在自然灾害中支持心理健康响应的移动应用程序:范围审查
Nwamaka Alexandra Ezeonu1, Attila J Hertelendy2,3, Medard Kofi Adu4
1Center for Translation and Implementation Research, College of Medicine, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria.
Journal of medical Internet research
|March 23, 2024
概括
移动健康应用程序显示了灾难心理健康支持的希望. 需要进一步的研究来探索它们在所有灾难类型中的潜力,提供至关重要的心理援助.
科学领域:
- 灾难心理健康 灾难心理健康
- 移动卫生干预措施 移动卫生干预
- 适应气候变化 适应气候变化
背景情况:
- 由于气候变化,极端天气事件的频率越来越高,导致重大损失和心理创伤.
- 心理健康灾难应对优先考虑预防和缓解.
- 移动健康 (mHealth) 应用程序被用于心理健康促进和治疗,但它们在灾害管理中的作用未被充分探索.
研究的目的:
- 进行范围审查,探索使用手机应用程序应对自然灾害时的心理健康反应.
- 识别科学文献中关于灾难心理健康中的mHealth的现有空白.
主要方法:
- 在6个电子数据库中,使用已识别的关键字和主题标题进行了全面的搜索.
- 参与者暴露于人为灾害的研究,如果样本还包括对自然灾害的暴露,则将其纳入.
- 根据PRISMA-ScR指南,从5项选定的全文英语研究的数据进行了叙事合成.
主要成果:
- 包括5项研究,重点关注灾后心理压力 (3项研究) 和救灾人员 (2项研究).
- 干预应用包括生活技能培训,Sonoma Rises,Headspace,心理急救和SAMHSA行为健康灾难响应应用程序.
- 研究评估了应用程序的有效性,可行性,可接受性,使用特征和使用预测因素,采用各种结果措施.
结论:
- 有限数量的研究调查了灾难心理健康响应的移动应用程序,审查的研究显示出有希望的结果.
- 移动应用程序显示了在灾难事件发生之前,期间和之后提供有效的心理健康支持的潜力.
- 进一步的研究是必要的,以充分理解和利用移动应用程序的潜力在心理健康响应在所有类型的危险.
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