ReviewWorkplace health & safety2023
A Literature Review to Identify Effective Web- and App-Based mHealth Interventions for Stress Management at Work.
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Who cites it
8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 18 citations in OpenAlex.
- Supporting the well-being of nurses, paramedics, and firefighters during external crises by managing workload: an umbrella review.Industrial health · 2025Pooled it
- Multimodal Personalized Mobile Health Just-in-Time Adaptive Intervention for Occupational Stress Management: Pilot Study.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2026Trial
- Optimizing Intervention Components of a Preventive Stress Management mHealth Intervention for Health Care Workers: Experimental Factorial Study.JMIR formative research · 2025Article
- Personalizing mHealth Interventions for Occupational Stress: Protocol for a Randomized Pilot Study.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
- Short Mindfulness Meditations During Breaks and After Work in Everyday Nursing Care: A Simple Strategy for Promoting Daily Recovery, Mood, and Attention?Workplace health & safety · 2024Article
- Assessing the Effectiveness of STAPP@Work, a Self-Management Mobile App, in Reducing Work Stress and Preventing Burnout: Single-Case Experimental Design Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Article
- Health, Stress and Technologies: Integrating Technology Acceptance and Health Belief Models for Smartphone-Based Stress Intervention.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Improving mental health literacy using web- or app-based interventions: A scoping review.Digital healthArticle
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Authors and funding
4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
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Abstract
backgroundPersistent job-related stress can be harmful to physical and mental health and has a sizable financial burden on society. Face-to-face interventions are effective in reducing stress but have the disadvantage of high costs and time requirements. mHealth solutions may be an effective alternative to provide stress management interventions at work. Occupational health professionals need information on which mHealth apps are effective for employees to manage job-related stress. The aim of this review is to provide an overview of effective web- and app-based interventions for reduction of job-related stress and stress-related symptoms.
methodA literature review was conducted in the databases PubMed, PsycINFO, CINAHL Complete, and IEEEXplore.
findingsA total of 24 articles describing 19 products were found. All products showed effectiveness in trials in improving mental and/or physical health and reducing stress. Most products have a course-like structure with a duration from 1 to 8 weeks. The products use various methods such as psychoeducation and education on stress, cognitive restructuring, emotional regulation, problem-solving, goal setting, gratitude, breathing, or mindfulness techniques. Most products use more than one method and most mixed material such as text on web pages, text messages, videos, reading and audio material, and games. CONCLUSION/APPLICATION TO PRACTICE: Overall, effective mHealth products were identified for the intervention of acute and chronic stress. Occupational health practitioners can use these 19 evidence-based mHealth products when advising organizations on health promotion of employees to reduce stress symptoms and promote health and well-being.
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