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. 2018 Feb 20;23(2):160–171. doi: 10.1080/10773525.2018.1436015

Table 1.

Methods and risk of bias analyses in cross-sectional studies.

Authord Pub. year Country Occupation N RRb Age rangec ROB scorea
Europe              
[37] Fuglseth 2015 Norway Administration 216 54 μ = 46 3
[60] Mikkelsen 2002 Norway Industrial enterprises 342 49 μ = 41; SD = 11 3
[6] Salanova 2013 Spain ICT users 1072 nn 18–58 2
[10] Ragu-Nathan 2008 Spain ICT users 608 89.4 ~20–65 2
[53] Beas 2006 Spain Public sector 496 nn 20–58 2
[41] Eijckelhof 2014 NL Office worker 93 77.5 nn 2
[47] Fieseler 2014 EU Industrial enterprises 491 nn ~36–56 2
[70] Koivunen 2013 Finland Nurses 146 81 ~20–60 3
[32] Korpinen 2011 Finland Different sectors 6121 41 18–65 3
[58] Seppälä 2001 Finland Different sectors 379 42.4 21–623 2
[16] La Paglia 2008 Italy Teachers 77 nn 28–61 2
[45] Rangarajan 2005 Belgium Sales professionals 154 64 nn 3
[15] Bozionelos 2001 UK Manager 228 nn μ = 30; SD = 7 2
Asia              
[13] Srivastava 2015 Asia/EU Manager 152 22 ~21–60 2
[38] Jena 2015 India Academician 54 54 ~20–60 2
[33] Yun 2012 Korea Different sectors 1200 40 20–50 3
[35] Koo 2011 Korea Different sectors 98 98 26–50 2
[50] Leung 2011 Hong Kong Office worker 612 58.8 μ = 36; SD = 10 3
[8] Shu 2011 China Different sectors 289 82.6 20–45 3
[7] Wang 2008 China Different sectors 951 70.4 ~20–40 3
[36] Tu 2005 China Different sectors 437 62.4 ~20–40 1
America              
[11] Tarafdar 2015 USA Sales professionals 237 47 26–56 3
[59] Chesley 2014 USA Civilian labour force 2256 60 μ = 42; SD = 12 3
[29] Hennington 2011 USA Nurses 71 nn 20–59 2
[30] Brown 2014 Canada University setting 215 nn μ = 42; SD = 11 2
[39] Day 2012 Canada Different sectors 258 85.7 μ = 35; SD = 9 3
[48] Rocha 2003 Brazil System analysts 553 85 18–56 3
Australia/New Zealand      
[31] Goldfinch 2011 New Zealand Public servant 240 51 μ = 43 2
[57] Lam 2009 Australia Care giver 784 nn > 60 years 3
a

ROB score: Risk of bias analysis. Scores marked in bold show a high risk of bias; unmarked scores have a medium risk of bias.

b

RR: response rate; nn: not named in the article.

c

μ: mean age; SD: standard deviation, nn: not named in the article.

d

Only first author is named.