Coronavirus (COVID-19): support for wellbeing in the healthcare workforce

This page provides Cochrane evidence on interventions that may help support the wellbeing of the healthcare workforce and reducing occupational stress.

◆Interventions for occupational stress

-Interventions to support the resilience and mental health of frontline health and social care professionals during and after a disease outbreak, epidemic or pandemic: a mixed methods systematic review
-Psychological interventions to foster resilience in healthcare professionals
-Psychological interventions to foster resilience in healthcare students
-Mindfulness‐based psychological interventions for improving mental well‐being in medical students and junior doctors
-Computer‐based versus in‐person interventions for preventing and reducing stress in workers
-Human resource management training of supervisors for improving health and well‐being of employees
-Ethical case interventions for adult patients

◆Interventions for physical safety and capacity to work

-Work‐break schedules for preventing musculoskeletal symptoms and disorders in healthy workers
-Interventions for preventing occupational irritant hand dermatitis
-Person‐directed, non‐pharmacological interventions for sleepiness at work and sleep disturbances caused by shift work

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