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. 2016 Jan 1;7(1):1–14. doi: 10.15171/ijoem.2016.607
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