Interventions to support the mental health and well-being of front-line healthcare workers in hospitals during pandemics: an evidence review and synthesis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Pandemics negatively impact healthcare workers' (HCW's) mental health and well-being causing additional feelings of anxiety, depression, moral distress and post-traumatic stress. A comprehensive review and evidence synthesis of HCW's mental health and well-being interventions through pandemics reporting mental health outcomes was conducted addressing two questions: (1) What mental health support interventions have been reported in recent pandemics, and have they been effective in improving the mental health and well-being of HCWs? (2) Have any mobile apps been designed and implemented to support HCWs' mental health and well-being during pandemics?

Design

A narrative evidence synthesis was conducted using Cochrane criteria for synthesising and presenting findings wh

SUBMITTER: Robins-Browne K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9644079 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature