Collected systematic reviews for the topic: Effects of telework on employee s well-being and health

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1 The PEROSH OSH Evidence Search Documentation Form Collected systematic reviews for the topic: Effects of telework on employee s well-being and health Reference 1. Crawford JO, MacCalman L, Jackson CA.: The health and well-being of remote and mobile workers. Occup Med (Lond) Sep;61(6): Gajendran RS, Harrison DA. The good, the bad, and the unknown about telecommuting: Meta-analysis of psychological mediators and individual consequences. Journal of Applied Psychology. 2007;92(6): Study grading (sum of R-AMSTAR scores) 29/44 20/44 PubMed link PMID: PMID: PEROSH OSH Evidence Search Documentation Form Name: Annette Nold Institute/Organisation: IFA (Institute for Occupational Safety and Health of the German Social Accident Insurance) Address and Alte Heerstraße 111, Sankt Augustin, Germany Annette.nold@dguv.de 1 Objective: Overview of the effects of telework on (psychosocial) well-being and health 2 Question: What are the effects of telework on employee s well-being and health? Population: teleworkers Intervention/Exposure: telework related exposure Comparison (control): no telework Outcome: any health problems 1

2 3 Searched Databases: Database Time span Date searched (yyyy-mm-dd) Citations in Database Medline (PubMed) EMBASE PsychINFO/PSYNDEX Other sources OSH Cochrane IWH Canada NIOSHTIC TEMA/INSPEC ZIGUV (noise, no relevant hits, stepwise searching) Dublications Total (including Medline, EMBASE and other sources) 98 4 Search Strategy: Medline via PubMed # Searches Results 1 Search telework* OR telecommu* OR home office OR home work* OR mobile work* OR mobile office* OR remote work* OR telecommunic* OR e-work OR virtual work* OR virtual office* OR IT supported work* 2 Search (occupational diseases [MH] OR occupational exposure [MH] OR occupational medicine [MH] OR occupational risk [TW] OR occupational hazard [TW] OR (industry [MeSH Terms] mortality [SH]) OR occupational group* [TW] OR work-related OR working environment [TW]) OR (psychosocial[all Fields] AND ("Stress"[Journal] OR "stress"[all Fields])) 3 Search "meta-analysis as topic"[mesh Terms] OR meta-analysis[pt] OR meta-analysis[tiab] OR review[pt] OR review[tiab] NOT (letter[pt] OR editorial[pt] OR comment[pt]) NOT ("animals"[mesh Terms:noexp] NOT "humans"[mesh Terms]) 4 Search #1 AND #2 AND # Search ("2000/01/01"[Date - Publication] : "3000"[Date - Publication]) Search #4 AND #5 20 2

3 EMBASE via DIMDI # Searches Results 1 EM TELEWORK* OR TELECOMMUT* OR HOME OFFICE OR HOME 916 WORK* OR MOBILE WORK* OR MOBILE OFFICE* OR REMOTE WORK* OR E WORK OR VIRTUAL WORK* OR VIRTUAL OFFICE* OR IT SUPPORTED WORK* 3 MOBILE DEVICE* OR HANDHELD DEVICE* OR PROTABLE 1091 SYSTEM* 4 2 OR DT=REVIEW* CT=META-ANALYSIS OR AND OCCUPATION* OR EC= AND AND PY> PsychINFO/PSYCHLIT via DIMDI (supersearch modus) # Searches Results 1 PY81; PI TELEWORK* OR TELECOMMUT* OR HOME OFFICE OR HOME 1787 WORK* OR MOBILE WORK* OR MOBILE OFFICE* OR REMOTE WORK* OR E WORK OR VIRTUAL WORK* OR VIRTUAL OFFICE* OR IT SUPPORTED WORK* 3 MOBILE DEVICE* OR HANDHELD DEVICE* OR PROTABLE 749 SYSTEM* 4 2 OR REVIEW OR META-ANALYSIS OR METAANALYSIS AND ct=(occupation*;work*) and and py>

4 5 Selection process: 5.1 Inclusion criteria: A. According to PICO- question (see 2.) B. According to inclusion criteria for systematic reviews (see PEROSH OSH Evidence Inclusion and classification criteria for Occupational Health Reviews) C. According to inclusion criteria for Occupational Health and Safety topics (see PEROSH OSH Evidence Inclusion and classification Criteria for Occupational Health Reviews) 5.2 Selection: First step: Based on titles and abstract, two reviewers select the retrieved articles independently resolving discrepancies by discussions. Second step: Based on the pre-selected full texts, two reviewers apply the above mentioned inclusion criteria independently resolving discrepancies by discussions or by consensus conference. 4

5 6 Results: (Adapted from PRISMA 2009 Flow Diagram) Included Eligibility Screening Identification Records identified through databases (PubMed, EMBASE, PsychINFO/PSYCHLIT) (n = 103) Removed duplicates (n = 5) Records screened (titles/abstracts) (n = 33) Full text articles screened for eligibility (n = 15) Studies included in qualitative synthesis (n = 2) Additional records identified through other sources (e.g. hand searching) (n = 0) Records excluded (n = 18) Full text articles excluded with the following reasons: Language Duplications Full texts not available Other reasons (e.g. wrong PICO, did not fulfil the PEROSH criteria, narrative reviews that did not make a systematic search) 5

6 7 Grading of the Systematic Reviews: (Based on the R-AMSTAR Checklist) No I st author / Publication year 1. Crawford Gajendran 2007 Overall study assessment (sum of quality scores) Internal validity Comments 29/44 1. List of excluded studies should have been mentioned. 2. Quality of evidence on a rank based instrument should have been mentioned. 3. Publication bias should have been assessed. 20/44 1. No clear consensus procedure for study selection and data extraction. 2. Restrictions on selection of publications not clear. 3. List of included/excluded studies not provided. 4. Details of characteristics of used studies not provided. 5. Quality of used studies not provided. 6. Little conclusions delivered, but acceptable since focus was on correlations of telecommuting and different outcomes. 7. Little information on heterogeneity of used studies. Consent for use of personal data x I hereby authorize the PEROSH OSH Evidence Group to publish my personal data, as specified in this Search Documentation Form, on the PEROSH website including its database of Systematic Reviews of Occupational Safety and Health. I am aware that my authorized personal data can be consulted by anyone having access to the website using the Internet or any other dedicated network. 6