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. 2018 Sep 21;115(38):621–627. doi: 10.3238/arztebl.2018.0621

eTable 4. Results of subgroup analyses and meta-regression.

Variable Beta SE 95% CI p
Publication year 0.010 0.011 [−0.012; 0.032] 0.363
Sample size*1 −0.003 0.000 [−0.005; -0.000] 0.045
Mean age −0.002 0.003 [−0.008; 0.005] 0.618
Proportion of female study participants −0.061 0.133 [−0.321; 0.199] 0.644
Number of items of Resilience Scale −0.001 0.006 [−0.012; 0.010] 0.821
Response rate −0.086 0.146 [−0.373; 0.200] 0.554
i r 95% CI p
Disease status*2 0.221
Current 46 0.41 [0.37; 0.46]
Past 10 0.51 [0.36; 0.64]
Type of illness 0.310
Health problem 5 0.30 [0.09; 0.49]
Medical intervention 4 0.51 [0.43; 0.59]
Chronic illness 23 0.44 [0.38; 0.50]
Acute critical illness 22 0.44 [0.36; 0.52]
Mixed sample 3 0.44 [0.33; 0.54]
Publication status 0.056
Published 51 0.45 [0.40; 0.49]
Unpublished 6 0.30 [0.14; 0.45]

*1 without Wallhäuser-Franke (with >4000 patients) (e50); *2 insufficient information in 1 study Beta = standardized regression coefficient; i = number of samples; SE = standard error; 95% CI = 95% confidence interval