Extraction form for project: The effect of volunteering on the health and wellbeing of volunteers: an umbrella review

Design Details

1. Review ID

(surname of first author and year first full report of study was published e.g. Smith 2001)


	O'Flynn 2021

2. Review title


	of the psychological benefits of volunteerism A brief literature review of the psychological benefits of volunteerism in watersports inclusion

3. Date form completed


	09/08/2022

4. Initials of person extracting


	BN

5. Review funding source


	Summer Studentship from Health Research Board.

6. Possible conflicts of interest


	Ms. O’Flynn reports other from Health Research Board during the conduct ofthe study; Dr. Barrett has nothing to disclose; Ms. Murphy reports to be the Watersports Inclusion Games Officer for Irish Sailing, and thus responsible for organising the Watersports Inclusion Games annual events.

7. Aim of review


	This literature review aims to assess the value ofinclusive watersport events such as this in the context of what is currently published on the motivation and benefits for volunteers in watersports inclusion.

8. Number of databases searched


	6

9. Names of databases searched; date ranges of databases searched


	PubMed, UCD OneSearch, PsycInfo, SPORTDiscus, Sports Medicine and Education Index and Google Scholar. Other sources included LENUS, RIAN, websites for CARA, Irish Sailing, Sport Ireland, Volunteer Ireland, Central Statistics Office, British Journal of Sports Medicine, British Journal of Occupational Therapy, American Journal of Occupational Therapy, Qualitative Health Research, Sociology of Health and Illness and Google.

10. Date of last search


	Not provided

11. Number of included studies


	8 for benefits

12. Exclusion criteria for participants

(e.g age, comorbidities) 


	None

13. Exclusion criteria for volunteering

(e.g type of volunteering, for a specific organistion/purpose)


	volunteers in: watersports disability inclusion, sport, inclusion, disability, watersports, water sport, sail, surf, row, canoe, kayak, adaptive sports, disability inclusion

14. Exclusion criteria for study type


	Articles were selected on the basis ofrelevance with regard to volunteers in sport, watersports, inclusion and sports inclusion, as well as studies with a similar design to the pilot survey.

15. Exclusion criteria for outcome measures


	benefits, effects, motivations, impact, wellbeing, health.

16. Outcomes studied

(select all that apply)


	Psychological Physical Social General

17. Primary reported outcomes


	Benefits and motivations of volunteering for inclusion watersports

18. Secondary reported outcomes (if applicable)


	Bnefeits and motivations for volunteering for sports in general and for people with disabilities

19. Number of participants included in the review


	No information

20. Review’s included study type (% of quant studies)


	No information

21. Included studies countries of publication


	No information

22. Range of included studies years of publication


	2011-2018

23. Review’s population

(age, ethnicity, SES)


	No information

24. Social outcomes reported


	Increased sense of community when volunteering for sport (2) and disability inclusion programmes (1), and inclusive watersports (1). One benefits of volunteering for inclusive watersports was the value of the relationships they made (1).

25. Social outcomes not supported

(e.g cited as non-significant)

26. Physical outcomes reported

27. Physical outcomes not supported

(e.g cited as non-significant)

28. Psychological outcomes reported

29. Psychological outcomes not supported

(e.g cited as non-significant)

30. General outcomes reported

(i.e general health and wellbeing)


	A survey ofover 1100 volunteers in sport in Ireland found that 55% of respondents reported that their health had either ‘increased’ or ‘increased greatly’ after engaging in volunteerism (1), increased wellbeing when volunteering for inclusive sports (2).

31. General outcomes not supported

(e.g cited as non-significant) 

32. Interactions reported

(i.e between each other or demographic variables)


	A more positive image of people with disabilities has been associated with volunteerism in disability inclusion in sport (1). Reciprocal relationship, positive attitudes towards those with diabilities is preidtced by volunteering in disability inclusion programmes (1).

33. Was a meta-analysis performed?

34. Number of included studies in the meta-analysis

35. Heterogeneity

(e.g I squared)

36. Pooled estimates

37. Confidence intervals (95%)

38. Key conclusions from study authors


	The benefits for volunteers in mainstream sport include health and well-being gains and sense of community. Benefits attributed to both small-scale sporting events and disability inclusion programmes are sense of community and disability confidence. Only one article sought what the benefits were for volunteers specifically in inclusive watersports, with a sample size of only four volunteers.

39. Review limitations


	The literature search found two articles on disability inclusion inwatersports which included volunteers, only one of which assessed the benefits for the volunteers themselves. For this reason, evidence has been included in the results from volunteers in other inclusive sports, and in mainstream sport in Ireland.

40. AMSTAR 2 quality appraisal rating


	-14

41. Quality appraisal tool used by review (if applicable)


	None

42. Quality of included studies (if applicable)


	N/A

43. Publication bias reported (if applicable)


	N/A

44. Was correspondence required for further study information?

45. What further correspondence was required, and from whom?

46. What further study information was requested (from whom, what and when)?

47. What correspondence was received (from whom, what and when)?