Table 1.
Characteristics of the twenty-four articles included in the systematic review.
| First Author, Year | Study design | Sample type | Country | Disease | Sample size | Occupation | Sex | Age, years old | Quality assessment criteria satisfied (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chen et al., 2006 | Before-after | Voluntary response sample | Taiwan | SARS | 116 | Nurses | F: 98.3% M: 1.7% | 31 +-10.8 | 58.3 |
| Aiello et al., 2011 | Cross sectional | Convenience sample | Canada | Influenza A H1N1 | 1,250 | All staff | NA | NA | 75 |
| Waterman et al., 2018 | Cohort study | Voluntary response sample | Sierra Leone | Ebola | 3,273 | All staff | F: 19.6% M: 45.7% not specified: 34.7% |
29.46+-7.40 (16–63) | 63 |
| Schreiber et al., 2019 | Narrative description | Convenience sample | West Africa | Ebola | 45 | All staff | NA | 25–60 | NA |
| Blake et al., 2020 | Cross sectional | Convenience sample | UK | COVID-19 | 55 | All staff | NA | NA | 75 |
| Maunder et al., 2003 | Cross sectional | Convenience sample | Canada | SARS | NA | All staff | NA | NA | 50 |
| Maunder et al., 2010 | Before-after | Convenience sample | Canada | Influenza A H1N1 | 158 | All staff | F: 81% M:19% | NA | 66.6 |
| Khee et al., 2004 | Qualitative | Convenience sample | Singapore | SARS | 188 | All staff | NA | NA | 60 |
| Geoffroy et al., 2020 | Cross sectional | Voluntary response sample | France | COVID-19 | 149 | All staff | F: 86% M:14% | 32.7+-11 (19–56) | 75 |
| Buselli et al., 2020 | Cross sectional | Voluntary response sample | Italy | COVID-19 | 106 | All staff | F: 74.5% M: 25.5% | 50 +- 9.9 (28–66) | 75 |
| (Cai et al., 2020) | Cohort study | Convenience sample | China | COVID-19 | 1,330 | Nurses | F: 97% M: 3% | 18–25: 22.8%; 26–30: 34.6%; 30–40: 28.3%; >40: 14.3% |
54.5 |
| Zhou et al., 2020 | Before-after | Convenience sample | China | COVID-19 | 71 | Nurses | F: 100% | 20–30: 49.3%; 31–40: 45.07% >41: 4.23% |
41.6 |
| Sockalingam et al., 2020 | Cross sectional | Voluntary response sample | Canada | COVID-19 | 426 | All staff | NA | NA | 50 |
| Gonzalez et al., 2020 | Narrative description | Convenience sample | USA | COVID-19 | NA | All staff | NA | NA | NA |
| Donnelly et al., 2020 | Narrative description | Convenience sample | UK | COVID-19 | NA | All staff | NA | NA | NA |
| Ping et al., 2020 | Narrative description | Convenience sample | Malaysia | COVID-19 | 25 nurses (pilot) | Nurses | NA | NA | NA |
| Cheung et al., 2020 | Cross sectional | Convenience sample | China | COVID-19 | 1,415 | All staff | F: 66% M: 34% | NA | 75 |
| Albott et al., 2020 | Narrative description | Convenience sample | USA | COVID-19 | NA | All staff | NA | NA | NA |
| Cole et al., 2020 | Narrative description | Convenience sample | UK | COVID-19 | NA | All staff | NA | NA | NA |
| Feinstein et al., 2020 | Narrative description | Convenience sample | USA | COVID-19 | NA | All staff | NA | NA | NA |
| Cheng et al., 2020 | Before-after | Convenience sample | China | COVID-19 | 155 | All staff (doctors, nurses administrative) | F: 68.4% M: 31.6% | Mean age 35 | 58.3 |
| Giordano et al., 2020 | Before-after | Convenience sample | Italy | COVID-19 | 34 | Doctors, nurses | F: 64.7% M: 35.3% | 31.8 +- SD = 8.33 (22–59) | 75 |
| Hong et al., 2020 | Cross sectional | Convenience sample | China | COVID-19 | 10,240 | All staff (doctors, nurses, laboratory technician) | F: 75.5% M: 24·5% | Median age 30 (27-36) | 75 |
| Mira et al., 2020 | Narrative description | Voluntary response sample | Spain | COVID-19 | 68,913 visits | All staff | NA | NA | NA |
Abbreviations: NA- Not applicable; F- female; M- male; SD- standard deviation; UK-United Kingdom; USA-United States Of America.