Table 3. High quality reviews of psychological therapies.
| Author, year | Review type | Professional group | Direction of Evidence | Outcome(s) | Quality* score | Additional interventions studied |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aryankhesal 2019 (49) | Systematic review | Health care and social assistance |
Positive effect | Burnout / Stress | 7/13 | Organisational modifications; Education / information provision; Mindfulness / meditation; Team-building activities; Peer support; Mindfulness / meditation |
| Bellon 2019 (90) | Systematic review and meta-analysis | Mixed / not stated | Positive effect | Mental Illness | 14/16 | |
| Brooks 2018 (46) | Systematic review | Mixed / not stated | No conclusions | Mental Illness | 7/13 | Education / information provision; Mindfulness / meditation |
| Carolan 2017 (91) | Systematic review and Mmeta-analysis | Mixed / not stated | Positive effect | Mental Well-Being | 12/16 | |
| Positive effect | Productivity | |||||
| Cocker 2016 (54) | Systematic review | Healthcare and social assistance |
No conclusions | Burnout / Stress | 7/13 | Mindfulness / meditation; Arts-based interventions; Brain stimulation (psychological therapies (individual); Education / Information provision |
| Dreison 2018 (57) | Meta-analysis | Health care and social assistance |
Positive effect | Burnout / Stress | 10/16 | Education / information provision; Mindfulness / meditation |
| Hill 2016 (85) | Systematic review | Health care and social assistance |
No conclusions | Burnout / Stress | 9/13 | Education / information provision |
| No conclusions | Mental Illness | |||||
| No conclusions | Mental Well-Being | |||||
| No conclusions | Fatigue | |||||
| Howarth 2018 (45) | Systematic review | Mixed / not stated | Positive effect | Fatigue | 10/13 | Education / information provision; Mindfulness / meditation |
| Kunzler 2020 (...professionals) (65) | Systematic review | Healthcare and social assistance |
Positive effect | Mental Well-Being | 16/16 | Mindfulness / meditation |
| Positive effect | Mental Illness | |||||
| Positive effect | Burnout / Stress | |||||
| Kunzler 2020 (...students) (66) | Systematic review | Healthcare and social assistance |
Positive effect | Mental Well-Being | 16/16 | Mindfulness / meditation |
| Positive effect | Mental Illness | |||||
| Positive effect | Burnout / Stress | |||||
| Maricutoiu 2016 (92) | Meta-analysis | Mixed / not stated | Positive effect | Burnout / Stress | 10/16 | Mixed |
| Murray 2016 (70) | Systematic review | Healthcare and social assistance |
Positive effect | Mental Illness | 10/16 | Education / Information provision; Mindfulness / meditation |
| Positive effect | Mental Well-Being | |||||
| Nigatu 2019 (87) | Meta-analysis | Mixed / not stated | Positive effect | Mental Illness | 11/16 | Exercise; Education / Information provision |
| Reeve 2018 (93) | Systematic review and meta-analysis | Healthcare and social assistance |
Positive effect | Burnout / Stress | 10/16 | |
| Positive effect | Mental Illness | |||||
| Romppanen 2017 (94) | Systematic review | Healthcare and social assistance |
Positive effect | Mental Well-Being | 8/13 | |
| Positive effect | Burnout / Stress | |||||
| Ryan 2017 (72) | Scoping review | Mixed / Not stated | Positive effect | Mental Well-Being | 7/13 | Mindfulness / meditation |
| Positive effect | Burnout / Stress | |||||
| Slemp 2019 (95) | Meta-analysis | Mixed / not stated | Positive effect | Mental Illness | 9/16 | |
| Positive effect | Burnout / Stress | |||||
| Vega-Escano 2020 (77) | Systematic review and meta-analysis | Mixed / not stated | Positive effect | Fatigue | 13/16 | Mindfulness / meditation; |
| Verbeek 2019 (78) | Scoping review | Mixed / not stated | Positive effect | Implementation | 7/13 | Mindfulness / meditation; Exercise; Organisational modifications |
| Wild 2020 (80) | Systematic review | Healthcare and social assistance |
Positive effect | Mental Illness | 10/13 | Mindfulness / meditation; Exercise; Education / Information provision |
| Positive effect | Mental Well-Being | |||||
| Positive effect | Physical Health | |||||
| Williams 2018 (81) | Systematic review | Healthcare and social assistance |
Positive effect | Mental Illness | 8/13 | Team building; Exercise, Mindfulness / meditation |
| Positive effect | Mental Well-Being | |||||
| Positive effect | Physical Health | |||||
| Positive effect | Burnout / Stress | |||||
| Xu 2020 (82) | Systematic review | Healthcare and social assistance |
Positive effect | Burnout / Stress | 15/16 | Mindfulness / meditation; Organisational modifications; Physical environmental modifications; Pharmacotherapies; Education / Information provision |
| Positive effect | Attitudinal and / or Emotional Measures | |||||
| Positive effect | Fatigue | |||||
| Positive effect | Mental Illness |
*Quality of review refers to the quality assessed by two reviewers using AMSTAR 2.