Assessment of the mental health of police officers: a systematic review of specific instruments

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

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85207297348

U2 - 10.3390/ijerph21101300

DO - 10.3390/ijerph21101300

M3 - Article

C2 - 39457273

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

M1 - 1300

ER -