TY - JOUR
T1 - Assessment of the mental health of police officers
T2 - a systematic review of specific instruments
AU - Oliveira Teles, Davi
AU - de Oliveira, Raquel Alves
AU - de Oliveira Parnaíba, Anna Luísa
AU - Rios, Mariana Araújo
AU - Machado, Melissa Bezerra
AU - Aquino, Priscila De Souza
AU - de Menezes, Purdenciana Ribeiro
AU - Ribeiro, Samila Gomes
AU - Lessa Soares, Paula Renata Amorim
AU - Biazus-Dalcin, Camila
AU - Pinheiro, Ana Karina Bezerra
N1 - © 2024 by the authors.
PY - 2024/9/28
Y1 - 2024/9/28
N2 - Objective: The objective was to identify validated instruments from the literature that assess the mental health of police officers. Methods: This is a systematic review of validated instruments used to assess the mental health of police officers. Searches were conducted in the MEDLINE, Web of Science, Scopus, Embase, CINAHL/EBSCO, and Virtual Health Library databases. This review follows the JBI Manual for Systematic Reviews and the PRISMA statement. The methodological quality of the articles and the risk of bias were assessed. Results: A total of 1530 studies were identified across the six databases, with 158 studies read in full by the authors after excluding duplicates and those that did not meet the inclusion criteria. The final 29 studies were analyzed for methodological quality and risk of bias using the AXIS and SFS-D tools. Conclusion: This review identified 27 self-administered validated instruments useful for assessing various mental health outcomes in police officers, with the most frequently used being the Police Stress Questionnaire. These findings may help guide security force administration, occupational health professionals, and mental health researchers in selecting and implementing psychometrically reliable instruments for screening the mental health of police officers.
AB - Objective: The objective was to identify validated instruments from the literature that assess the mental health of police officers. Methods: This is a systematic review of validated instruments used to assess the mental health of police officers. Searches were conducted in the MEDLINE, Web of Science, Scopus, Embase, CINAHL/EBSCO, and Virtual Health Library databases. This review follows the JBI Manual for Systematic Reviews and the PRISMA statement. The methodological quality of the articles and the risk of bias were assessed. Results: A total of 1530 studies were identified across the six databases, with 158 studies read in full by the authors after excluding duplicates and those that did not meet the inclusion criteria. The final 29 studies were analyzed for methodological quality and risk of bias using the AXIS and SFS-D tools. Conclusion: This review identified 27 self-administered validated instruments useful for assessing various mental health outcomes in police officers, with the most frequently used being the Police Stress Questionnaire. These findings may help guide security force administration, occupational health professionals, and mental health researchers in selecting and implementing psychometrically reliable instruments for screening the mental health of police officers.
KW - mental health
KW - police
KW - systematic review
KW - surveys and questionnaires
U2 - 10.3390/ijerph21101300
DO - 10.3390/ijerph21101300
M3 - Article
SN - 1660-4601
VL - 21
JO - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
JF - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
IS - 10
ER -