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Pubmed#1(employe*[Title/Abstract]) OR (worker*[Title/Abstract]) OR (staff[Title/Abstract]) OR (work force[Title/Abstract]) OR (workforce[Title/Abstract])868,471
#2Employees[MeSH Terms]705,729
#3"productiv*"[Title/Abstract] OR "performance"[Title/Abstract] OR "efficiency, organizational"[MeSH Terms] OR "efficiency"[MeSH Terms] OR "employee performance appraisal"[MeSH Terms]1,373,705
#4"productiv*"[Title/Abstract] OR "performance"[Title/Abstract] OR "efficiency, organizational"[MeSH Terms] OR "efficiency"[MeSH Terms]1,371,765
#5Productivity[MeSH Terms]37,393
#6(((presenteeism[Title/Abstract]) OR (task completion[Title/Abstract])) OR (performance, task[MeSH Terms]) ) OR (absenteeism[Title/Abstract])47,406
#7"improve*"[Title/Abstract] OR "efficiency"[Title/Abstract] OR "quality improvement"[MeSH Terms] OR "efficiency"[MeSH Terms]3,386,714
#8(((improvement[Title/Abstract]) OR (efficiency[Title/Abstract])) OR (improvement, quality[MeSH Terms])) OR (efficiency[MeSH Terms])1,323,817
#9(((improvement[Title/Abstract]) OR (efficien*[Title/Abstract])) OR (improvement, quality[MeSH Terms])) OR (efficiency[MeSH Terms])1,963,650
#10(early retirement[Title/Abstract] OR productivity loss[Title/Abstract] OR 'retirement'[Title/Abstract] OR job performance[Title/Abstract]) OR (early retirement[MeSH Terms])28,510
#11("workplace"[Title/Abstract] OR "worksite"[Title/Abstract]) OR "workplace"[MeSH Terms] OR "workplace"[MeSH Terms]63,856
#12(work-site[Title/Abstract]) OR (work environment[Title/Abstract])12,095
#13#1 OR #21,467,440
#14(((#13) AND (#3 OR #4 OR #5 OR #6 OR #10)) AND (#7 OR #8 OR #9)) AND (#11 OR #12)2,730

 Inclusion criteria

Criteria

Inclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria

Population

Healthy adults in employment

 

General population, not all of whom are working

Children and adolescents

Subgroups with or at risk of specific health problems

Study types

Comparative trials, randomised or non-randomised

Pre-post comparisons 

Systematic reviews of relevant studies 

Narrative reviews

Non-comparative studies

Publications with no outcomes e.g. study protocols

 

Intervention

Any workplace-based intervention that has been used with the aim of improving productivity as part of routine working practice

 

Interventions to improve or prevent a specific health problem

Lifestyle interventions that are not part of general working practice

Occupation-specific training

Interventions aimed at improving well-being or job satisfaction only

Outcome

Changes in:

  • Work productivity
  • Absenteeism
  • Presenteeism
  • Early retirement
  • Workforce engagement
  • Employment rates
  • Other economic benefits for the employer

Changes in well-being, physical or mental health

Changes in job satisfaction

 

LanguageEnglish language only 
Publication dateAny