| Table 3: Characteristics of relevant studies included in the synthesis | ||||
| Citation | Quality Score | Number of Studies Included | Number of Relevant Studies | Occupation/Industry |
| Aas, 2011 | 92% (High) | 10 | 1 | Kitchen workers, service managers, chefs, cooks, and kitchen aids working at least 6 hours per day; food services in schools, nurseries and nursing homes |
| Carroll, 2010 | 92% (High) | 13 (12 articles) | 13 | Not reported |
| Corbière, 2006 | 100% (High) | 14 | 14 | Not reported |
| Corbière, 2009 | 92% (High) | 24 | 11 | Staff working with developmental disabilities, customer service representatives, industrial employees, caregivers, nurses, post office employees, dentists, orderlies, health care workers, pharmaceutical company employees; health care, customer services, municipal employees, industrial |
| Czabala, 2011 | 100% (High) | 79 controlled studies | 23 | Mental health professionals, healthcare professionals, teachers, other white-collar workers, blue-collar workers, armed forces, various, n/r; health care, military, education, white-collar, blue-collar, other |
| Dick, 2011 | 92% (High) | 28 | 7 | Not reported |
| Furlan, 2012 | 92% (High) | 12 (14 articles) | 12 studies (14 articles) | Workplaces, primary care practices, occupational health services, specialty medical clinics |
| Noordik, 2010 | 92% (High) | 7 articles | 7 articles | Not reported |
| Palmer, 2012 |
92% (High) | 42 studies | 42 | Not reported |
| Pomaki, 2012 | 92% (High) | 7 studies (8 articles) |
7 studies (8 articles) |
Most mixed occupational sectors or n/r, one financial and insurance sector, one municipal police |
| Richardson, 2008 | 92% (High) | 36 studies (38 articles) |
11 articles | Office workers, teachers, nurses, hospital staff, factory workers, maintenance personnel, social services staff |
| Tompa, 2008 | 85% (High) | 8 | 8 | Multi-sector (system-level interventions) (4), health care (1), manufacturing and warehousing (1), mining and oil and gas extraction (1), utilities (1) |
| Tveito, 2004 | 92% (High) | 28 | 28 | Municipality, postal service, hospital, medical centres, nursing school, Finnish cooperative, mailing company, bus company, geriatric hospitals, municipal fire fighters, home care personnel, industry, nursing and environmental services, airport baggage handlers, cargo department of airline, warehouse, county, light industry, mine, workplaces |
| van der Klink, 2001 | 85% (High) | 48 studies (in 45 articles) |
3 | Not reported |