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Background: Cochrane Work is part of the Cochrane Public Health network and operates as an independent producer and publisher of systematic reviews evaluating the effectiveness of interventions aiming to improve workers’ health and safety. One of Cochrane Works’ topics is that of work participation interventions and work participation outcomes and their implementation in practice. In this project Cochrane Work and Cochrane Insurance Medicine work in collaboration to establish a priority list for intervention reviews that focus on work participation.
Objectives: This prioritization process aims to identify relevant topics for five new reviews and priorities for updates on the topic of work participation.
Methods: Our data collection will consist of the following steps to identify potential topics for systematic reviews:
I Evidence mapping. We will analyze our review portfolio, published systematic reviews 2010-2020, published RCTs 2015-2020, and the Cochrane Library. We will search Medline, Embase, PsycINFO and Cochrane Central for guidelines, systematic reviews and RCTs addressing questions about work participation (using terms such as work status, work ability, sickness absence, work disability, employability, employment, return to work). We will extract the research questions and data on population, intervention, control and outcomes. We will remove irrelevant questions if current systematic review(s) already exist and new trials are unlikely; any topic beyond our scope, or if the topic is unclear or ill defined.
II Stakeholder consultation. We will present the evidence map with potentially relevant topics to a broad range of stakeholders such as: employee organizations, patients, employers’ organizations, occupational and insurance physicians, guideline developers, researchers/developers of technology, government authorities, funders. In addition we will include stakeholders in at least three European countries. They will comment on the question(s) that they would like Cochrane Work to answer in terms of burden of disease, importance for patients, costs or cost savings, influence on research or value for guidelines or policies.
III Steering group decision. Our steering group will use the SPARK tool to review the appropriateness and feasibility of the topics and generate a list of review priorities of relevance for the theme Work participation.
We will evaluate the efforts of this evidence mapping process and specify future strategies for priority setting for Cochrane Work, such as a stakeholder consultation in a round-table conference.
Conclusions: Cochrane Work and Cochrane Insurance Medicine will cooperate in this new project to undertake a prioritization process for the theme Work participation. In September 2020 we will have identified topics for five new reviews and priorities for updates.
Patient or healthcare consumer involvement: We will involve employees through employee organizations and patients through collaboration with the Dutch Patient Federation.
Objectives: This prioritization process aims to identify relevant topics for five new reviews and priorities for updates on the topic of work participation.
Methods: Our data collection will consist of the following steps to identify potential topics for systematic reviews:
I Evidence mapping. We will analyze our review portfolio, published systematic reviews 2010-2020, published RCTs 2015-2020, and the Cochrane Library. We will search Medline, Embase, PsycINFO and Cochrane Central for guidelines, systematic reviews and RCTs addressing questions about work participation (using terms such as work status, work ability, sickness absence, work disability, employability, employment, return to work). We will extract the research questions and data on population, intervention, control and outcomes. We will remove irrelevant questions if current systematic review(s) already exist and new trials are unlikely; any topic beyond our scope, or if the topic is unclear or ill defined.
II Stakeholder consultation. We will present the evidence map with potentially relevant topics to a broad range of stakeholders such as: employee organizations, patients, employers’ organizations, occupational and insurance physicians, guideline developers, researchers/developers of technology, government authorities, funders. In addition we will include stakeholders in at least three European countries. They will comment on the question(s) that they would like Cochrane Work to answer in terms of burden of disease, importance for patients, costs or cost savings, influence on research or value for guidelines or policies.
III Steering group decision. Our steering group will use the SPARK tool to review the appropriateness and feasibility of the topics and generate a list of review priorities of relevance for the theme Work participation.
We will evaluate the efforts of this evidence mapping process and specify future strategies for priority setting for Cochrane Work, such as a stakeholder consultation in a round-table conference.
Conclusions: Cochrane Work and Cochrane Insurance Medicine will cooperate in this new project to undertake a prioritization process for the theme Work participation. In September 2020 we will have identified topics for five new reviews and priorities for updates.
Patient or healthcare consumer involvement: We will involve employees through employee organizations and patients through collaboration with the Dutch Patient Federation.