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The PEROSH Clearinghouse Search Documentation Form
Collected systematic reviews for the topic “Work-related
psychosocial factors and lower extremity symptoms”
Study
Grading
No.
Reference
1.
D’Souza JCD, Franzblau A, Werner RA. Review of epidemiologic
studies on occupational factors and lower extremity
musculoskeletal and vascular disorders and symptoms. J Occup
Rehabil 2005;15(2):129-165
(according to
SIGN: ++/+/-)
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PubMed link
PMID: 15844673
PEROSH Clearinghouse Search Documentation Form
Name: Swenneke van den Heuvel & Jolanda ter Laak
Institute/Organisation: TNO ( Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research)
Address and email: P.O.Box 718, 2130 AS Hoofddorp,The Netherlands
swenneke.vandenheuvel@tno.nl; jolanda.terlaak@tno.nl;
1. Objective:
Collecting systematic reviews on the topic: “Work-related psychosocial factors and
lower extremity symptoms”
2. Question:
Does psychosocial workload lead to symptoms of the lower extremities?
Population: working population
Exposure: psychosocial factors (no treatments or interventions)
Comparison: no exposure to psychosocial factors
Outcome: lower extremities
3. Searched Databases:
Database
Time span
Citations in
Database
7
Citations after
duplicate check
2000 to 2011
Date searched
(yyyy-mm-dd)
18-2-1011
MEDLINE
(PubMed)
EMBASE
2000 to 2011
18-2-2011
12
3
1
Other sources
(if yes, please list them)
Total (including MEDLINE, EMBASE and others)
16
4. Search Strategy:
MEDLINE via PubMed, searched 18.02.2011
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Searches
(((((((((lower extremity[MeSH Terms]) OR buttocks[Text Word]) OR
foot[Text Word]) OR knee[Text Word]) OR leg[Text Word]) OR thigh[Text
Word]) OR ankle[Text Word]) OR forefoot[Text Word]) OR "lower
extremity"[Text Word]) OR "lower extremities"[Text Word]
((((((("psychosocial factor*"[Text Word]) OR "psychosocial load*"[Text
Word]) OR "psychosocial work environment"[Text Word]) OR
"psychosocial demand*"[Text Word]) OR "job strain"[Text Word]) OR
"psychosocial risk*"[Text Word]) OR stress, psychological[MeSH Terms])
OR workload[MeSH Terms]
#1 and #2
(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 workrelated Occupational air pollutants [MH] OR working environment [TW])
#3 and #4
(((((meta-analysis as topic[MeSH Terms])OR meta-analysis[Title/Abstract]) OR
meta-analysis [Publication Type]) OR review[Title/Abstract]) OR
review[Publication Type])
#5 and #6 Limits: Humans, Publication Date from 2000/01/01 to 2011/02/18
Results
314347
84764
582
150445
61
1890438
7
Search string: 18.02.2011
(((((((((lower extremity[MeSH Terms]) OR buttocks[Text Word]) OR foot[Text Word]) OR knee[Text
Word]) OR leg[Text Word]) OR thigh[Text Word]) OR ankle[Text Word]) OR forefoot[Text Word]) OR
"lower extremity"[Text Word]) OR "lower extremities"[Text Word] AND ((((((("psychosocial
factor*"[Text Word]) OR "psychosocial load*"[Text Word]) OR "psychosocial work environment"[Text
Word]) OR "psychosocial demand*"[Text Word]) OR "job strain"[Text Word]) OR "psychosocial
risk*"[Text Word]) OR stress, psychological[MeSH Terms]) OR workload[MeSH Terms] AND
(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 Occupational air pollutants [MH] OR working environment [TW]) AND (((((metaanalysis as topic[MeSH Terms])OR meta-analysis[Title/Abstract]) OR meta-analysis [Publication Type]) OR
review[Title/Abstract]) OR review[Publication Type]) AND (("2000/01/01"[PDAT] : "2011/02/18"[PDAT])
AND "humans"[MeSH Terms])
EMBASE via DIMDI searched 18.02.2011
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Searches
'buttocks'/de OR buttocks OR 'foot'/de OR foot OR 'knee'/de OR knee OR
'leg'/de OR leg OR 'thigh'/de OR thigh OR 'ankle'/de OR ankle OR
Results
245299
2
'forefoot'/de OR forefoot OR 'lower extremity'/de OR 'lower extremity'
OR 'lower extremities' AND [2000-2011]/py
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'leg'/exp
#1 OR #2
psychosocial NEXT/1 factor* OR psychosocial NEXT/1 load* OR
'psychosocial work environment' OR psychosocial NEXT/1 demand*
OR 'job strain' OR psychosocial NEXT/1 risk*
'mental stress'/exp OR 'workload'/exp OR 'psychological stress'
#4 OR #5
#3 and #6
'occupational disease'/exp OR 'occupational exposure'/exp OR
'occupational medicine'/exp
'work environment'/de OR 'workroom air'/de
'occupational risk'/de OR 'occupational risk' OR 'occupational
hazard'/de OR 'occupational hazard' OR occupational NEXT/1 group*
OR 'working environment'/de OR 'working environment'
'industry'/exp AND 'mortality'/exp
'air pollutant'/exp AND (occupational OR 'work related')
#8 OR #9 OR #10 OR #11 OR #12
#7 and #13
'meta analysis'/exp
'meta analysis':ab,ti
metaanalysis:ab,ti
review:it
review:ab,ti
#15 OR #16 OR #17 OR #18 OR #19
#14 AND #20
search
#15 OR #16 OR #17 OR #18 OR #22
#23 and #14
#21 or #24
#25 AND [embase]/lim AND [2000-2011]/py
121265
316914
10196
67135
76053
841
210731
14595
31432
3781
6140
233352
81
52350
33477
1545
1668178
776472
2091327
14
144645
1807135
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5. Selection process
5.1 Inclusion criteria:
A. According to PICO- question
B. According to inclusion criteria for systematic reviews (see PEROSH Clearinghouse
Methods, Inclusion and classification criteria for Occupational Health Reviews)
C. According to inclusion criteria for Occupational Health and Safety topics (see PEROSH
Clearinghouse Methods, Inclusion and classification Criteria for Occupational Health
Reviews)
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5.2 Selection:
First step: Based on titles and abstract, two reviewers (Swenneke van den Heuvel and
Jolanda ter Laak) selected the retrieved articles independently resolving discrepancies by
discussions.
Second step: Based on the pre-selected full texts, two reviewers (Swenneke van den Heuvel
and Jolanda ter Laak) applied the above mentioned inclusion criteria independently resolving
discrepancies by discussions or by consensus conference.
Screening
Identification
6. Results: (Adapted from PRISMA 2009 Flow Diagram)
Records identified through
database searching
(n = 19)
Additional records identified
through other sources
(n = 0 )
Records after duplicates removed
(n = 16)
Included
Eligibility
Records screened (titles/abstracts)
(n = 16)
Full-text articles assessed
for eligibility
(n = 1)
Records excluded
(n = 15)
Full-text articles excluded
(n = 0)
Studies included in
qualitative synthesis
(n = 1)
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7. Grading of the Systematic Reviews:
Adopted from SIGN Methodology Checklist
No
1.
Ist author /
Publication
year
D’Souza 2005
Overall
study
assessment
+
Internal validity
1.1 well covered, 1.2 well covered, 1.3 poorly addressed, 1.4 well
covered, 1.5 well covered
Comments
1.3 Embase was not searched
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