The overall quality of evidence based on GRADE criteria was moderate for systolic blood pressure , but low for diastolic blood pressure .
INTERPRETATION Task-sharing interventions are effective in reducing blood pressure .
BACKGROUND Task sharing for the management of hypertension could be useful for understaffed and re source -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 .
The Cochrane Collaboration’s tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials
Flaws in the design , conduct , analysis , and reporting of r and omised trials can cause the effect of an intervention to be underestimated or overestimated . The Cochrane Collaboration ’s tool for assessing risk of bias aims to make the process clearer and more
The overall quality of evidence based on GRADE criteria was moderate for systolic blood pressure , but low for diastolic blood pressure .
INTERPRETATION Task-sharing interventions are effective in reducing blood pressure .
BACKGROUND Task sharing for the management of hypertension could be useful for understaffed and re source -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 .