Nichol Beth, Wilson Rob, Rodrigues Angela, Haighton Catherine
Department of Social Work, Education, and Community Wellbeing, Northumbria University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, England.
Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, England.
Voluntas. 2023 May 4:1-32. doi: 10.1007/s11266-023-00573-z.
Volunteering provides unique benefits to organisations, recipients, and potentially the volunteers themselves. This umbrella review examined the benefits of volunteering and their potential moderators. Eleven databases were searched for systematic reviews on the social, mental, physical, or general health benefits of volunteering, published up to July 2022. AMSTAR 2 was used to assess quality and overlap of included primary studies was calculated. Twenty-eight reviews were included; participants were mainly older adults based in the USA. Although overlap between reviews was low, quality was generally poor. Benefits were found in all three domains, with reduced mortality and increased functioning exerting the largest effects. Older age, reflection, religious volunteering, and altruistic motivations increased benefits most consistently. Referral of social prescribing clients to volunteering is recommended. Limitations include the need to align results to research conducted after the COVID-19 pandemic. (PROSPERO registration number: CRD42022349703).
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11266-023-00573-z.
志愿服务对组织、受助者以及可能对志愿者自身都有独特的益处。本伞状综述考察了志愿服务的益处及其潜在的调节因素。检索了11个数据库，查找截至2022年7月发表的关于志愿服务对社会、心理、身体或总体健康益处的系统综述。使用AMSTAR 2评估质量，并计算纳入的原始研究的重叠率。纳入了28篇综述；参与者主要是美国的老年人。尽管综述之间的重叠率较低，但质量普遍较差。在所有三个领域都发现了益处，其中死亡率降低和功能增强的影响最大。年龄较大、进行反思、参与宗教志愿服务以及出于利他动机，对益处的提升最为一致。建议将社会处方服务对象转介至志愿服务。局限性包括需要使结果与新冠疫情后开展的研究保持一致。（PROSPERO注册号：CRD42022349703）
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