Cochrane · systematic review · CD002892

Individual‐level interventions for reducing occupational stress in healthcare workers

Tamminga, SJ, Emal, LM, Boschman, JS, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2023 · Cochrane Library

Work4 versionsAMSTAR 2: not assessed

SoF tableOnly the outcomes this review put in its Summary of Findings table are listed (the Cochrane Handbook caps them at about seven per comparison). Its other analyses are not shown here.

Questions

current version

GRADE rated

No studies

Included studies

No studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 1 · 8.3%Very low 5 · 41.7%Low 6 · 50%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%

Ungraded means an effect was reported without a GRADE rating; it is not a gap. No studies means the review found nothing to answer the question. The six categories are a display order, not a score.

Questions and results

Current version only

An intervention in which one's attention is on the experience of stress (feelings, thoughts, behavior) compared to no intervention/wait list/placebo/no stress‐reduction intervention for stress reduction in healthcare workers

Population: healthcare workers

CD002892.PUB6 (current) · 3 questions

Outcome	Effect	Evidence	Status / GRADE
Stress symptoms ( An intervention in which one's attention is on the experience of stress (feelings, thoughts, behavior) vs no intervention/wait list/placebo/no stress‐reduction intervention	no estimate extracted	41 studies · 3645 participants	Low Downgraded: risk of bias, inconsistency, publication bias
Stress symptoms ( An intervention in which one's attention is on the experience of stress (feelings, thoughts, behavior) vs no intervention/wait list/placebo/no stress‐reduction intervention	no estimate extracted	19 studies · 1851 participants	Low Downgraded: risk of bias, inconsistency, publication bias
Stress symptoms ( An intervention in which one's attention is on the experience of stress (feelings, thoughts, behavior) vs no intervention/wait list/placebo/no stress‐reduction intervention	no estimate extracted	1 study · 68 participants	Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency, publication bias

An intervention in which one's attention is away from the experience of stress compared to no intervention/wait list/placebo/no stress‐reduction intervention for stress reduction in healthcare workers

Population: healthcare workers

CD002892.PUB6 (current) · 3 questions

Outcome	Effect	Evidence	Status / GRADE
Stress symptoms ( An intervention in which one's attention is away from the experience of stress vs no intervention/wait list/placebo/no stress‐reduction intervention	no estimate extracted	35 studies · 2366 participants	Low Downgraded: risk of bias, inconsistency, publication bias
Stress symptoms ( An intervention in which one's attention is away from the experience of stress vs no intervention/wait list/placebo/no stress‐reduction intervention	no estimate extracted	6 studies · 427 participants	Low Downgraded: risk of bias, inconsistency, publication bias
Stress symptoms ( An intervention in which one's attention is away from the experience of stress vs no intervention/wait list/placebo/no stress‐reduction intervention	no estimate extracted	0 studies · 0 participants	Ungraded

An intervention in which the focus is on work‐related risk factors on an individual level compared to no intervention/no stress‐reduction interventionfor stress reduction in healthcare workers

Population: healthcare workers

CD002892.PUB6 (current) · 3 questions

Outcome	Effect	Evidence	Status / GRADE
Stress symptoms ( An intervention in which the focus is on work‐related risk factors on an individual level vs no intervention/no stress‐reduction interventionfor stress reduction	no estimate extracted	3 studies · 87 participants	Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency
Stress symptoms ( An intervention in which the focus is on work‐related risk factors on an individual level vs no intervention/no stress‐reduction interventionfor stress reduction	no estimate extracted	2 studies · 152 participants	Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency
Stress symptoms ( An intervention in which the focus is on work‐related risk factors on an individual level vs no intervention/no stress‐reduction interventionfor stress reduction	no estimate extracted	1 study · 161 participants	Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency

A combination of individual‐level interventions compared to no intervention/wait list/no stress‐reduction intervention for stress reduction in healthcare workers

Population: healthcare workers

CD002892.PUB6 (current) · 3 questions

Outcome	Effect	Evidence	Status / GRADE
Stress symptoms ( A combination of individual‐level interventions vs no intervention/wait list/no stress‐reduction intervention	no estimate extracted	15 studies · 1003 participants	Low Downgraded: risk of bias, inconsistency, publication bias
Stress symptoms ( A combination of individual‐level interventions vs no intervention/wait list/no stress‐reduction intervention	no estimate extracted	6 studies · 574 participants	Low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency, publication bias
Stress symptoms ( A combination of individual‐level interventions vs no intervention/wait list/no stress‐reduction intervention	no estimate extracted	1 study · 88 participants	Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency, publication bias