The effect of mental health interventions on psychological distress for informal caregivers of people with mental illness: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Informal caregivers of people with a mental illness are at increased risk of developing depression, anxiety, and stress, so preventive interventions are needed.

Method

The review was reported in PROSPERO (ID: CRD42018094454). The PsycINFO, PubMed, and Scopus databases were searched in June 2019. The Cochrane Risk of Bias and Jadad scale scores were used to assess study quality. Inclusion criteria were: RCTs of informal caregiver interventions regardless of the care receiver's mental illness and intervention modality. Interventions should be compared to a waitlist, treatment as usual or active control, taught in real-time by a mental health professional, include an outcome measure on psychological distress, and published in a peer-reviewed journal article in Engl

SUBMITTER: Hansen NH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9583525 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature