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Assessment of Health Risks with Feedback to Change Employees’ Health

Search Strategy

The articles to be reviewed were obtained from systematic searches of multiple databases, reviews of bibliographic reference lists, and consultations with experts in the field. The following databases were searched: Medline, Employee Benefits, NTIS, Sports Information Resource Center, Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, Inc., Business Week, ABI Inform, Health Promotion and Education, Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature, Office of Smoking and Health, AIDSLine, PsycInfo, and Sociological Abstracts.

Database: Ovid MEDLINE(R) [1966 to June Week 4 2005]

  1. exp health behavior/ or exp health education/ or health promotion/ or exp primary prevention/ (218287)
  2. exp work/ or workplace/ or occupational health/ (22008)
  3. risk assessment/ or risk factors/ or health status indicators/ or mass screening/ (357682)
  4. (health risk assessment$ or health risk appraisal$ or health screening$ or health status assessment$ or health assessment$ or screening$).mp. [mp=title, original title, abstract, name of substance word, subject heading word] (189292)
  5. (risk awareness or risk profile$ or lifestyle check$ or health quiz or health measur$ or health report$ or risk identification).mp. [mp=title, original title, abstract, name of substance word, subject heading word] (5429)
  6. 3 or 4 or 5 (490335)
  7. (health maintenance organization$ or health clinic$ or insurance compan$).mp. [mp=title, original title, abstract, name of substance word, subject heading word] (18831)
  8. 2 or 7 (40777)
  9. 1 and 6 and 8 (607)
  10. limit 9 to english language (559)

Database: Employee Benefits_1986-2005/Jun (c) 2005

Sets selected:
Set Items Description
  1. 831 HEALTH()BEHAVIOR OR HEALTH()EDUCATION OR HEALTH()PROMOTION OR PRIMARY()PREVENTION
  2. 1291 HEALTH()RISK()ASSESSMENT? OR HEALTH()RISK()APPRAISAL?
    OR HEALTH()SCREENING? OR HEALTH()STATUS()ASSESSMENT?
    OR HEALTH()ASSESSMENT? OR SCREENING?
  3. 554 RISK()AWARENESS OR RISK()PROFILE?
    OR LIFESTYLE()CHECK? OR HEALTH()QUIZ
    OR HEALTH()MEASUR? OR HEALTH()REPORT?
    OR RISK()IDENTIFICATION
  4. 1360 S2 OR S3
  5. 310 S1 AND S4

Databases:BAMP_2005/Jul W2 (c) 2005 and PAIS Int._1976-2005/Jun (c) 2005

Sets selected:
Set Items Description
  1. 2363 HEALTH()BEHAVIOR OR HEALTH()PROMOTION OR HEALTH()EDUCATION OR PRIMARY()PREVENTION
  2. 7157 HEALTH()RISK()ASSESSMENT? OR HEALTH()RISK()APPRAISAL? OR HEALTH()SCREENING? OR HEALTH()STATUS()ASSESSMENT? OR HEALTH()ASSESSMENT? OR SCREENING?
  3. 509 RISK()AWARENESS OR RISK()PROFILE? OR LIFESTYLE()CHECK? OR HEALTH()QUIZ? OR HEALTH()MEASUR? OR HEALTH()REPORT? OR RISK()IDENTIFICATION
  4. 7632 S2 OR S3
  5. 255 S1 AND S4
  6. 174772 WORKSITE? OR WORKPLACE? OR EMPLOYER? OR EMPLOYEE? OR WORKER?
  7. 196 S5 AND S6
  8. 195 RD S7 (unique items)
  9. 195 S8/ENG

Database: TGG Management Contents(R)_86-2005/Jul W2 (c) 2005 and Business Week_1985-2005/Jul 21 (c) 2005

