Box 1.

Thematic checklist for the appraisal of the reporting, planning and implementation of workplace interventions (from Egan et al.²⁴)

Theme	Checklist question for workplace reviews
A. Motivation	Does the study describe why the management decided to subject the employee population to the organizational change?
B. Theory of Change	Was the intervention design influenced by a theory of change describing the proposed pathway from implementation to health outcome?
C. Context	Does study provide any useful contextual information relevant to implementation of the intervention (e.g. political, economic or managerial factors)?
D. Experience	Does study establish whether those implementing the intervention had appropriate experience (e.g. Had the implementers conducted similar interventions before; or if managers/employees were involved, were they appropriately trained for new roles)?
E. Consultation	Is there a report of consultation/collaboration processes between managers, employees and any other relevant parties during the planning stage?
F. Collaborations	Is there a report of consultation/collaboration processes between managers, employees and any other relevant parties during the delivery stage?
G. Manager support	Were on-site managers/supervisors supportive of the intervention (e.g. Do authors comment on manager's views of intervention?)?
H. Employee support	Were employees supportive of the intervention (e.g. do authors comment on employee's views of intervention?)?
I. Resources	Does study give information about the resources required in implementing the intervention (e.g. time, money, people and equipment)?
J. Differential effects, population characteristics	Does the study provide information on the characteristics of people for whom the intervention was beneficial, and the characteristics of those for whom it was harmful or ineffective?