Cochrane · systematic review · CD012527

Psychological interventions to foster resilience in healthcare professionals

Kunzler, AM, Helmreich, I, Chmitorz, A, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2020 · Cochrane Library

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Questions
6
current version
GRADE rated
6
No studies
0
Included studies
NR
No studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 6 · 100%Low 0 · 0%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

Resilience interventions compared to control condition for healthcare professionals

Population: healthcare professionals including healthcare staff delivering direct medical care (e.g. nurses, physicians, hospital personnel) and allied healthcare staff (e.g. social workers, psychologists); aged 18 years and older, irrespective of health status
6 questions
OutcomeEffectEvidenceStatus / GRADE
Resilience Measured by: investigators measured resilience using different instruments; higher scores mean higher resilience Timing of outcome assessment: post‐intervention
Resilience interventions vs control condition
no estimate extracted12 studies · 690 participantsVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias, inconsistency
Mental health and well‐being: anxiety Measured by: investigators measured anxiety using different instruments; lower scores mean lower anxiety Timing of outcome assessment: post‐intervention
Resilience interventions vs control condition
no estimate extracted5 studies · 231 participantsVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency, indirectness
Mental health and well‐being: depression Measured by: investigators measured depression using different instruments; lower scores mean lower depression Timing of outcome assessment: post‐intervention
Resilience interventions vs control condition
no estimate extracted14 studies · 788 participantsVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias, inconsistency
Mental health and well‐being: stress or stress perceptionMeasured by: investigators measured stress or stress perception using different instruments; lower scores mean lower stress or stress perception Timing of outcome assessment: post‐intervention
Resilience interventions vs control condition
no estimate extracted17 studies · 997 participantsVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias, inconsistency
Mental health and well‐being: well‐being or quality of life Measured by: investigators measured well‐being or quality of life using different instruments; higher scores mean higher well‐being or quality of life Timing of outcome assessment: post‐i...
Resilience interventions vs control condition
no estimate extracted13 studies · 1494 participantsVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias, inconsistency
Adverse events
Resilience interventions vs control condition
no estimate extracted3 studies · 784 participantsVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias, indirectness