TY  - JOUR
AU  - Cameron, Gillian
AU  - Mulvenna, Maurice
AU  - Ennis, Edel
AU  - O'Neill, Siobhan
AU  - Bond, Raymond
AU  - Cameron, David
AU  - Bunting, Alex
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2025/1/24
TI  - Effectiveness of Digital Mental Health Interventions in the Workplace: Umbrella Review of Systematic Reviews
JO  - JMIR Ment Health
SP  - e67785
VL  - 12
KW  - digital interventions for mental health
KW  - workplace wellbeing
KW  - stress
KW  - anxiety
KW  - depression
KW  - burnout
KW  - CBT
KW  - umbrella review
KW  - digital mental health
KW  - evaluation
KW  - psychological
KW  - databases
KW  - Pubmed
KW  - Web of Science
KW  - Medline
KW  - Cochrane Library
KW  - PRISMA
AB  - Background: There is potential for digital mental health interventions to provide affordable, efficient, and scalable support to individuals. Digital interventions, including cognitive behavioral therapy, stress management, and mindfulness programs, have shown promise when applied in workplace settings. Objective: The aim of this study is to conduct an umbrella review of systematic reviews in order to critically evaluate, synthesize, and summarize evidence of various digital mental health interventions available within a workplace setting. Methods: A systematic search was conducted to identify systematic reviews relating to digital interventions for the workplace, using the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis). The review protocol was registered in the Open Science Framework. The following databases were searched: PubMed, Web of Science, MEDLINE, PsycINFO, and Cochrane Library. Data were extracted using a predefined extraction table. To assess the methodological quality of a study, the AMSTAR-2 tool was used to critically appraise systematic reviews of health care interventions. Results: The literature search resulted in 11,875 records, which was reduced to 14 full-text systematic literature reviews with the use of Covidence to remove duplicates and screen titles and abstracts. The 14 included reviews were published between 2014 and 2023, comprising 9 systematic reviews and 5 systematic reviews and meta-analyses. AMSTAR-2 was used to complete a quality assessment of the reviews, and the results were critically low for 7 literature reviews and low for the other 7 literature reviews. The most common types of digital intervention studied were cognitive behavioral therapy, mindfulness/meditation, and stress management followed by other self-help interventions. Effectiveness of digital interventions was found for many mental health symptoms and conditions in employee populations, such as stress, anxiety, depression, burnout, and psychological well-being. Factors such as type of technology, guidance, recruitment, tailoring, and demographics were found to impact effectiveness. Conclusions: This umbrella review aimed to critically evaluate, synthesize, and summarize evidence of various digital mental health interventions available within a workplace setting. Despite the low quality of the reviews, best practice guidelines can be derived from factors that impact the effectiveness of digital interventions in the workplace. Trial Registration: OSF Registries osf.io/rc6ds; https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/RC6DS 
SN  - 2368-7959
UR  - https://mental.jmir.org/2025/1/e67785
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2196/67785
DO  - 10.2196/67785
ID  - info:doi/10.2196/67785
ER  -