The effectiveness of e-healthcare interventions for mental health of nurses

Background:. Mental health problems, including burnout among nurses, are common and important. With the rapid development of information and communication technologies and the rise in use of smartphones, the use of e-mental health strategies is increasing in public and clinical settings, and initial...

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Published in:Medicine (Baltimore) 2022-06, Vol.101 (25), p.e29125
Main Authors: Jung-Hyun Park, MSc, KMD, Su-Eun Jung, KMD, Da-Jung Ha, MSc, KMD, Boram Lee, MSc, KMD, Myo-Sung Kim, PhD, Kyo-Lin Sim, PhD, Yung Hyun Choi, PhD, Chan-Young Kwon, PhD, KMD
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Summary:Background:. Mental health problems, including burnout among nurses, are common and important. With the rapid development of information and communication technologies and the rise in use of smartphones, the use of e-mental health strategies is increasing in public and clinical settings, and initial clinical trials using this intervention have been conducted. This systematic review evaluated whether e-healthcare interventions improve burnout and other mental health aspects in nurses. Methods:. Six electronic databases including MEDLINE (via PubMed), EMBASE (via Elsevier), the Cochrane Library Central Register of Controlled Trials, the Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature, the Allied and Complementary Medicine Database, and PsycARTICLES were searched to collect relevant randomized controlled trials up to January 28, 2021, using e-healthcare interventions for mental health in nurses. The e-healthcare intervention was classified as web-based, smartphone-based, and real-time online interventions. The primary outcome was burnout in this population. Due to the heterogeneity of the interventions used in the included studies, quantitative synthesis was not performed, but included studies were analyzed qualitatively. Also, the details of e-healthcare for the mental health of nurses were analyzed. The methodological quality of included studies was assessed using Cochrane's Risk of Bias tool. Results:. Seven randomized controlled trials were included in this study. The 20-minute session of an online form of the emotional freedom technique was reported to significantly improve burnout severity compared to no intervention (P 
ISSN:0025-7974
1536-5964
DOI:10.1097/MD.0000000000029125