Sets selected:
Set Items Description
  1. 561 HEALTH()BEHAVIOR OR HEALTH()PROMOTION OR HEALTH()EDUCATION OR PRIMARY()PREVENTION
  2. 2925 HEALTH()RISK()ASSESSMENT? OR HEALTH()RISK()APPRAISAL? OR HEALTH()SCREENING? OR HEALTH()STATUS()ASSESSMENT? OR HEALTH()ASSESSMENT? OR SCREENING?
  3. 695 RISK()AWARENESS OR RISK()PROFILE? OR LIFESTYLE()CHECK? OR HEALTH()QUIZ? OR HEALTH()MEASUR? OR HEALTH()REPORT? OR RISK()IDENTIFICATION
  4. 3582 S2 OR S3
  5. 103 S1 AND S4
  6. 82979 WORKSITE? OR WORKPLACE? OR EMPLOYER? OR EMPLOYEE? OR WORKER?
  7. 78 S5 AND S6
  8. 78 RD S7 (unique items)
  9. 77 S7/ENG

Database: ABI Inform(R)_1971-2005/Jul 22 (c)

Sets selected:
Set Items Description
  1. 6388 HEALTH()BEHAVIOR OR HEALTH()PROMOTION OR HEALTH()EDUCATION OR PRIMARY()PREVENTION
  2. 6342 (HEALTH()RISK()ASSESSMENT? OR HEALTH()RISK()APPRAISAL? OR HEALTH()SCREENING? OR HEALTH()STATUS()ASSESSMENT? OR HEALTH()ASSESSMENT? OR SCREENING?)/TI,AB
  3. 1039 (RISK()AWARENESS OR RISK()PROFILE? OR LIFESTYLE()CHECK? OR HEALTH()QUIZ? OR HEALTH()MEASUR? OR HEALTH()REPORT? OR RISK()IDENTIFICATION)/TI,AB
  4. 7371 S2 OR S3
  5. 252 S1 AND S4
  6. 517172 WORKSITE? OR WORKPLACE? OR EMPLOYER? OR EMPLOYEE? OR WORKER?
  7. 184 S5 AND S6
  8. 184 S9/ENG

Database: CDP File (Health Promotion and Education Database)

Descriptors: “WORKSITE” and “HEALTH RISK APPRAISAL” and
Form: “JOURNAL ARTICLE” OR
Descriptors: "worksite" not "health risk appraisal" and
Textwords: HEALTH ADJ1 RISK ADJ1 ASSESSMENT* OR HEALTH ADJ1 SCREEN* OR RISK ADJ1 ASSESSMENT* OR HEALTH ADJ1 ASSESSMENT* OR *RISK ADJ1 (AWARENESS* OR PROFILE* OR IDENTIFICATION) OR HEALTH ADJ1 (MEASURING OR REPORT* OR QUIZ*) OR LIFESTYLE ADJ1 CHECK* and Form: "JOURNAL ARTICLE"
TOTAL = 212

Database: CINHAL

Descriptors: “WORKSITE” and “HEALTH RISK APPRAISAL” and
Form: “JOURNAL ARTICLE” OR
Descriptors: "worksite" not "health risk appraisal" and
Textwords: HEALTH ADJ1 RISK ADJ1 ASSESSMENT* OR HEALTH ADJ1 SCREEN* OR RISK ADJ1 ASSESSMENT* OR HEALTH ADJ1 ASSESSMENT* OR *RISK ADJ1 (AWARENESS* OR PROFILE* OR IDENTIFICATION) OR HEALTH ADJ1 (MEASURING OR REPORT* OR QUIZ*) OR LIFESTYLE ADJ1 CHECK* and Form: "JOURNAL ARTICLE"
TOTAL = 212

Database: NTIS, Intl Cpyrght All Rights Res

Sets selected:
Set Items Description
  1. 9285 HEALTH()BEHAVIOR OR HEALTH()EDUCATION OR HEALTH()PROMOTION OR PRIMARY()PREVENTION
  2. 4804 WORKSITE OR WORKPLACE OR WORK-SITE OR OCCUPATIONAL()HEALTH
  3. 289 S1 AND S2
  4. 17896 HEALTH()RISK()ASSESSMENT? OR HEALTH()RISK()APPRAISAL? OR HEALTH()SCREENING? OR HEALTH()STATUS()ASSESSMENT? OR HEALTH()ASSESSMENT? OR SCREENING?
  5. 477 RISK()AWARENESS OR RISK()PROFILE? OR LIFESTYLE()CHECK? OR HEALTH()QUIZ OR HEALTH()MEASUR? OR HEALTH()REPORT? OR RISK()IDENTIFICATION
  6. 18332 S4 OR S5
  7. 47 S3 AND S6

