We are very grateful for the assistance of Kath Wright (Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, University of York), who had an important role in defining the search strategies and conducted the searches for the rapid evidence synthesis; Dr Arabella Scantlebury, for undertaking the checking of the qualitative studies; and Dr Louise Gascoine, for study selection, checking the quality assessment of the RCTs and checking data extraction.
We acknowledge the contribution of Reece Walker (Research Data Assistant at South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust), who administered the survey of practice and Delphi consensus process and facilitated follow-up data collection and checking for the cohort study; and Amanda Goodman (South Tees), who provided administrative support for the project and arranged investigator and Trial Steering Committee meetings.
We acknowledge the help and support of Christine Markham, who provided guidance and assistance throughout the IM process.
We would like to thank the NJR PPI group, the BOA Patient Liaison Group and the South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust patient involvement group for their support and assistance.
The Trial Steering Committee comprised Professor Paul Gregg (Orthopaedic Surgeon and Chairperson), Professor Nadine Foster (Trial Methodologist and Physiotherapist), Dr Henry Waters [Commissioner and GP (Retired)], Dr Brian Blacklidge (GP) and Jo Fox (patient).
Contributions of authors
Paul Baker (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8529-2417) contributed to the conception, design and delivery of the overall project, supervised the project as chief investigator and had specific responsibility for the cohort study, survey of practice, intervention development and feasibility study. He drafted the report.
Carol Coole (https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4147-5398) contributed to the conception, design and delivery of the overall project, led the IM process and led on the collection and analysis of qualitative data throughout the study. She drafted the report.
Avril Drummond (https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1220-8354) contributed to the conception, design and delivery of the overall project, and had specific responsibility for the patient and stakeholder interviews and Delphi consensus process. She commented on drafts of the report.
Sayeed Khan (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9388-7063) contributed to the conception, design and delivery of the overall project, and had specific responsibility for employer engagement. He commented on drafts of the report.
Catriona McDaid (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3751-7260) contributed to the conception, design and delivery of the overall project, and supervised the rapid evidence synthesis. She commented on drafts of the report.
Catherine Hewitt (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0415-3536) contributed to the conception, design and delivery of the overall project, and supervised the statistical analysis of the cohort study and feasibility study. She commented on drafts of the report.
Lucksy Kottam (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7976-2416) contributed to the design and delivery of the overall project, supervised all ethics requests and PPI engagement, and contributed to the cohort study, Delphi consensus process, survey of practice, intervention development and feasibility study. She drafted the report.
Sarah Ronaldson (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8321-786X) contributed to the design and delivery of the overall project, performed the health economic evaluation and rapid evidence synthesis and contributed to the statistical analyses for the cohort study. She drafted the report.
Elizabeth Coleman (https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4210-1865) contributed to the delivery of the overall project, and performed the statistical analyses for the cohort study and feasibility study. She drafted the report.
David A McDonald (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9805-7720) contributed to the design and delivery of the overall project, and contributed to the cohort study, survey of practice and feasibility study. He commented on drafts of the report.
Fiona Nouri (https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4151-1512) contributed to the delivery of the overall project, and to the IM process and the collection and analysis of qualitative data throughout the study. She commented on drafts of the report.
Melanie Narayanasamy (https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3483-0777) contributed to the delivery of the overall project, and to the IM process and the collection and analysis of qualitative data in phase 1 of the study.
Iain McNamara (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2051-8451) contributed to the design and delivery of the overall project, and to the cohort study and survey of practice. He commented on drafts of the report.
Judith Fitch (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6687-5200) contributed to the design of the overall project and facilitated PPI engagement. She commented on drafts of the report.
Louise Thomson (https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1736-7506) contributed to the design and delivery of the overall project, and to the intervention development and feasibility study. She drafted the report.
Gerry Richardson (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2360-4566) contributed to the design and delivery of the overall project, and supervised the health economic evaluation. He commented on drafts of the report.
Amar Rangan (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5452-8578) contributed to the conception, design and delivery of the overall project, supervised the Delphi consensus process and contributed to the intervention development. He drafted the report.
Publications
Baker P, Coole C, Drummond A, McDaid C, Khan S, Thomson L, et al. Development of an occupational advice intervention for patients undergoing lower limb arthroplasty (the OPAL study). BMC Health Serv Res 2018;18:504.
Drummond A, Nouri F, Narayanasamy M, Coole C, Baker P, Khan S. Engaging workplace representatives in research: what recruitment strategies work best? Occup Med 2018;68:282–5.
Coole C, Nouri F, Narayanasamy M, Baker P, Drummond A. Total hip and knee replacement and return to work: clinicians' perspectives [published online ahead of print August 23 2019]. Disabil Rehabil 2019.
Nouri F, Coole C, Narayanasamy M, Baker P, Khan S, Drummond A. Managing employees undergoing total hip and knee replacement: experiences of workplace representatives. J Occup Rehabil 2019;29:451–61.
Baker P, Kottam L, Coole C, Drummond A, McDaid C, Rangan A, et al. Development of an occupational advice intervention for patients undergoing elective hip and knee replacement: a Delphi study. BMJ Open 2020;10:e036191.
Coole C, Baker P, McDaid C, Drummond A. Using intervention mapping to develop an occupational advice intervention to aid return to work following hip and knee replacement in the United Kingdom. BMC Health Serv Res 2020;20:523.
Nouri F, Coole C, Baker P, Drummond A. Return to work advice after total hip and knee replacement. Occup Med 2020;70:113–18.
Tsang B, McDonald D, McNamara I, Kottam L, Rangan A, Baker P. National survey of occupational advice for lower limb arthroplasty patients. Occup Med 2020;70:123–6.
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