School of Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, University of Montreal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
Youth Mental Health & Technology Lab, Innovation and Evaluation Hub, University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre (CRCHUM), Montréal, Québec, Canada.
BMJ Open. 2022 Sep 7;12(9):e061313. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-061313.
Despite the importance to address mental health issues as early as possible, youth experiencing homelessness (YEH) often lack prompt and easy access to health services. Recently, there has been a surge of studies focusing on leveraging technology to improve access to mental health services for YEH; however, limited efforts have been made to synthesise this literature, which can have important implications for the planning of mental health service delivery. Thus, this scoping review aims to map and synthesise research on the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to provide mental health services and interventions to YEH.
A scoping review of the literature will be conducted, following Arksey and O'Malley's proposed methodology, the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses Extension for Scoping Reviews and recent guidelines from the Joanna Briggs Institute. All peer-reviewed papers using ICTs as a means of intervention will be considered, as well as grey literature. Only documents in English or French will be included in the analysis. First, 10 electronic databases will be consulted. Next, all data will be extracted into Covidence. Then, two reviewers will independently conduct the screening and data extraction process, in the case of discrepancies, a third reviewer will be included. Finally, data will be synthesised according to our objectives.
Ethics approval is not required, as data will be collected from published literature. Findings will be disseminated through conference presentations and peer-reviewed journals.
尽管尽早解决心理健康问题至关重要，但无家可归的青年（YEH）往往无法及时、轻松地获得医疗服务。最近，越来越多的研究致力于利用技术来改善 YEH 获得心理健康服务的机会；然而，对于综合这些文献的工作却很少，这对于规划心理健康服务的提供具有重要意义。因此，本范围界定审查旨在绘制和综合研究使用信息和通信技术（ICT）为 YEH 提供心理健康服务和干预措施。
将按照 Arksey 和 O'Malley 提出的方法、系统评价和 Meta 分析扩展的首选报告项目以及 Joanna Briggs 研究所的最新指南进行文献范围界定审查。将考虑所有使用 ICT 作为干预手段的同行评审论文，以及灰色文献。只有英文或法文的文件将被纳入分析。首先，将查阅 10 个电子数据库。然后，两名评审员将独立进行筛选和数据提取过程，如果有分歧，将纳入第三名评审员。最后，根据我们的目标对数据进行综合。
不需要伦理批准，因为数据将从已发表的文献中收集。研究结果将通过会议报告和同行评议期刊传播。
