Occurrence, prevention, and management of the psychological effects of emerging virus outbreaks on healthcare workers: rapid review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the psychological effects on clinicians of working to manage novel viral outbreaks, and successful measures to manage stress and psychological distress.

Design

Rapid review and meta-analysis.

Data sources

Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, PubMed/Medline, PsycInfo, Scopus, Web of Science, Embase, and Google Scholar, searched up to late March 2020.

Eligibility criteria for study selection

Any study that described the psychological reactions of healthcare staff working with patients in an outbreak of any emerging virus in any clinical setting, irrespective of any comparison with other clinicians or the general population.

Results

59 papers met the inclusion criteria: 37 were of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), eig

SUBMITTER: Kisely S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7199468 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature