Pre-employment examinations for preventing injury, disease and sick leave in workers

Background Many employers and other stakeholders believe that health examinations of job applicants prevent occupational diseases and sickness absence. This is an update of the original Cochrane review (Mahmud 2010). Objectives To evaluate the effectiveness of pre-employment examinations of job applicants in preventing occupational injury, disease and sick leave compared to no intervention or alternative interventions. Search methods We searched CENTRAL (the Cochrane Library), MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, PsycINFO and PEDro (up to 31 March 2015). We did not impose any restrictions on date, languag... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Schaafsma, Frederieke G.
Mahmud, Norashikin
Reneman, Michiel F.
Fassier, Jean-Baptiste
Jungbauer, Frank H. W.
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
Reihe/Periodikum: Schaafsma , F G , Mahmud , N , Reneman , M F , Fassier , J-B & Jungbauer , F H W 2016 , ' Pre-employment examinations for preventing injury, disease and sick leave in workers ' , Cochrane database of systematic reviews (Online) , no. 1 , CD008881 . https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD008881.pub2
Schlagwörter: Employment / Accidents / Occupational [prevention & control] / Occupational Diseases [prevention & control] / Personnel Selection [methods] / Physical Examination / Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic / Sick Leave [statistics & numerical data] / Wounds and Injuries [prevention & control] / Humans / FUNCTIONAL-CAPACITY EVALUATION / ROYAL-NETHERLANDS ARMY / POST-OFFER / MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS / HEALTH-SERVICE / BACK-PAIN / FITNESS / ASSESSMENTS / PERSONNEL / STRENGTH
Sprache: Englisch
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