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Title | A meta-analysis of the effects of different interventions for depression in the Asia workplace |
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Issue Date | 2016 |
Publisher | The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) |
Citation | Lau, W. [劉詠汶]. (2016). A meta-analysis of the effects of different interventions for depression in the Asia workplace. (Thesis). University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR. |
Abstract | A meta-analysis was conducted to determine the effectiveness of interventions for depression in the Asia workplace. Nineteen studies reported in eighteen articles were included, with a total sample size of 3,325 subjects. They were all working adults representing different industry sectors in Asia, including Healthcare, Education, Manufacturing, Service, Real Estate, Government and the General working population. The included studies covered five Asian countries and regions, including Mainland China, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, and South Korea. Interventions were coded as Cognitive-behavioral, Multimodal, Alternative, Organizational, and Strength-based, which were delivered face-to-face or mediated by computer or telephone. In the present study, the pooled mean effect size for all studies indicated by the standard difference in means (Cohen’s d) is 0.417 (95% CI [0.257, 0.576], p < .0001), which showed an overall moderate and statistical significant effect of workplace interventions for depression of the Asia working population. Effect sizes ranged from 0.011 to 1.369 among the nineteen studies. Heterogeneity with the potential presence of moderators was suggested by the high I^2 value of 76.69%. Subgroup analyses on the division by country/region, industry sector, and type of intervention had yielded significant moderating effect, while the moderator analyses of study design and medium of intervention delivery were statistical non-significant. Within the sample of studies, Cognitive-behavioral interventions and Alternative interventions were found to have a significant and small to moderate effect on workplace depression. Besides, the workplace interventions yielded significant effect in the Healthcare, Education, and General sectors. In Hong Kong, the workplace intervention effect was found to be significantly larger than that in Japan, which implied differences across countries and regions for further exploration.
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Degree | Master of Social Sciences |
Subject | Depression, Mental - Asia Work - Psychological aspects |
Dept/Program | Clinical Psychology |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/251996 |
DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Lau, Wing-man | - |
dc.contributor.author | 劉詠汶 | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-04-09T14:36:45Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2018-04-09T14:36:45Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Lau, W. [劉詠汶]. (2016). A meta-analysis of the effects of different interventions for depression in the Asia workplace. (Thesis). University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR. | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/251996 | - |
dc.description.abstract | A meta-analysis was conducted to determine the effectiveness of interventions for depression in the Asia workplace. Nineteen studies reported in eighteen articles were included, with a total sample size of 3,325 subjects. They were all working adults representing different industry sectors in Asia, including Healthcare, Education, Manufacturing, Service, Real Estate, Government and the General working population. The included studies covered five Asian countries and regions, including Mainland China, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, and South Korea. Interventions were coded as Cognitive-behavioral, Multimodal, Alternative, Organizational, and Strength-based, which were delivered face-to-face or mediated by computer or telephone. In the present study, the pooled mean effect size for all studies indicated by the standard difference in means (Cohen’s d) is 0.417 (95% CI [0.257, 0.576], p < .0001), which showed an overall moderate and statistical significant effect of workplace interventions for depression of the Asia working population. Effect sizes ranged from 0.011 to 1.369 among the nineteen studies. Heterogeneity with the potential presence of moderators was suggested by the high I^2 value of 76.69%. Subgroup analyses on the division by country/region, industry sector, and type of intervention had yielded significant moderating effect, while the moderator analyses of study design and medium of intervention delivery were statistical non-significant. Within the sample of studies, Cognitive-behavioral interventions and Alternative interventions were found to have a significant and small to moderate effect on workplace depression. Besides, the workplace interventions yielded significant effect in the Healthcare, Education, and General sectors. In Hong Kong, the workplace intervention effect was found to be significantly larger than that in Japan, which implied differences across countries and regions for further exploration. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | HKU Theses Online (HKUTO) | - |
dc.rights | The author retains all proprietary rights, (such as patent rights) and the right to use in future works. | - |
dc.rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. | - |
dc.subject.lcsh | Depression, Mental - Asia | - |
dc.subject.lcsh | Work - Psychological aspects | - |
dc.title | A meta-analysis of the effects of different interventions for depression in the Asia workplace | - |
dc.type | PG_Thesis | - |
dc.description.thesisname | Master of Social Sciences | - |
dc.description.thesislevel | Master | - |
dc.description.thesisdiscipline | Clinical Psychology | - |
dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.5353/th_991043983789803414 | - |
dc.date.hkucongregation | 2016 | - |
dc.identifier.mmsid | 991043983789803414 | - |