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Table 2 Self-care strategies and study outcome measures by study type

From: A mixed methods systematic review of mental health self-care strategies for Arabic-speaking refugees and migrants

Author (Year)

Self-care strategy

Outcome measures

Social

Psychological

Religious/Spiritual

Other

Observational Studies (n = 20)

Al-Ajarma (2010)

✓

✓

✓

✓

NA

Alhaddad et al. (2021)

✓

✓

✓

✓

NA

Boswall & Akash (2015)

✓

 

✓

✓

NA

Chaaya et al. (2007)

  

✓

 

GDS-15

Darychuk & Jackson (2015)

✓

 

✓

✓

NA

Ferguson (2015)

✓

✓

✓

✓

NA

International Medical Corps (2017)

✓

✓

✓

✓

NA

International Medical Corps Lebanon (2011)

✓

✓

✓

✓

NA

Irfaeya (2006)

Irfaeya et al. (2008)

✓

✓

✓

✓

NA

Jamil (2020)

✓

✓

✓

✓

NA

Kadri (2009)

✓

✓

✓

 

NA

Keshavarzi (2018)

✓

 

✓

✓

NA

Makki Alamdari (2020)

✓

✓

✓

✓

NA

Nashwan et al. (2019)

✓

✓

✓

✓

NA

Qureshi (2016)

✓

✓

✓

✓

NA

Rayes et al. (2021)

✓

 

✓

 

NA

Renner et al. (2020)

✓

✓

✓

✓

NA

Sim et al. (2023)

✓

✓

✓

✓

NA

Tauson (2017)

✓

✓

✓

✓

NA

Zbidat et al. (2020)

✓

✓

✓

✓

NA

Intervention Studies (n = 37)

Acarturk et al. (2022)

✓

✓

  

MINI, GHQ-12, PCL-5, PHQ-9, PSYCHLOPS, WHO- DAS 2.0, WHO-5, EQ-5D-3 L

Ahmad et al. (2020)

✓

✓

✓

✓

PCL-5

Aladdin & Hawamdeh (2021)

 

✓

 

✓

SDQ

Al-Dmour & Al-Safasfeh (2020) *

 

✓

  

PTSD scale

Satisfaction with Life scale

Al-Refai et al. (2022) *

✓

✓

  

Psychological Empowerment Scale

Al-Shahadat (2021) *

 

✓

  

Psychological stress scale

Self-esteem scale

Alsheikh Ali (2020)

 

✓

  

PCL, PWB

Blignault et al. (2019)

 

✓

✓

 

K-10+, DASS-21

Blignault et al. (2021a)

✓

✓

✓

 

DASS-21

Blignault et al. (2021b)

✓

✓

✓

 

K-10+, DASS-21

Blignault et al. (2022)

✓

✓

✓

 

K-10+

Bryant et al. (2022a)

Bryant et al. (2022b)

 

✓

  

HSCL-25, PCL-5

Cuijpers et al. (2022)

 

✓

  

PHQ-9, WHODAS-12 2.0, WHO5WBI, GAD-7, PCL-5, PSYCHLOPS

de Graaff et al. (2020)

✓

✓

  

HSCL-25, WHODAS 2.0, PCL-5, PSYCHLOPS

de Graaff et al. (2023)

 

✓

  

HSCL-25, WHODAS 2.0, PCL-5, PSYCHLOPS

DePierro (2020)

✓

✓

 

✓

ITQ, K-10

Doumit et al. (2020)

✓

✓

  

PHQ-9, GAD-7, PedsQL

Feen-Calligan et al. (2023)

✓

✓

✓

✓

Self-report from selected participants

Gordon et al. (2016)

✓

✓

 

✓

HTQ, HSCL-25, WHOQOL-BREF

Hasha et al. (2022)

 

✓

  

IES-R, GHQ-12

Husby et al. (2020)

✓

✓

  

WHO-5

Ibrahim (2017)

 

✓

✓

 

DTS

Kayrouz et al. (2015)

 

✓

  

PHQ-9, GAD-7, K-10

Kayrouz et al. (2016)

 

✓

✓

 

PHQ-9, GAD-7, K-10

Lindegaard et al. (2020)

 

✓

  

PHQ-9, IES-R, GAD-7

Lindegaard et al. (2021)

 

✓

  

Self-report from selected participants

Mercy Corps (2020) *

✓

✓

 

✓

AYMH

Nilsson et al. (2019)

✓

✓

 

✓

Self-report from selected participants

Panter-Brick et al. (2018) *

✓

✓

 

✓

AYMH, CRIES-8

Powell et al. (2023)

✓

✓

✓

✓

NA

Raknes (2020) *

 

✓

  

WHO5WBI

Rayes (2017) *

 

✓

 

✓

YEP index

Röhr et al. (2021)

 

✓

  

PDS-5, PHQ-9, GAD-7

Skarneh & Ghaith (2020)

✓

✓

 

✓

HTQ

Slewa-Younan et al. (2020)

 

✓

 

✓

K-10

Spaaij et al. (2022)

 

✓

  

HSCL-25, PCL-5

Tashtoush & Khawaldeh (2020) *

✓

✓

  

Psychological and social adjustment scale

  1. Translated Arabic versions of the psychometric scales were used
  2. *These scales were developed in Arabic
  3. AYMH, Arab Youth Mental Health; CRIES-8, Child Revised Impact of Events Scale; DASS-21, Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale; DTS, Davidson Trauma Scale; EQ-5D-3 L, European Quality of Life 5-Dimensions 3-Level; GAD-7, Generalized Anxiety Disorder; GHQ-12, General Health Questionnaire; GDS, Geriatric Depression Scale; HSCL-25, Hopkins Symptom Checklist-25; HTQ, Harvard Trauma Questionnaire; IES-R, Impact of Event Scale-Revised; ITQ, International Trauma Questionnaire; K-10, Kessler Psychological Distress Scale; MINI, Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview; PCL-5, PTSD Checklist; PDS-5, Posttraumatic Diagnostic Scale; PedsQL, Paediatric Quality of Life Inventory; PHQ-9, Patient Health Questionnaire; PSYCHLOPS, Psychological Outcome Profiles; PWB, Ryff’s Psychological Well-Being; SDQ, Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire; WHO-DAS 2.0, WHO Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0; WHO-5/WHO5WBI, World Health Organization-Five Well-Being Index; WHOQOL-BREF, World Health Organization Quality of Life Instrument; YEP, Youth Empowerment Program Index