Table 2 Characteristics of the identified studies
Study | Country | Instrument | Population | Sampling | Setting | Mean age (SD) | Gender (% female) | Response rate (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Beaton [26] | Canada | WLQ | Musculoskeletal disorders | Convenience | Health care | 42.5 (10.1) | 54% | 33% |
Endicott [29] | USA | EWPS | Major depressive disorders | Convenience | Health care | 41 (9.6) | 70% | N.A. |
Erickson [19] | USA | WLQ WPSI EWPS WPAI | Anxiety disorders (i) minimal-to-mild (ii) moderate-to-severe | Convenience | Health care | (i) 37.5 (12.2) (ii) 34.2 (9.8) | (i) 48.8% (ii) 75% | 51% |
Forst [30] | USA | AMA-guide | Low back injuries | Convenience | Academy | N.A. | N.A. | 100% |
Goetzel [31] | USA | WPSI | Allergies, respiratory infections, arthritis* | N.A. | Work-place | 47 (N.A.) | 30% | N.A. |
Kessler [33] | USA | WHO HPQ | Job-related accidents-injuries (i) airline reservation agents (ii) customer service reps. (iii) executives (iv) railroad engineers | Convenience | Work-place | (i) 30-44 (2.4) (ii) 30-44 (2.2) (iii) 45-59 (2.0) (iv) 45-59 (1.7) | (i) 80.3% (ii) 47.2% (iii) 19.3% (iv) 2.4% | (i) 39% (ii) 29% (iii) 50% (iv) 57% |
Kessler [32] | USA | WHO HPQ | Non-specified health status | Convenience | Work-place | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. |
Koopman [34] | USA | SPS | Non-specified health status | Convenience | Work-place | 46.5 (9.4) | 47.9% | 74% |
Koopmanschap [24] | NL | PRODISQ | Musculoskeletal complaints, stress factors, back complaints** | Convenience | Work-place | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. |
Kumar [35] | USA | HRPQ-D | Infectious Mononucleosis | Convenience | Health care | 19.3 (3.6) | 41.9% | 97% |
Lerner [36] | USA | WLQ | RA, chronic daily headache syndrome and epilepsy | Convenience | Health care | 41.3 (11.1) | 72.7% | N.A. |
Lerner [37] | USA | WLQ | Osteoarthritis | Convenience | Health care | 53.7 (7.1) | 65.4% | 30% |
Meerding [20] | NL | HLQ | Musculoskeletal complaints | Convenience | Work-place | (i) 35 (N.A.) | (i) 0% | (i) 69% |
| Â | Â | Q&Q | (i) industrial workers (ii) construction workers | Â | Â | (ii) 42 (N.A.) | (ii) 6% | (ii) 85% |
Ozminkanski [21] | USA | WLQ WPSI | Job-related accidents-injuries | Consecutive | Work-place | 37.77 (N.A.) | 34.31% | 48% |
Prochaska [38] | USA | WBA-P | Non-specified health status | Convenience | Work-place | 47.6 (11.4) | 56.8% | N.A. |
Reilly [39] | USA | WPAI | Job-related accidents-injuries (i) Group 1 (ii) Group 2 | Convenience | Health care/Work-place | (i) 37.2 (9.7) (ii) 39.4 (11.8) | (i) 65.5% (ii) 60.8% | 48% |
Roy [28] | Canada | WLQ | Chronic upper-extremity disorders | Convenience | Health care | 46 (9) | 53% | 83% |
Shikiar [40] | USA | HWQ | Non-specified health status | Convenience | Work-place | N.A. | N.A. | 45% |
Stewart [43] | USA | WHI | Non-specified health status | Convenience | Work-place | N.A. | 66% | 72% |
Tang [27] | Canada | WLQ | Shoulder and elbow disorders | Convenience | Health care | 43.3 (11.5) | 42.5% | 87% |
Turpin [41] | USA | SPS | Allergies, arthritis or joint pain/stiffness, asthma*** | Convenience | Work-place | 43.2 (N.A.) | 29.4% | 63% |
Van Rooijen [25] | NL | HLQ | (i) Migraine (ii) spinal cord injury (iii) knee injury (iv) hip injury | Convenience | Data base | N.A. | N.A. | (i) 58% (ii) 81% (iii) 76% (iv) 75% |
Walker [42] | USA | WLQ | Rheumatoid arthritis | Continuously | NDB | 53.5 (10.5) | 77% | 98% |
Zhang [22] | UK & Ireland | WPAI | Rheumatoid arthritis | Convenience | ERAN | 52.1 (10) | 72% | 53% |
Zhang [23] | UK & Ireland | VOLP | Rheumatoid arthritis | Convenience | ERAN | 52 (10) | 72% | 81% |