: Is It Feasible?Nature and science of sleep · 2025Review
- Community Mental Health Workers: Their Workplaces, Roles, and Impact.Community mental health journal · 2024Review
- Health services under pressure: a scoping review and development of a taxonomy of adaptive strategies.BMJ quality & safety · 2024Article
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- Workforce estimate to treat mental disorders in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.Human resources for health · 2024Article
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- Role and knowledge of nurses in the management of non-communicable diseases in Africa: A scoping review.PloS one · 2024Article
- Patient perspective on task shifting from general practitioners to medical practice assistants - a quantitative survey in Germany.BMC primary care · 2023Article
- Global Mental Health: Where We Are and Where We Are Going.Current psychiatry reports · 2023Review
- "Not shifting, but sharing": stakeholders' perspectives on mental health task-shifting in Indonesia.BMC nursing · 2022Article
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Abstract
aimThe study aimed to synthesize evidence comparing task-shifting interventions led by general practice nurses and mental health specialists in improving mental health outcomes of adults in primary care.
designThis study used a systematic review of randomized controlled trials. DATA SOURCES: Articles from the databases CINAHL, MEDLINE, APA PsycInfo, PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane EBM Reviews, Web of Science Core Collection, and ProQuest Dissertation and Thesis published between 2000 and 2020 were included. REVIEW
methodsThe review was arranged based on the Cochrane Collaboration guidelines and reported using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA).
resultsTwelve articles met the eligibility criteria. Eight studies revealed that nurse-led intervention was significantly superior to its comparator. The review identified three major themes: training and supervision, single and collaborative care and psychosocial treatments.
conclusionNurses could be temporarily employed to provide mental health services in the absence of mental health specialists as long as appropriate training and supervision was provided. This finding should be interpreted with caution due to the high risk of bias in the studies reviewed and the limited generalisability of their findings.
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