STRATEGIES TO MANAGE STRESS AT WORK AND ENHANCE EMPLOYEE WELL-BEING THROUGH HEALTH PROMOTION - A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSES
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https://doi.org/10.18623/rvd.v23.4788Keywords:
Psychological Interventions, Occupational Health, Meta-Analysis, Standardized Mean Difference, Heterogeneity, Publication Bias, Prisma, Mental Health, Workplace StressAbstract
Therefore, a meta-analysis was carried out on the overall effectiveness of psychological and occupational health interventions across different population samples. A meta-analysis involving ten peer-reviewed studies that compare the interventions showed an overall moderate, statistically significant effect size of 0.34 (95% CI [0.25, 0.43]. However, there is still large heterogeneity seeking across the spectrum (I² = 91%), indicating considerable variation across the studies in terms of the population and intervention. Though most of the investigated findings mentioned in the literature conferred positive impacts on both mental and physical health, there were a few points to negative consequences, including higher stress levels or deterioration in efficiency. Evaluating the funnel plot, the observed was symmetrical, which consequently reflected no presence of publication bias. The benefits of such interventions are, therefore, underlined by the study while stressing the importance of a proper approach employing the demographic, employment status, and cultural variation to achieve the best results and to prevent falling into such negative effects.
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