Margarita Ravinskaya
Which outcomes should always be measured in intervention studies for improving work participation for people with a health problem? An international multistakeholder Delphi study to develop a core outcome set for Work participation (COS for Work)
Ravinskaya, Margarita; Verbeek, Jos; Langendam, Miranda; Madan, Ira; Verstappen, Suzanne M.M.; Kunz, Regina; Hulshof, Carel T.J.; Hoving, Jan L.
Authors
Jos Verbeek
Miranda Langendam
Ira Madan
Suzanne M.M. Verstappen
Regina Kunz
Carel T.J. Hulshof
Jan L. Hoving
Contributors
Lene Aasdahl
Other
Johannes Anema
Other
Debbie Berkowitz
Other
Matthias Bethge
Other
Jonas Bühler
Other
Ute Bültmann
Other
Petri Böckerman
Other
Trevor Coons
Other
Stefania Curti
Other
Caroline Crosse
Other
Angela de Boer
Other
Diana Dorstyn
Other
Nadine Foster
Other
Emilie Friberg
Other
Jean Francois Gehanno
Other
Lode Godderis
Other
Nicola Goodson
Other
Christine Graveline
Other
Douglas Gross
Other
Karen Walseth Hara
Other
Timo Hannu
Other
Andreas Hoff
Other
Gunnel Hensing
Other
Janice Hegewald
Other
Alexander Hoorntje
Other
Svenja Janssen
Other
Diane Lacaille
Other
Raymond Lam
Other
Paul Landsbergis
Other
Maria Luiza Comper
Other
Per Lytsy
Other
Gary Macfarlane
Other
Steve Mantis
Other
Kohle Merry
Other
Alysha Meyers
Other
Subas Neupane
Other
Clas-Hakan Nygård
Other
Irene Larsen Oyeflaten
Other
Shyam Pingle
Other
Prof Yeliz Prior Y.Prior@salford.ac.uk
Other
Frederieke Schaafsma
Other
Abstract
Objective Synthesising evidence of the effects of interventions to improve work participation among people with health problems is currently difficult due to heterogeneity in outcome measurements. A core outcome set for work participation is needed.
Study design and setting Following the Core Outcome Measures in Effectiveness Trials methodology, we used a five-step approach to reach international multistakeholder consensus on a core outcome set for work participation. Five subgroups of stakeholders took part in two rounds of discussions and completed two Delphi voting rounds on 26 outcomes. A consensus of ≥80% determined core outcomes and 50%–80% consensus was required for candidate outcomes.
Results Fifty-eight stakeholders took part in the Delphi rounds. Core outcomes were: ‘any type of employment including self-employment’, ‘proportion of workers that return to work after being absent because of illness’ and ‘time to return to work’. Ten candidate outcomes were proposed, among others: ‘sustainable employment’, ‘work productivity’ and ‘workers’ perception of return to work’.
Conclusion As a minimum, all studies evaluating the impact of interventions on work participation should include one employment outcome and two return to work outcomes if workers are on sick leave prior to the intervention.
| Journal Article Type | Article |
|---|---|
| Acceptance Date | Feb 2, 2023 |
| Publication Date | Feb 15, 2023 |
| Deposit Date | Aug 2, 2023 |
| Publicly Available Date | Aug 2, 2023 |
| Journal | BMJ Open |
| Electronic ISSN | 2044-6055 |
| Publisher | BMJ Publishing Group |
| Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-069174 |
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