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ArticleBMJ open2023

Dismantling and personalising task-sharing psychosocial interventions for common mental disorders: a study protocol for an individual participant data component network meta-analysis.

Davide Papola, Eirini Karyotaki, Marianna Purgato, Marit Sijbrandij, Federico Tedeschi, Pim Cuijpers, Efthimiou Orestis, Toshi A Furukawa, Vikram Patel, Corrado Barbui

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Article in BMJ open, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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10 authors at 5 institutions in 5 countries.

Davide PapolaDepartment of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA davide_papola@hms.harvard.edu.
Eirini KaryotakiDepartment of Clinical, Neuro and Developmental Psychology, WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Dissemination of Psychological Interventions, Amsterdam Public Health research institute, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-0071-2599
Marianna PurgatoWHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Mental Health and Service Evaluation, Department of Neuroscience, Biomedicine and Movement Science, Section of Psychiatry, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3783-8195
Marit SijbrandijDepartment of Clinical, Neuro and Developmental Psychology, WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Dissemination of Psychological Interventions, Amsterdam Public Health research institute, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Federico TedeschiWHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Mental Health and Service Evaluation, Department of Neuroscience, Biomedicine and Movement Science, Section of Psychiatry, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
Pim CuijpersDepartment of Clinical, Neuro and Developmental Psychology, WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Dissemination of Psychological Interventions, Amsterdam Public Health research institute, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-5497-2743
Efthimiou OrestisInstitute of Primary Health Care (BIHAM), University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Toshi A FurukawaDepartment of Health Promotion and Human Behavior, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine/School of Public Health, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-2159-3776
Vikram PatelDepartment of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1066-8584
Corrado BarbuiWHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Mental Health and Service Evaluation, Department of Neuroscience, Biomedicine and Movement Science, Section of Psychiatry, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
University of Verona · ITVrije Universiteit Amsterdam · NLHarvard University · USKyoto University · JPUniversity of Bern · CH

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionCommon mental disorders, including depression, anxiety and related somatic health symptoms, are leading causes of disability worldwide. Especially in low-resource settings, psychosocial interventions delivered by non-specialist providers through task-sharing modalities proved to be valid options to expand access to mental healthcare. However, such interventions are usually eclectic multicomponent interventions consisting of different combinations of evidence-based therapeutic strategies. Which of these various components (or combinations thereof) are more efficacious (and for whom) to reduce common mental disorder symptomatology is yet to be substantiated by evidence. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: Comprehensive search was performed in electronic databases MEDLINE, Embase, PsycINFO and the Cochrane Register of Controlled Trials-CENTRAL from database inception to 15 March 2023 to systematically identify all randomised controlled trials that compared any single component or multicomponent psychosocial intervention delivered through the task-sharing modality against any active or inactive control condition in the treatment of adults suffering from common mental disorders. From these trials, individual participant data (IPD) of all measured outcomes and covariates will be collected. We will dismantle psychosocial interventions creating a taxonomy of components and then apply the IPD component network meta-analysis (IPD-cNMA) methodology to assess the efficacy of individual components (or combinations thereof) according to participant-level prognostic factors and effect modifiers. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: Ethics approval is not applicable for this study since no original data will be collected. Results from this study will be published in peer-reviewed journals and presented at relevant conferences.

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Mental DisordersPsychosocial InterventionAdultAnxietyAnxiety DisordersHumansNetwork Meta-Analysis as TopicSystematic Reviews as TopicDepression & mood disordersSTATISTICS & RESEARCH METHODSSystematic Review

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