Author(s): Nascimento, Paulo Sousa ; Roberto, Magda Sofia ; Poole-da-Costa, Maria Caetana ; Lemos, Maria ; Correia dos Santos, Ana Sofia
Date: 2023
Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10451/63062
Origin: Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa
Subject(s): Immigrants; Digital methods; Mental health; Well-being; Social psychology
Migration is a disruptive experience that undermines immigrants’ well-being. This systematic review explores the diversity of digital methods available to promote their well-being. The review includes 13 studies (6 were RCTs), comprising 8181 participants, collected through EBSCOhost web, b-ON, Scopus, SciELO and ProQuest, with no time restriction (to access all available literature). Primary outcomes were well-being (mental health; quality of life), and the secondary were stigma, integration and connection. Study quality was assessed by the QuADS tool. Digital methods are a valuable tool for improving immigrants’ well-being. M-integration methods tend to focus on promoting mental health in immigrants, developing individual resilience while participatory methods address the quality of life in refugees, contributing to social resilience. Digital methods must not only be part of the guidelines of interventions for immigrants and refugees but also be a foundation upon which those guidelines are outlined.
