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Table 1 Basic data of all included studies, including the study’s duration (Days), assessment frequency (Freq.), inclusion of multilevel analysis (ML), and the QualSyst score (QS)

From: Work environment risk factors causing day-to-day stress in occupational settings: a systematic review

ID

Study reference

N

Workplace setting

Days

Freq.

ML

QS

1

[48]

83

Hospital nurses

3

1x/d

Yes

0.90

2

[49]

120

Faculty members of a medium-sized university

9

3x/d

No

0.77

3

[50]

304

Nurses (n=119) and physicians (n=185)

7

1x/90-min

No

0.90

4

[51]

49

Full-time university employees

10

3x/d

Yes

0.86

5

[52]

39

Sales representatives, mechanical engineers, R&D professionals, government service employees, and other

10

1x/d

Yes

0.77

6

[53]

45

Employees of an IT company

15

2x/d

Yes

1.00

7

[54]

40

State police officers

5

1x/d

Yes

0.81

8

[36]

115

Public office employees

5

1x/d

Yes

1.00

9

[55]

106

Employees of public service organizations

5

3x/d

Yes

1.00

10

[56]

14

Emergency response officers (police)

11

1x/d

No

0.85

11

[57]

130

Employees of a security company

28

2x/week

Yes

0.86

12

[58]

205

Employees

5

1x/d

Yes

0.95

13

[59]

64

Professional staff at the headquarters of a construction company

12

1x/d

Yes

1.00

14

[60]

120

Full-time workers

6

No

0.90

15

[61]

52

Fly-in–fly-out workers (i.e., workers who fly from cities to remote locations) of a multinational construction company

28

Yes

0.86

16

[62]

37

Employees of primary schools

10

1x/d

Yes

0.95

17

[63]

20

Ambulance personnel

7

No

0.54

18

[64]

96

Hospital nurses

5

1x/90-min

Yes

0.95

19

[65]

112

Working couples (n=56)

7

4x/3-hour

Yes

0.86

20

[66]

76

Service job employees

14

2x/d

Yes

1.00

21

[67]

185

Physicians

7

1x/90-min

No

0.90

22

[68]

133

Hospital nurses

5

4x/d

Yes

0.90

23

[69]

28

Open-floor office workers

42

3x/d

No

0.40

24

[70]

97

Full-time workers

15

1x/d

Yes

0.95

25

[71]

30

Nurses, cooks, salespersons, electronic technicians, bank clerks

15

No

0.81

26

[72]

 

Hospital nurses

60

1x/d

Yes

0.81

 

Wave 1:

60

 

30

   
 

Wave 2:

38

 

30

   

27

[73]

36

Field emergency medical technicians

30

1x/d

No

0.77

28

[74]

119

Hospital nurses

7

1x/90-min

No

0.95

29

[75]

122

Public office employees

5

2x/d

Yes

0.95

30

[76]

     

0.50

 

Sub-study 1: See [54] (ID 7).

      
 

Sub-study 2:

41

University secretaries

5

1x/d

Yes

 
 

Sub-study 3:

38

Correctional officers in prisons

5

1–2x/d

Yes

 

31

[77]

20

Surgeons

2–3

No

0.70

32

[78]

104

Full-time school teachers

1

No

0.63

33

[79]

100

Hospital nurses

2

1x/90-min

Yes

1.00

34

[37]

131

Employees of an IT division

8

1x/d

Yes

1.00

35

[80]

76

Employees (financial and business services, health care, public office, education)

5

3x/d

Yes

1.00

36

[81]

201

Employees

5

1x/d

Yes

0.95

37

[82]

48

Freelance or portfolio workers (publishing, coaching, accountancy, sales, translator, psychologist, web design, joiner)

182

1x/week

Yes

1.00

38

[83]

20

Physicians

1

No

0.45

39

[84]

132

Secondary school teachers

3

1x/d

Yes

0.90

40

[85]

23

Hospital nurses

14

Yes

0.90

41

[86]

47

Hotel hourly employees (housekeeping, food and beverage, front desk)

8

1x/d

Yes

1.00