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SynthesisOccupational and environmental medicine2023

Universal, selective and indicated interventions for supporting mental health at the workplace: an umbrella review of meta-analyses.

Clara Miguel, Arpana Amarnath, Aemal Akhtar, Aiysha Malik, Gergő Baranyi, Corrado Barbui, Eirini Karyotaki, Pim Cuijpers

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Synthesis in Occupational and environmental medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Clara MiguelDepartment of Clinical, Neuro and Developmental Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands clara.miguelsanz@vu.nl.ORCID 0000-0001-5563-5896
Arpana AmarnathDepartment of Clinical, Neuro and Developmental Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Aemal AkhtarSchool of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Aiysha MalikDepartment of Mental Health and Substance Use, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
Gergő BaranyiSociety and Health, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Corrado BarbuiDepartment of Neuroscience, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
Eirini KaryotakiDepartment of Clinical, Neuro and Developmental Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Pim CuijpersDepartment of Clinical, Neuro and Developmental Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Funding

World Health Organization 001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The current umbrella review aimed to assess and summarise evidence on universal, selective and indicated interventions for mental health at the workplace. This umbrella review forms one of the evidence reviews which were commissioned by the WHO to develop global guidelines on mental health at work. We conducted systematic searches in five bibliographic databases (PubMed, Embase, PsycINFO, Cochrane and Global Medicus Index) and included meta-analyses of randomised trials examining psychosocial, physical activity and lifestyle interventions delivered to all general workers (universal interventions), at-risk workers (selective interventions) and workers already experiencing symptoms of mental disorders (indicated interventions). We included outcomes from seven domains: symptoms of mental health conditions, positive mental health, quality of life, work-related outcomes, substance use, suicide-related outcomes and potential adverse effects. We identified 16 meta-analyses producing 66 pooled effect sizes of the examined interventions, mostly on symptoms of mental health conditions (n=43 pooled effect sizes) (eg, burnout, insomnia, stress) and positive mental health (n=15) (eg, well-being). Most of the evidence on universal, selective and indicated interventions was focused on psychosocial interventions, showing small to moderate effects across the various outcomes. Certainty levels according to GRADE (Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation) were low to very low in almost all of the examined outcomes. The results of existing meta-analyses are promising for the use of preventative and early treatment interventions in the workplace. However, the quality and certainty of the evidence were very modest, and further research on the effectiveness of these interventions is warranted.

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Mental HealthOccupational HealthWorkplaceHumansMeta-Analysis as TopicQuality of LifeRandomized Controlled Trials as Topicmental healthmeta-analysisoccupational health

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PMID36828633
PMCPMC10086469

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