European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
Marta Roqué i Figuls, Consol Serra Pujadas, Eva Madrid, Flor Rivera, María-Inti Metzendorf, José María Ramada, Pablo Alonso-Coello
Mental health challenges in the EU health and social care sector during COVID-19: strategies for prevention and management
Literature Review
Table of Contents
Executive Summary
1 Introduction
1.1 Background
1.2 Objectives
2 Methodological approach
2.1 Systematic review of mental health outcomes
2.1.1 Specific objectives and framework
2.1.2 Research question and eligibility criteria
2.1.3 Search strategy
2.1.4 Study selection and evidence appraisal
2.1.5 Synthesis of the evidence
2.2 Identification of good practices and recommendations
2.2.1 Specific objectives and framework
2.2.2 Research question and eligibility criteria
2.2.3 Sources of information
3 Results
3.1 Systematic review
3.1.1 Literature search and screening process
3.1.2 Description of included studies
3.1.3 Quality appraisal of included studies
3.1.4 Overall prevalence of mental health conditions
3.1.5 Prevalence of mental health conditions by EU-country
3.1.6 Prevalence by selected subgroups of HeSCare workers
3.2 Good practices and recommendations
3.2.1 Identified sources of information
3.2.2 Results from the searches
3.2.3 Identified good practices and interventions
3.2.4 Selected examples of good practices
3.2.5 Recommendations
3.2.6 List of recommendations by scope
4 Discussion
4.1 Prevalence of adverse mental health outcomes in the EU
4.2 Identification of good practices / interventions and recommendations
5 Policy pointers for future action
6 Appendices
Appendix A - Glossary of terms
Appendix B - Literature search strings for MEDLINE and EMBASE
Appendix C - Critical appraisal checklist from Joanna Brigs Institute
Appendix D - Scales used to assess mental health outcomes .
Appendix E - Disaggregated data by burnout dimension
Appendix F - Prevalence results by EU-country for all mental health conditions in the HeSCare sector
Appendix G - Professional categories in the HeSCare sector reported by the included studies, grouped into 11 general professional categories
Appendix H - Assessment of the certainty of evidence using GRADE
Appendix I -Results of the first round of the Delphi consultation
Appendix J - Additional sources of information identified in the Delphi consultation
References
Acknowledgements
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