Quality appraisal of workers ’ wellbeing measures: a systematic review protocol

This study seeks to identify the most valid and reliable measure/s of workers ’ wellbeing.MethodsMeasures will be included if they were (1) designed for measuring workers ’ wellbeing and (2) available in English. We will use a three-staged electronic search strategy to identify studies that include measures that meet the inclusion criteria: (1) electronic bibliographic databases for published work, (2) reference lists of studies with included measures, and (3) the reference list of previously published reviews. The following electronic bibliographic databases will be searched: OVID: psycINFO, psycTESTS, Cochrane library, AMED, Health and Psychosocial instruments; PubMed; PubPsych; Europe PMC; Scopus and Google Scholar. Database key search terms will include [wellbeing OR“well-being”] AND [employee* OR worker* OR staff OR personnel], and a validated search filter will be applied for the measurement properties. The methodological quality of the included studies will be assessed and rated. Then, this quality assessment of the included studies will be considered in the quality assessment of the measurement instruments. Finally, recommendations for the most appropriate instrument to measure workers ’ wellbeing will be reported.DiscussionThis systematic review will evaluate the quality of instruments that measure workers ’ wellbeing. The findings of this review will improve clarity for researchers and clinicians in the appropriate instrument selection in the measurement...
Source: Systematic Reviews - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research