Mental health first aid training and assessment for healthcare professionals and medical nursing students: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To summarize the effect of mental health first aid (MHFA) on paramedics and medical nursing students and provide direction to future training and research.

Methods

Seven databases, including Web of Science, PubMed, Embase, Cochrane, China Knowledge, Wanfang, and China Biomedical Literature Database, were searched for relevant studies from database establishment up to January 31, 2023. The Cochrane risk of bias tool was used to assess the quality of randomized controlled trials, qualitative studies, and single-armed trials on the basis of the literature evaluation criteria developed by the JBI Center for Evidence-Based Healthcare in Australia. Mixed-sex studies were assessed by using the mixed-methods assessment tool (MMAT 2018).

Results

The review identified 1

SUBMITTER: Li L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11877957 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature