Cochrane · systematic review · CD013779
Interventions to support the resilience and mental health of frontline health and social care professionals during and after a disease outbreak, epidemic or pandemic: a mixed methods systematic review
Pollock, A, Campbell, P, Cheyne, J, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2020 · Cochrane Library
Effective Practice and Organisation of CareAMSTAR 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
5
current version
GRADE rated
1
No studies
4
Included studies
NR
No studies 4 · 80%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 1 · 20%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
Workplace intervention compared to no intervention to support mental health and resilience of health and social care professionals during a disease outbreak
Population: health and social professionals
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
General mental health (critical outcome) Workplace intervention vs no intervention to support mental health and resilience of health and social care professionals during a disease outbreak | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Resilience (critical outcome) Workplace intervention vs no intervention to support mental health and resilience of health and social care professionals during a disease outbreak | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Psychological symptoms of anxiety, depression or stress Workplace intervention vs no intervention to support mental health and resilience of health and social care professionals during a disease outbreak | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Burnout (10 questions from ProQOL scale; assessed immediately post‐intervention and at 6‐month Workplace intervention vs no intervention to support mental health and resilience of health and social care professionals during a disease outbreak | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 408 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, indirectness |
Effects on workplace staffing ‐ absenteeism Workplace intervention vs no intervention to support mental health and resilience of health and social care professionals during a disease outbreak | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |