Rapid evidence assessment of studies focusing on mental health outcomes of pandemics for health care workers 2000-2020

Little is known about what the long-term mental health impact of the covid-19 pandemic will be on health care workers. However, synthesising knowledge from past pandemics can help to anticipate this, along with identifying interventions required, target populations most in need, and at what time points. Accordingly, the aim of collecting this data set (published studies) is to provide a balanced evaluation of what is currently known about mental health impacts of pandemics on HCWs in the short- and long-term, methodological limitations and impact on knowledge claims.
The intention is to conduct a rapid evidence assessment using a literary synthesis approach. An extensive search was conducted for studies published in peer-reviewed journals between January 2000 and May 2020. As the mental health outcome of pandemics on health care workers is a multidisciplinary topic, the following databases were used: Cochrane Library, Discover, PsychInfo, PubMed, Science Direct, Scopus, and Google Scholar. The search strategy sequence was: 1) mental health outcomes* OR mental OR psychological OR health OR emotional OR social OR costs OR consequences; 2) health care workers* OR healthcare workers OR medical workers OR doctors OR physicians OR nurses OR paramedics; 3) pandemic* OR epidemic OR protracted incident.

目前学界对新冠（COVID-19）大流行给医护人员造成的长期心理健康影响仍知之甚少。不过，整合既往大流行的相关研究成果，不仅有助于预判本次疫情的影响，还可协助明确所需干预措施、最需帮扶的目标人群，以及干预的最佳时间节点。因此，本数据集（收录已发表研究）的采集目标，是对当前学界关于大流行对医护人员（Health Care Workers, HCWs）短期与长期心理健康影响的相关认知、相关研究的方法学局限，以及这些认知对学术知识主张的影响，展开全面公允的评估。
本研究拟采用文献综合法开展快速证据评估。研究团队检索了2000年1月至2020年5月期间发表于同行评议期刊的相关研究，检索范围覆盖广泛。鉴于大流行对医护人员心理健康影响这一主题涉及多学科领域，本研究选用了以下数据库：Cochrane图书馆（Cochrane Library）、Discover、PsycINFO、PubMed、ScienceDirect、Scopus以及谷歌学术（Google Scholar）。本次检索策略的步骤如下：1）心理健康结局* 或 精神/心理/健康/情绪/社会相关维度 或 成本/后果；2）医护人员* 或 医疗工作者/医务工作者/医生/医师/护士/急救人员；3）大流行* 或 流行病/持续性公共卫生事件。