Systematic Review of Interventions Supported by ICT for the Prevention Treatment of Occupational Stress.
OBJECTIVE
Stress-related disorders have become one of the main problems of public health in many countries and of worldwide organizations, and they are expected to become more common in the forthcoming decades.


OBJECTIVE
This article aims at providing a systematic review and a descriptive evaluation of the interventions supported by ICT for the prevention and treatment of occupational stress.


METHODS
A systematic review of five databases (EBSCO, The Cochrane Library, PubMed, ScienceDirect and IEEEXplorer) was carried out.


RESULTS
This article provides a quantitative and qualitative description of 21 studies about occupational stress interventions supported by ICT. The following factors were considered for the analysis: impact of the intervention, design of the study, type of intervention, purpose of the intervention, type of instrument for the measurement of occupational stress, and type of ICT used.


CONCLUSIONS
The systematic review demonstrated that interventions supported by ICT for the prevention and treatment of occupational stress are scarce but effective.
Telematics Engineering Research Group, University of Cauca, Colombia.
Santiago
S
Narváez
Telematics Engineering Research Group, University of Cauca, Colombia.
Angela M
AM
Tobar
Telematics Engineering Research Group, University of Cauca, Colombia.
Diego M
DM
López
D006801:Humans; D000073397:Occupational Stress / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000628:therapy