Table 7.

Results of meta-regression regarding correlation between sleep and psychological distress

Depression	Healthcare professionals (N=14)							General Population(N=15)
Variable	No of studies	Coeff.	S.E.	p	I2 res. (%)	Adj. R2 (%)	Tau2	No of studies	Coeff.	S.E.	p	I2 res. (%)	Adj. R2 (%)	Tau2
Country	14	0.002	0.003	0.62	83.99	-8.4	0.002	15	-0.0004	0.001	0.64	75.9	-7.49	0.002
Age	12	-0.002	0.001	0.006	13.91	72.8	0.0004	13	0.002	0.001	0.21	77.65	1.88	0.002
Female % of participants	14	-0.002	0.001	0.12	71.23	19.31	0.001	15	-0.001	0.001	0.38	68.46	3.93	0.002
Married % of participants	12	-0.001	0.0004	0.08	37.2	43.85	0.001	6	-0.001	0.0004	0.52	72.16	-3.47	0.002

Anxiety	Healthcare professionals (N=15)							General Population (N=12)
	No of studies	Coeff.	S.E.	p	I2 res. (%)	Adj. R2 (%)	Tau2	No of studies	Coeff.	S.E.	p	I2 res. (%)	Adj. R2 (%)	Tau2
Country	15	-0.002	0.005	0.73	83.61	- 13.03	0.01	12	-0.0005	0.003	0.89	95.62	-10.62	0.02
Age	10	0.011	0.005	0.05	62.52	54.77	0.01	10	0.01	0.005	0.02	95.03	50.37	0.02
Female % of participants	15	-0.002	0.002	0.38	83.37	- 12.64	0.01	11	0.001	0.003	0.70	95.68	-9.10	0.03
Married % of participants	9	0.006	0.003	0.46	87.86	21.25	0.01	5	0.0004	0.005	0.95	97.31	-31.77	0.02