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ReviewJournal of environmental and public health2012

A synthesis of the evidence for managing stress at work: a review of the reviews reporting on anxiety, depression, and absenteeism.

Kamaldeep S Bhui, Sokratis Dinos, Stephen A Stansfeld, Peter D White

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Review in Journal of environmental and public health, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 103 papers, 13 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

103 citing papers in PubMed, 13 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  6. Evidence of Workplace Interventions-A Systematic Review of Systematic Reviews.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019
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  7. The Working Mind: A Meta-Analysis of a Workplace Mental Health and Stigma Reduction Program.Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie · 2019
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  8. The Road to Mental Readiness for First Responders: A Meta-Analysis of Program Outcomes.Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie · 2019
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  12. Preventing occupational stress in healthcare workers.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2015
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Kamaldeep S BhuiCentre for Psychiatry, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London E14NS, UK. k.s.bhui@qmul.ac.uk
Sokratis Dinos
Stephen A Stansfeld
Peter D White

Funding

Department of Health
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPsychosocial stressors in the workplace are a cause of anxiety and depressive illnesses, suicide and family disruption.

methodsThe present review synthesizes the evidence from existing systematic reviews published between 1990 and July 2011. We assessed the effectiveness of individual, organisational and mixed interventions on two outcomes: mental health and absenteeism.

resultsIn total, 23 systematic reviews included 499 primary studies; there were 11 meta-analyses and 12 narrative reviews. Meta-analytic studies found a greater effect size of individual interventions on individual outcomes. Organisational interventions showed mixed evidence of benefit. Organisational programmes for physical activity showed a reduction in absenteeism. The findings from the meta-analytic reviews were consistent with the findings from the narrative reviews. Specifically, cognitive-behavioural programmes produced larger effects at the individual level compared with other interventions. Some interventions appeared to lead to deterioration in mental health and absenteeism outcomes.Gaps in the literature include studies of organisational outcomes like absenteeism, the influence of specific occupations and size of organisations, and studies of the comparative effectiveness of primary, secondary and tertiary prevention.

conclusionsIndividual interventions (like CBT) improve individuals' mental health. Physical activity as an organisational intervention reduces absenteeism. Research needs to target gaps in the evidence.

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Occupational HealthPsychotherapyWorkplaceAbsenteeismAnxietyDepressionDepressive DisorderExerciseHumansMental HealthResearch DesignStress, Psychological

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PMID22496705
PMCPMC3306941

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