Mental health interventions affecting university faculty: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Autor: Dalal Hammoudi Halat, Waqas Sami, Abderrezzaq Soltani, Ahmed Malki
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: BMC Public Health, Vol 24, Iss 1, Pp 1-18 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1471-2458
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-20402-2
Popis: Abstract Background While there is growing evidence highlighting the prevalence of mental health concerns among university faculty, few studies have examined mental health interventions in this population. The objective of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to collect and critically appraise the available evidence about the effectiveness of interventions designed to improve the mental health of faculty. Methods A systematic search was conducted by searching PubMed, EMBASE, Scopus, Web of Science, and CINAHL to identify relevant studies published in English language from January 1st, 2000 until October 1st, 2023. The search focused on studies done on academic faculty to describe interventions or support programs aimed at improving mental health outcomes, with comparison of mental health data before and after the intervention and an improvement in mental health as study outcome. A random effect meta-analysis method was used to estimate the effectiveness of interventions on faculty mental health. Results Ten publications with 891 participants from 2,217 retrieved records were included. The random effect model showed substantial heterogeneity (I2 = 84.8%, 95% CI: 73.8 − 91.2%, p
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