Online psychosocial interventions for improving mental health in people during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Ye, Zhiyu; Li, Wentian; Ruizi, Zhu

doi:10.1016/j.jad.2022.08.023

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“…This can negatively affect their ability to do their jobs well and ultimately lead to less favorable outcomes for students. (21) These findings should be interpreted in the context of certain limitations. Firstly, this study did not assess the history of faculty employment, which may be a relevant factor related to the findings.…”

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Perceived stress and sleep quality among health care faculty and postgraduate students during COVID- 19 pandemic lockdown

Rahim¹,

Farooq²,

Ali³

et al. 2023

FUJRS

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Background: Perceived Stress and quality of sleep are major determinants of physical and mental health. Objective: To determine perceived stress and sleep quality among medical, dental and rehabilitation sciences faculties and its association with age, discipline and designation. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted at Islamic International Medical and Dental Colleges, and College of Rehabilitation Sciences of Riphah International University from July till September 2021. Two validated questionnaires Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) were administered with informed consent using convenience sampling after ERC approval. Data was analyzed by SPSS 20. Spearman rank- order correlation test was used for correlation between variables. P<0.05 was considered significant. Results: Out of 220 study participants, there were 119(54.1%) medical, 56(25.5%) dental and 45(20.5%) rehabilitation sciences professionals with 184 (83.6%) postgraduate residents and 40 (12.2%) consultants. Moderate stress was reported by 111 (93.3%) medical, 56 (100%) dental and 42 (93.3%) rehabilitation sciences professionals. Higher levels of stress were reported at ages 27-40 years (p=0.007), rehabilitation sciences (p=<0.001) and postgraduate students (p=<0.001). Poor sleep quality was found in medical and dental professionals (p=0.008) and post-graduate students (p=0.01). There was a positive intermediate correlation between stress and sleep disturbance (p<0.05). Sleep showed a weak negative correlation with discipline (p<0.05) and designation (p<0.05). Stress was weakly correlated with designation (p<0.05) and positively with age (p<0.05). Conclusion: A higher level of stress was detected in health care professionals in 27-40 years age groups, rehabilitation sciences and postgraduate students while poor sleep quality was reported more in medical and dental faculties and post graduate students' group.

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Perceived stress and sleep quality among health care faculty and postgraduate students during COVID- 19 pandemic lockdown

Rahim¹,

Farooq²,

Ali³

et al. 2023

FUJRS

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“…For example, sentiment content posted on popular social media platforms by users in areas with a high concentration of COVID-19 cases is analyzed to identify and monitor users’ emotional states ( 73 ). Second, provide the public with various online psychoeducational interventions such as mindfulness stress reduction, positive meditation, cognitive behavioral therapy, cognitive restructuring, emotional freedom techniques, narrative exposure therapy, and stress management techniques ( 59 , 75 ); Third, use location or multiple sources of epidemic data (e.g., hospital visit data, population health platform data, government health department data, etc.) to predict epidemic transmission trends, thereby concentrating medical resources in high-risk exposure areas and dynamically visualizing (medical resource mapping) regional medical resources to provide easy healthcare access to individuals with COVID-19 risk exposure ( 76 ).…”

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Effects of risk exposure on emotional distress among Chinese adults during the COVID-19 pandemic: The moderating role of disruption of life and perceived controllability

Xiong

Chen

et al. 2023

Front. Psychiatry

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BackgroundCOVID-19 affects not only the physical health of individuals but also their mental health and different types of risk exposures are believed to have different effects on individual emotional distress.ObjectiveThis study explores the relationships between risk exposure, disruption of life, perceived controllability, and emotional distress among Chinese adults during the COVID-19 outbreak.MethodsThis study is based on an online survey conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic, from 1 to 10 February 2020, with a total of 2,993 Chinese respondents recruited through convenience and snowball sampling. Multiple linear regression analysis were used to examine the relationships among risk exposure, disruption of life, perceived controllability, and emotional distress.ResultsThis study found that all types of risk exposures were significantly associated with emotional distress. Individuals with neighborhood infection, family member infection/close contact, and self-infection/close contact had higher levels of emotional distress (B = 0.551, 95% CI: −0.019, 1.121; B = 2.161, 95% CI: 1.067, 3.255; B = 3.240, 95% CI: 2.351, 4.129) than those without exposure. The highest levels of emotional distress occurred among individuals experiencing self-infection/close contact, while the lowest levels of emotional distress occurred among individuals experiencing neighborhood infection and the moderate levels of emotional distress occurred among individuals experiencing family member infection (Beta = 0.137; Beta = 0.073; Beta = 0.036). Notably, the disruption of life aggravated the effect of self-infection/close contact on emotional distress and family member infection/close contact on emotional distress (B = 0.217, 95% CI: 0.036, 0.398; B = 0.205, 95% CI: 0.017, 0.393). More importantly, perceived controllability lowered the strength of the association between self-infection/close contact and emotional distress, as well as family member infection/close contact and emotional distress (B = −0.180, 95% CI: −0.362, 0.002; B = −0.187, 95% CI: −0.404, 0.030).ConclusionThese findings shed light on mental health interventions for people exposed to or infected with COVID-19 near the beginning of the pandemic, particularly those who themselves had COVID or had family members with COVID-19 risk exposure, including being infected/having close contact with an infected person. We call for appropriate measures to screen out individuals or families whose lives were, or remain, more severely affected by COVID-19. We advocate providing individuals with material support and online mindfulness-based interventions to help them cope with the after-effects of COVID-19. It is also essential to enhance the public’s perception of controllability with the help of online psychological intervention strategies, such as mindfulness-based stress reduction programs and mindfulness-oriented meditation training programs.

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“…12,32,44 Online psychosocial interventions may ameliorate this harmful effect, which has been especially useful during restrictions causing social isolation. 45 The recent meta-analyses dealing with the prevalence of insomnia in post-COVID-19 patients are in Table 3.…”

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Sleep Disturbance and Immunological Consequences of COVID-19

Bocek¹,

Praško²,

Genzor³

et al. 2023

PPA

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The overarching importance of sleep was further emphasized during the pandemic of COVID-19. The subjects infected by COVID-19 frequently experience sleep disturbances; some are long-lasting problems and decrease the quality of life. Insomnia is the most studied sleep disorder associated with COVID-19. Insomnia affects patients who have experienced an infection and the general population. Good sleep is important in maintaining mental and physical health, including immune system functions. The interconnections between insomnia, the immune system, and COVID-19 are complex. Insomnia triggers numerous immune system dysregulations and makes individuals more vulnerable to respiratory infections. This narrative review overviews the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on the immune system through sleep disorders.

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Online psychosocial interventions for improving mental health in people during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Cited by 25 publications

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Perceived stress and sleep quality among health care faculty and postgraduate students during COVID- 19 pandemic lockdown

Perceived stress and sleep quality among health care faculty and postgraduate students during COVID- 19 pandemic lockdown

Effects of risk exposure on emotional distress among Chinese adults during the COVID-19 pandemic: The moderating role of disruption of life and perceived controllability

Sleep Disturbance and Immunological Consequences of COVID-19

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