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A Literature Review to Identify Effective Web- and App-Based mHealth Interventions for Stress Management at Work
BACKGROUND: Persistent job-related stress can be harmful to physical and mental health and has a sizable financial burden on society. Face-to-face interventions are effective in reducing stress but have the disadvantage of high costs and time requirements. mHealth solutions may be an effective alter...
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2023
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10503239/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37254448 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/21650799231170872 |
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author | Egger, Selina Marita Frey, Sara Sauerzopf, Lena Meidert, Ursula |
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description | BACKGROUND: Persistent job-related stress can be harmful to physical and mental health and has a sizable financial burden on society. Face-to-face interventions are effective in reducing stress but have the disadvantage of high costs and time requirements. mHealth solutions may be an effective alternative to provide stress management interventions at work. Occupational health professionals need information on which mHealth apps are effective for employees to manage job-related stress. The aim of this review is to provide an overview of effective web- and app-based interventions for reduction of job-related stress and stress-related symptoms. METHOD: A literature review was conducted in the databases PubMed, PsycINFO, CINAHL Complete, and IEEEXplore. FINDINGS: A total of 24 articles describing 19 products were found. All products showed effectiveness in trials in improving mental and/or physical health and reducing stress. Most products have a course-like structure with a duration from 1 to 8 weeks. The products use various methods such as psychoeducation and education on stress, cognitive restructuring, emotional regulation, problem-solving, goal setting, gratitude, breathing, or mindfulness techniques. Most products use more than one method and most mixed material such as text on web pages, text messages, videos, reading and audio material, and games. CONCLUSION/APPLICATION TO PRACTICE: Overall, effective mHealth products were identified for the intervention of acute and chronic stress. Occupational health practitioners can use these 19 evidence-based mHealth products when advising organizations on health promotion of employees to reduce stress symptoms and promote health and well-being. |
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spelling | pubmed-105032392023-09-16 A Literature Review to Identify Effective Web- and App-Based mHealth Interventions for Stress Management at Work Egger, Selina Marita Frey, Sara Sauerzopf, Lena Meidert, Ursula Workplace Health Saf Continuing Education BACKGROUND: Persistent job-related stress can be harmful to physical and mental health and has a sizable financial burden on society. Face-to-face interventions are effective in reducing stress but have the disadvantage of high costs and time requirements. mHealth solutions may be an effective alternative to provide stress management interventions at work. Occupational health professionals need information on which mHealth apps are effective for employees to manage job-related stress. The aim of this review is to provide an overview of effective web- and app-based interventions for reduction of job-related stress and stress-related symptoms. METHOD: A literature review was conducted in the databases PubMed, PsycINFO, CINAHL Complete, and IEEEXplore. FINDINGS: A total of 24 articles describing 19 products were found. All products showed effectiveness in trials in improving mental and/or physical health and reducing stress. Most products have a course-like structure with a duration from 1 to 8 weeks. The products use various methods such as psychoeducation and education on stress, cognitive restructuring, emotional regulation, problem-solving, goal setting, gratitude, breathing, or mindfulness techniques. Most products use more than one method and most mixed material such as text on web pages, text messages, videos, reading and audio material, and games. CONCLUSION/APPLICATION TO PRACTICE: Overall, effective mHealth products were identified for the intervention of acute and chronic stress. Occupational health practitioners can use these 19 evidence-based mHealth products when advising organizations on health promotion of employees to reduce stress symptoms and promote health and well-being. SAGE Publications 2023-05-30 2023-10 /pmc/articles/PMC10503239/ /pubmed/37254448 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/21650799231170872 Text en © 2023 The Author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
spellingShingle | Continuing Education Egger, Selina Marita Frey, Sara Sauerzopf, Lena Meidert, Ursula A Literature Review to Identify Effective Web- and App-Based mHealth Interventions for Stress Management at Work |
title | A Literature Review to Identify Effective Web- and App-Based mHealth Interventions for Stress Management at Work |
title_full | A Literature Review to Identify Effective Web- and App-Based mHealth Interventions for Stress Management at Work |
title_fullStr | A Literature Review to Identify Effective Web- and App-Based mHealth Interventions for Stress Management at Work |
title_full_unstemmed | A Literature Review to Identify Effective Web- and App-Based mHealth Interventions for Stress Management at Work |
title_short | A Literature Review to Identify Effective Web- and App-Based mHealth Interventions for Stress Management at Work |
title_sort | literature review to identify effective web- and app-based mhealth interventions for stress management at work |
topic | Continuing Education |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10503239/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37254448 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/21650799231170872 |
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