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| Unpublished | 6 | 0.30 | [0.14; 0.45] |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