Database: SportDiscuss

Sets selected:
Set Items Description
  1. 9166 HEALTH()BEHAVIOR OR HEALTH()EDUCATION OR HEALTH()PROMOTION OR PRIMARY()PREVENTION
  2. 1589 WORKSITE OR WORKPLACE OR WORK-SITE OR OCCUPATIONAL()HEALTH
  3. 479 S1 AND S2
  4. 2169 HEALTH()RISK()ASSESSMENT? OR HEALTH()RISK()APPRAISAL? OR HEALTH()SCREENING? OR HEALTH()STATUS()ASSESSMENT? OR HEALTH()ASSESSMENT? OR SCREENING?
  5. 176 RISK()AWARENESS OR RISK()PROFILE? OR LIFESTYLE()CHECK? OR HEALTH()QUIZ OR HEALTH()MEASUR? OR HEALTH()REPORT? OR RISK()IDENTIFICATION
  6. 2341 S4 OR S5
  7. 22 S3 AND S6
  8. 22 S7/ENG

Database: OSH (Office of Smoking and Health)

Descriptors: ("WORKERS" OR "WORKPLACE*" OR "WORKSITE CESSATION PROGRAMS") AND ("HEALTH EDUCATION*" OR "HEALTH PROMOTION*" OR
"PREVENTION*" OR "INTERVENTION*") and
Textwords: RISK* OR SCREEN* OR ASSESSMENT* OR LIFESTYLE ADJ1 CHECK OR HEALTH ADJ1 QUIZ* OR HEALTH ADJ1 MEASUR* OR HEALTH ADJ1 REPORT*
Total – 20

Database: Sociological Abstracts [1963 to April 2005]

  1. exp health behavior/ or exp health education/ or exp prevention/ or health promotion.mp. (8199)
  2. (workplace or worksite or work-site or occupational).mp. (20332)
  3. (health risk assessment$ or health risk appraisal$ or health screening$ or health status assessment$ or health assessment$ or screening$).mp. (1675)
  4. (risk awareness or risk profile$ or lifestyle check$ or health quiz or health measur$ or health report$ or risk identification).mp. (376)
  5. 1 and 2 (242)
  6. 3 or 4 (2027)
  7. 5 and 6 (19)
  8. limit 7 to english language (19)
  9. from 8 keep 1-19 (19)

Database: PsycINFO [1967 to June Week 4 2005]

  1. exp health behavior/ or exp health education/ or health promotion/ or exp prevention/ (36831)
  2. (workplace or worksite or work-site or occupational).mp. [mp=title, abstract, subject headings, table of contents, key concepts] (27805)
  3. 1 and 2 (1130)
  4. (health risk assessment$ or health risk appraisal$ or health screening$ or health status assessment$ or health assessment$ or screening$).mp. [mp=title, abstract, subject headings, table of contents, key concepts] (19187)
  5. (risk awareness or risk profile$ or lifestyle check$ or health quiz or health measur$ or health report$ or risk identification).mp. (1259)
  6. 4 or 5 (20366)
  7. 3 and 6 (101)
  8. limit 7 to english language (99)
  9. from 8 keep 1-99 (99)

Database: AIDSLINE [1980 to December 2000] CLOSED FILE

  1. exp health behavior/ or exp health education/ or health promotion/ or exp primary prevention/ (14069)
  2. exp work/ or workplace/ or occupational health/ (347)
  3. risk assessment/ or risk factors/ or health status indicators/ or mass screening/ (18933)
  4. (health risk assessment$ or health risk appraisal$ or health screening$ or health status assessment$ or health assessment$ or screening$).mp. [mp=title, abstract, mesh subject heading] (6055)
  5. (risk awareness or risk profile$ or lifestyle check$ or health quiz or health measur$ or health report$ or risk identification).mp. [mp=title, abstract, mesh subject heading] (239)
  6. 3 or 4 or 5 (23204)
  7. (health maintenance organization$ or health clinic$ or insurance compan$).mp. [mp=title, abstract, mesh subject heading] (488)
  8. 2 or 7 (831)
  9. 1 and 6 and 8 (36)
  10. limit 9 to english language (36)
  11. limit 10 to nonmedline (23)
  12. from 11 keep 1-23 (23)