These exploratory reviews can lead to a greater understanding of the nature of the evidence on a topic over time and generate hypotheses for future research. PCORI commissions scoping reviews to identify and map the available evidence on a topic to inform future evidence synthesis and comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER) initiatives.

Evidence on Mental Health Interventions in Persons with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

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Understanding mental health symptoms and treatment strategies is important for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and their families. This scoping review aims to develop an evidence map of studies that displays research by study design, population characteristics, and intervention type, and describe characteristics of study design, population, and intervention; intervention types; delivery; setting; context; interventionist; and outcomes for randomized controlled trials.

Social Needs Interventions to Improve Health Outcomes

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Interventions to address social needs can help improve health outcomes and reduce disparities. This scoping review aims to characterize the complexity of social needs interventions in efficacy trials assessing health and healthcare utilization outcomes. The scoping review complements the PCORI interactive evidence map, Social Needs Interventions to Improve Health Outcomes.

Posted: March 13, 2023; Updated: March 24, 2023