Self-Help Plus for refugees and asylum seekers: an individual participant data meta-analysis.

Eirini KaryotakiMarit SijbrandijMarianna PurgatoCeren AcarturkDaniel LakinDella BaileyEmily PeckhamErsin UygunFederico TedeschiJohannes WancataJura AugustinaviciusKenneth CarswellMaritta VälimäkiMark van OmmerenMarkus KoestersMariana PopaMarx Ronald LekuMinna AnttilaRachel ChurchillRoss G WhiteSarah Al-HashimiTella LanttaTeresa AuThomas KleinWietse A TolPim CuijpersCorrado Barbui

Published in: BMJ mental health (2023)

Although SH+ did not differ significantly from ECAU in reducing symptoms of depression at postintervention, it did present benefits for particularly vulnerable participants (ie, unemployed and with lower mental well-being levels), and benefits were also evident at midterm follow-up. These results are promising for the use of SH+ in the management of depressive symptoms and improvement of well-being and self-identified problems among refugees and asylum seekers.

Keyphrases

depressive symptoms
systematic review
sleep quality
mental health
social support
meta analyses
electronic health record
big data
case control
machine learning
data analysis