Effectiveness of a WHO self-help psychological intervention to alleviate stress among healthcare workers in the context of COVID-19 in China: a randomised controlled trial.
Jing-Hua LiRui LuoPengyue GuoDexing ZhangPhoenix Kit-Han MoAnise M S WuMeiqi XinMenglin ShangYuqi CaiXu WangMingyu ChenYiling HeLuxin ZhengJinying HuangRoman Dong XuJoseph Tak Fai LauJing GuBrian J HallPublished in: Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences (2024)
This is the first known randomised controlled trial ever conducted to improve stress and mental health problems among healthcare workers experiencing psychological stress in a low-resource setting. SH+ was found to be an effective strategy for alleviating psychological stress and reducing symptoms of common mental problems. SH+ has the potential to be scaled-up as a public health strategy to reduce the burden of mental health problems in healthcare workers exposed to high levels of stress.