Table 3.

Studies comparing men and women in the association between psychosocial/psychological occupational exposures and work‐related injury and work disability (n = 17 studies), both across and within occupations.

Psychosocial/Psychological occupational hazards	Outcomes	Difference in effect estimates between men and women			Study (year)	Nos.
		Higher risk in men only	Higher risk in women only	No differencea
Bullying	Chronic neck pain
Bullying	Sickness absence			X
Bullying	Sickness absence			X
Burnout	Injuries (forestry workers)	X			Ahola (2013) 50	8
Effort‐reward imbalance	Injuries			X
Job control	Disability pension			X	Falkstedt (2014) 44	8
Job strain	Injuries			X	Baidwan (2019) 25	5
Job strain	Disability pension			X	Emberland (2017) 51	6
Job strain	Chronic neck pain			X	Kääriä (2012) 31	6
Job strain	Lower back‐related musculoskeletal injuries		X		Lapointe (2009) 33	5
Job strain	Sickness absence			X	Lesuffleur (2014) 34	5
Job strain	Sickness absence			X	Mortensen (2017) 35	8
Job strain	MSDs			X	Prakash (2017) 36	5
Job strain	Disability			X	Prakash (2017) 37	5
Job strain	Sickness absence			X	Sterud (2014) 48	8
Job strain	Sickness absence			X	Stromholm (2015) 49	6
Organizational support	Injuries			X
Organizational support	Sickness absence			X
Organizational support	Sickness absence			X
Work demands	Musculoskeletal pain			X	Herin (2014) 30	7
Work stress	Sickness absence			X	Heo (2015) 65	5
Work stress	Injuries and sickness absence			X	Julia (2013) 46	6
Work stress	Injuries and sickness absence			X	Julia (2016) 47	6
Work stress and traumatic conditions	Injuries (ambulance officers and paramedics)	X			Gray (2017) 40	5
Work stress and traumatic conditions	Injuries (fire and emergency workers)			X
	Upper limb‐related musculoskeletal injuries	X

^a The no difference column can represent studies with increased risks, decreased risks, or no/null risks among both men and women.