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SynthesisInternational archives of occupational and environmental health2021

The effectiveness of health-oriented leadership interventions for the improvement of mental health of employees in the health care sector: a systematic review.

Felicitas Stuber, Tanja Seifried-Dübon, Monika A Rieger, Harald Gündel, Sascha Ruhle, Stephan Zipfel, Florian Junne

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Synthesis in International archives of occupational and environmental health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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36citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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36 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 90 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Felicitas StuberDepartment of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany. felicitas.stuber@med.uni-tuebingen.de.
Tanja Seifried-DübonDepartment of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany.
Monika A RiegerInstitute of Occupational Medicine, Social Medicine and Health Services Research, University Hospital Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany.
Harald GündelDepartment of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Ulm University Medical Center, Ulm, Germany.
Sascha RuhleDepartment of Business Administration, in particular, Work Human Resource Management and Organization Studies, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.
Stephan ZipfelDepartment of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany.
Florian JunneDepartment of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany.
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf · DEUniversität Ulm · DEUniversity of Tübingen · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeAn increasing prevalence of work-related stress and employees' mental health impairments in the health care sector calls for preventive actions. A significant factor in the workplace that is thought to influence employees' mental health is leadership behavior. Hence, effective leadership interventions to foster employees' (leaders' and staff members') mental health might be an important measure to address this pressing issue.

methodsWe conducted a systematic review according to the PRISMA statement (Liberati et al. 2009) and systematically searched the following databases: PubMed (PMC), Web of Science, PsycINFO (EBSCOhost), EconLit (EBSCOhost), and Business Source Premier (EBSCOhost). In addition, we performed a hand search of the reference lists of relevant articles. We included studies investigating leadership interventions in the health care sector that aimed to maintain/foster employees' mental health.

resultsThe systematic search produced 11,221 initial search hits in relevant databases. After the screening process and additional literature search, seven studies were deemed eligible according to the inclusion criteria. All studies showed at least a moderate global validity and four of the included studies showed statistically significant improvements of mental health as a result of the leadership interventions.

conclusionsBased on the findings, leadership interventions with reflective and interactive parts in group settings at several seminar days seem to be the most promising strategy to address mental health in health care employees. As the available evidence is limited, efforts to design and scientifically evaluate such interventions should be extended.

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LeadershipMental HealthHealth PersonnelHumansWorkplaceEmployeesHealth care sectorInterventionLeadershipMental healthPrevention

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PMID33011902
PMCPMC7532985
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