Quality of professional life in firefighters: a scope review protocol

Abstract

Objective: To map trends in the use of Professional Quality of Life (PROQOL) in firefighters. Method: The methodology of Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) will be applied for scope reviews. It will follow guidelines from Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-SCR). Research was carried out on the Open Science Framework (OSF), International PROSPECTIVE Register of Systematic Reviews (PROSPERO), Cochrane Library, Epistemonikos, and on the open access online repository (FIGSHARE), to identify identical articles, as this original work was not found. The basis which will be included in this review: Excerpta Medica dataBASE (EMBASE), SCOPUS, Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System on Line (PubMed - MEDLINE), Science Direct, PsycInfo da American Psychological Association (APA), Google Scholar, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), as well as, Theses, Dissertations, Articles of Government and Fire Sites. Two reviewers will select the articles independently, and without consensus a third reviewer will decide whether to include or exclude the study. The survey was registered on the OSF website platform, and it will be one of the most comprehensive studies on the use of this scale on Firefighters.