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Open Access 01-12-2024 | Burnout Syndrome | Research

Developing a typology of interventions to support doctors’ mental health and wellbeing

Authors: Alison Pearson, Daniele Carrieri, Anna Melvin, Charlotte Bramwell, Jessica Scott, Jason Hancock, Chrysanthi Papoutsi, Mark Pearson, Geoff Wong, Karen Mattick

Published in: BMC Health Services Research | Issue 1/2024

Abstract

Background

The problem of mental ill-health in doctors is complex, accentuated by the COVID-19 pandemic, and impacts on healthcare provision and broader organisational performance. There are many interventions to address the problem but currently no systematic way to categorise them, which makes it hard to describe and compare interventions. As a result, implementation tends to be unfocussed and fall short of the standards developed for implementing complex healthcare interventions. This study aims to develop: 1) a conceptual typology of workplace mental health and wellbeing interventions and 2) a mapping tool to apply the typology within research and practice.

Methods

Typology development was based on iterative cycles of analysis of published and in-practice interventions, incorporation of relevant theories and frameworks, and team and stakeholder group discussions.

Results

The newly developed typology and mapping tool enable interventions to be conceptualised and/or mapped into different categories, for example whether they are designed to be largely preventative (by either improving the workplace or increasing personal resources) or to resolve problems after they have arisen. Interventions may be mapped across more than one category to reflect the nuance and complexity in many mental health and wellbeing interventions. Mapping of interventions indicated that most publications have not clarified their underlying assumptions about what causes outcomes or the theoretical basis for the intervention.

Conclusion

The conceptual typology and mapping tool aims to raise the quality of future research and promote clear thinking about the nature and purpose of interventions, In doing so it aims to support future research and practice in planning interventions to improve the mental health and wellbeing of doctors.

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Title: Developing a typology of interventions to support doctors’ mental health and wellbeing
Authors: Alison Pearson
Daniele Carrieri
Anna Melvin
Charlotte Bramwell
Jessica Scott
Jason Hancock
Chrysanthi Papoutsi
Mark Pearson
Geoff Wong
Karen Mattick
Publication date: 01-12-2024
Publisher: BioMed Central
Keyword: Burnout Syndrome
Published in: BMC Health Services Research / Issue 1/2024
Electronic ISSN: 1472-6963
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-024-10884-6

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Developing a typology of interventions to support doctors’ mental health and wellbeing

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