Evidence of Workplace Interventions—A Systematic Review of Systematic Reviews

Claudia Pieper, Sarah Schröer and Anna-Lisa Eilerts
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Claudia Pieper: Institute for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, University Hospital of Essen, 45147 Essen, Germany
Sarah Schröer: Institute for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, University Hospital of Essen, 45147 Essen, Germany
Anna-Lisa Eilerts: Institute for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, University Hospital of Essen, 45147 Essen, Germany

IJERPH, 2019, vol. 16, issue 19, 1-13

Abstract: Work environment factors are highly correlated with employees’ health and well-being. Our aim was to sum up current evidence of health promotion interventions in the workplace, focusing on interventions for the prevention of musculoskeletal disorders, psychological and behavioral disorders as well as interventions for older employees and economic evaluations. We conducted a comprehensive literature search including systematic reviews published from April 2012 to October 2017 in electronic databases and search engines, websites of relevant organizations and institutions. It consisted of simple and specific terms and word combinations related to workplace health promotion based on the search strategy of a previous review. After full-text screening, 74 references met the eligibility criteria. Using the same search strategy, there was a higher proportion of relevant high-quality studies as compared with the earlier review. The heterogeneity of health promotion interventions regarding intervention components, settings and study populations still limits the comparability of studies. Future studies should also address the societal and insurer perspective, including costs to the worker such as lost income and lost time at work of family members due to caregiving activities. To this end, more high-quality evidence is needed.

Keywords: health promotion; occupational; workplace; absenteeism; health care costs; evidence (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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