Stress management and resiliency training (SMART) program or any

resilient Intervention for decreasing stress and anxiety and improving

resilience and quality of life in Covid-19 Pandemic

Submitted by: Aambeeka Kashyap

Review of Literature

1. The Strength-Focused and Meaning-Oriented Approach to Resilience

and Transformation(SMART), Cecilia L. W. Chan PhD , Timothy H. Y. Chan

BCogSc & Siv Man Ng RCMP (2008)​ ; This article proposes the Strength-focused

and Meaning-oriented Approach to Resilience and Transformation (SMART) as crisis

intervention model. This model helps in discovering inner strengths through meaning

making in life. It is based on a holistic approach of health and promotes dynamic

coping. The Intervention includes Eastern spiritual perspective, physical techniques

such as yoga and meditation, and psycho-education that enhances meaning making.

This was conducted in Hong Kong during SARS pandemic. The conclusion of the

study was this that suffering , trauma or difficult times in life makes us reach our

maximum potential , so instead of fighting or escaping from it , we must accept it and

try to make peace with it . And the SMART model along with the Eastern perspective

helps individuals to control and regulate their emotions and thoughts.

 2. Resilience Training for Work-related stress Among Health Care

Workers, Erin G Mistretta, MA, Mary C. Davis (2018)​, This study aims to analyse

the use of mindfulness-based resilience training (MBRT) program or a

smartphone-delivered resiliency-based intervention reduces stress, enhances

well-being, and decreases burnout in health care Workers. In this study 60

participants were randomized to a 6-week MBRT, a resiliency-based smartphone

intervention, or an active control group. The health care workers level of stress,

well-being, and burnout were assessed at baseline level and then again 3 months after

intervention. The results of the assessment was this that MBRT and the smartphone

groups showed improvements in well-being while the control group did not show any

signs of improvement in the study. Therefore, this study proves that certain

Psychological models such as MBRT are beneficial for the well-being and health

promotion in the health care workers which increases productivity and reduces stress

and burnout.

3. Maximising the Resilience of Healthcare Workers in Multi- hazard

Events: Lessons from the 2014-2015 Ebola Response in Africa, Merritt Screiber,

David S. Catest (2019). ​This study focuses on the implementation of APD System

during the Ebola Response in West Africa. The Medical providers were trained in

APD model and the PsySTART-R self-triage system was also used during the
pre-deployment training with instructors who had previously completed APD. In

response to this Behavioural Health Incident Coordination Team (BHICT) was also

used. This approach uses a model with three components: Alleviate, Plan and Deter.

Pilot testing of the PsySTART-R system was done in Alameda County’s urban shield

and Philippines Typhoon Haiyan. And then executed in Africa during the Ebola

Attack with around 45 clinical staff both men and women between the ages of 25 to

60. This system design showed that health care workers and their families go through

unique stressors and a continuum of risk as a result of their disaster work and this

helped them to manage stress and promote well-being.

4. Battle Buddies: rapid Deployment of a Psychological Resilience

Intervention for Health Care Workers During the Coronavirus 2019 Pandemic,

Cristina Sophia Albott et al. (2020). ​This study overviews the potential

Psychological Resilience Intervention for the health care workers during the

Coronavirus pandemic. This was developed by the departments of Anesthesiology

and Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences at the University of Minnesota Medical

Centre. The multilevel resource efficient and scalable approach used are: 1. A peer

support Battle Buddy 2. A designated mental health consultant who can facilitate

training stress inoculation methods. These provides a support system for the health

care workers which further allow them to increase resilience and promote a holistic

view of health.

References:
The Strength-Focused and Meaning-Oriented Approach to Resilience and Transformation (SMART),

Cecilia L. W. Chan PhD, Timothy H. Y. Chan BCogSc & Siv Man Ng RCMP (2008), Retrieved

from: ​https://doi.org/10.1300/J010v43n02_03

Resilience Training for Work-related stress Among Health Care Workers, Erin G Mistretta, MA, Mary

C. Davis (2018) Retrieved from:

https://journals.lww.com/joem/Fulltext/2018/06000/Resilience_Training_for_Work_Related_Str

ess_Among.11.aspx

Maximising the Resilience of Healthcare Workers in Multi- hazard Events: Lessons from the 2014-2015

Ebola Response in Africa, Merritt Screiber, David S. Catest (2019) Retrieved from

https://academic.oup.com/milmed/article-abstract/184/Supplement_1/114/5418686

Battle Buddies: rapid Deployment of a Psychological Resilience Intervention for Health Care Workers

During the Coronavirus 2019 Pandemic, Cristina Sophia Albott et al. (2020) Retrieved from

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmc7199769/