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ArticleSystematic reviews2025

Barriers and facilitators impacting the implementation of digital interventions targeted at mental health and musculoskeletal disorders in the workplace: a scoping review protocol.

Mallorie Leduc, Andrea Sinesi, Margaret Kenneally, Margaret Maxwell, Birgit Greiner, Birgit Aust, Carolina Piña, Andreas Czaplicki, Evelien Coppens, Alex Burdorf and 14 more

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Article in Systematic reviews, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

24 authors.

Mallorie LeducSchool of Public Health, University College Cork, 4th Floor, Western Gateway Building, Western Road, Cork, Ireland.
Andrea SinesiNursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professions Research Unit (NMAHP-RU), University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA, UK.
Margaret KenneallySchool of Public Health, University College Cork, 4th Floor, Western Gateway Building, Western Road, Cork, Ireland.
Margaret MaxwellNursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professions Research Unit (NMAHP-RU), University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA, UK.
Birgit GreinerSchool of Public Health, University College Cork, 4th Floor, Western Gateway Building, Western Road, Cork, Ireland.
Birgit AustNational Research Centre for the Working Environment, Lersø Parkallé 105, 2100, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Carolina PiñaEuropean Alliance Against Depression (EAAD), Goerdelerring 9, 04109, Leipzig, Germany.
Andreas CzaplickiDepression Research Center of the German Depression Foundation, Heinrich-Hoffmann-Str. 10, 60528, Frankfurt Am Main, Germany.
Evelien CoppensKatholieke University Leuven, Oude Markt 13, 3000, Leuven, Belgium.
Alex BurdorfErasmus Universitair Medisch Centrum, Rotterdam, 3015 GD, the Netherlands.
Ricardo GusmãoEPIUnit - Institute of Public Health, University of Porto, Praca Gomes Teixeira-Edificio Gomes Teixeira, 40550 290, Porto, Portugal.
Daniel GuinartHospital del Mar Research Institute, Passeig Maritim de La Barceloneta, 25-29, 08003, Barcelona, Spain.
Johanna Cresswell-SmithFinnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Mannerheimintie 166, P.O. Box 30, 00271, Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland.
Gentiana QirjakoCommunity Centre for Health and Wellbeing (CCHW), Rezidenca Kodra E Diellit 1, 1019, Tirana, Albania.
Naim FanajPer Mendje Te Shendoshe (PMSH), Prizren, Kosovo.
Eleftherios GiovanisGazi Mustafa Kemal, Izmir Bakircay University (IZBU), Kaynaklar Cd., Menemen, İzmir, 35665, Turkey.
Ainslie O'ConnorPintail Ltd, Blackrock, Co., Dublin, Ireland.
Eva ZsakVegeken Mental Health Foundation (VEA), Budapest, Hungary.
Pedro LoboInnovagency, R. Joshua Benoliel 6-2A, 1250-133, Lisbon, Portugal.
Arlinda Cerga PashojaSt Mary's University, Twickenham, Waldegrave Rd, Twickenham, TW1 4SX, UK.
Victoria RossGriffith University, Parklands Dr, Southport, QLD, 4222, Australia.
Ella ArensmanSchool of Public Health, University College Cork, 4th Floor, Western Gateway Building, Western Road, Cork, Ireland.
Eve GriffinSchool of Public Health, University College Cork, 4th Floor, Western Gateway Building, Western Road, Cork, Ireland. evegriffin@ucc.ie.ORCID 0000-0003-0249-6428
PROSPERH Consortium

Funding

HORIZON EUROPE Framework Programme 101137256
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe digital transition in the workplace has increased trends such as permanent connectivity, an increased sedentary lifestyle, and reduced social interaction, leading to additional psychosocial and ergonomic risks for workers. Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) and mental health problems are particularly prevalent, posing a significant burden. To address these challenges, organisations can implement digital or blended interventions targeting MSDs and mental health problems. However, there is still limited evidence on combined workplace interventions targeting both MSDs and mental health problems and respective facilitators and barriers for their successful implementation and sustainability. The objective of this scoping review is to identify barriers and facilitators to the implementation of blended and digital interventions targeted at combined mental health and MSDs in the workplace.

methodsBibliographic databases will be searched for studies published since 2014 and reported on the implementation of interventions with a digital component targeted at mental health and MSDs in the workplace. Studies will be included if the intervention was delivered within, or access provided through, the workplace. The title and abstract screen and the full-text screening will be completed independently by two reviewers, with a third reviewer resolving any arising conflicts in the process.

resultsDescriptive characteristics of the study design, workplace sector, mode of working, intervention details, mode of intervention delivery, outcomes, and barriers and facilitators will be extracted. Results will be reported in accordance with the PRISMA for Scoping Reviews checklist and a narrative synthesis used to summarise characteristics of included studies, as well as barriers and facilitators to the implementation of interventions. DISCUSSION: The findings from this review will provide practical recommendations relevant to researchers and practitioners developing or implementing digital interventions in the workplace targeting mental health conditions and MSDs. SYSTEMATIC REVIEW REGISTRATION: Research Registry, reviewregistry1847, https://www.researchregistry.com/browse-the-registry#registryofsystematicreviewsmeta-analyses/registryofsystematicreviewsmeta-analysesdetails/66671b683a0f410028a230bd/ .

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Mental DisordersMental HealthMusculoskeletal DiseasesOccupational HealthWorkplaceHumansResearch DesignScoping Reviews as TopicBarriersDigitalFacilitatorsImplementationInterventionMental healthMusculoskeletal disordersOccupational healthWorkplace

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PMCPMC12255084

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