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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Apr 5.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Health Promot. 2020 Apr 27;34(8):929–941. doi: 10.1177/0890117120920451

Table 4.

Post Intervention Between Group Effect Sizes and Mini-Meta Analysis.a

Authorb Stress Mindfulness Mood Anxiety Depression Resilience WHO 5 Work Ability Distress Work Engagement Scale Quality of Life Measure of Sleep Measure of Fatigue Measure of Fat Measure of PA Measure of Mass
Amutio 0.9
Asuero −0.8
Chengc −0.7 −0.5
Chesak −0.8 1.1 −0.8 0.7
Doran −1.0 –0.9d 0.0d
Fang −1.4
Hersch −0.6 0.2
Jakobsenc 0.2
Ketelaar −0.1 −0.1 0.2 0.0 0.2 −0.2
Leedo −0.1 0.0
Mistrettae −0.3 0.0c −0.2 0.1
Querstret 0.60f −0.4 −0.8
Schroeder −0.4 0.7 0.6
Sood 2011 −0.9 −0.6 1.1 0.6 −0.4
Sood 2014 −0.5 0.9 −0.6 −0.2d 0.0
Steinberg 0.2
Tucker −0.9 0.6 −1.1
Mean ES −0.60 0.85 −0.63 −0.20 −0.13 0.58 −0.18 0.13 n/a n/a 0.28 −0.87 −0.73 n/a −0.29 −0.21
Mini Meta Z-score −4.76 7.06 −4.01 −2.17 −1.44 3.12 1.83 1.22 n/a n/a 1.29 −5.90 −4.06 n/a −1.25 −1.24
P value <.00001 <.00001 .00 .03 .15 .00 .07 .11 n/a n/a .20 <.00001 .00 n/a .21 .21

Abbreviations: ES, effect size; n/a, not applicable: no attrition; PA, physical activity; SD, standard deviation.

a

Effect size (ES): small 0.20, medium 0.50, large 0.80.

b

Calculated ES except as noted. Mean (SD) reported in the article.

c

Effect size reported in manuscript. Mean (SD) not available.

d

ln favor of control group.

e

Mean ES of both active intervention groups.

f

Mean ES of 4 subscales.