Table 1.
Characteristics of the analyzed articles extracted from 18 synthesis article reviews identified through a systematic literature search for “allostatic load” conducted on 6 July 2021.
| References | Review Type | Number of Studies | AMSTAR2 Quality |
Purpose of Review | Population Addressed |
Conflicts of Interest Addressed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Szanton et al., 2005 [34] | Systematic review | 10 [15,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43] |
Average | Examine and synthesize the literature on allostatic load as a construct to understand and qualify health disparities. | Target population is unspecified. | Yes |
| Dowd et al., 2009 [44] | Systematic review | 7 [35,36,42,45,46,47,48] |
Average | Review of the existing literature on socioeconomic status and cortisol, as well as allostatic load. | Target population is unspecified. | Yes |
| Juster et al., 2010 [49] | Literature review | 59 [15,16,35,36,37,39,40,41,42,43,45,46,47,48,50,51,52,53,54,55,56,57,58,59,60,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,69,70,71,72,73,74,75,76,77,78,79,80,81,82,83,84,85,86,87,88,89] |
Average | Review of the existing literature on the theoretical and empirical work that exists on allostatic load. | Target population is unspecified. | No |
| Beckie, 2012 [90] | Systematic review | 58 [15,16,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,45,46,48,49,53,58,59,60,61,62,63,64,67,68,69,74,75,77,78,82,83,84,85,86,87,88,91,92,93,94,95,96,97,98,99,100,101,102,103,104,105,106,107,108,109,110] |
Average | Review of the existing literature to synthesize the state of the science on allostatic load over the life span. | Target population variable and specified by study. | Yes |
| Mauss et al., 2015 [111] | Systematic review | 16 [40,67,73,74,75,78,82,84,104,112,113,114,115,116] |
Average | Examine and synthesize literature on allostatic load measurement, operational measures, and biomarkers used in measurement. | Target population is workers, context specified by studies. | No |
| Duong et al., 2017 [18] | Perspective review | 20 [48,54,58,80,87,93,95,100,117,118,119,120,121,122,123,124,125,126,127,128] |
Weak | Review of the calculation of allostatic load studies that used NHANES data 1988 and 2010. | Target population variable and specified by study. | Yes |
| Johnson et al., 2017 [19] | Literature review | 26 [35,36,73,81,87,89,94,101,113,114,120,122,128,129,130,131,132,133,134,135,136,137,138,139,140,141] |
Average | Review of the biomarkers and methods used to analyze the association between allostatic load and socioeconomic position. | Target population is unspecified. | No |
| Rosemberg et al., 2017 [142] |
Perspective review | 12 [40,66,67,76,78,84,96,108,143,144,145] |
Weak | Elucidate and synthesize the historical development of the allostatic load and its use in nursing research. | Two stress-vulnerable populations, workers, and women of childbearing age. | No |
| Wiley et al., 2017 [32] | Systematic review | 24 [36,38,40,41,50,53,72,76,103,106,113,133,141,146,147,148,149,150,151,152,153,154,155,156] |
Average | Explore and synthesize the literature on allostatic load and with psychological/social resources. | Target population is unspecified. | Yes |
| Ribeiro et al., 2018 [11] | Scoping review | 14 [9,87,94,130,145,147,157,158,159,160,161,162,163,164] |
Average | Explore and synthesize the literature on allostatic load and neighborhood socioeconomic deprivation. | Target population is unspecified. | Yes |
| Larrabee Sonderland et al., 2019 [165] | Systematic review | 20 [38,41,47,53,72,76,103,133,141,147,152,153,155,156,166,167,168,169,170,171] |
Average | Review of the relationship between everyday stress, social connectedness, and allostatic load. | Target population variable and specified by study. | Yes |
| D’Amico et al., 2020 [33] | Systematic review and meta-analysis | 18 [15,16,37,59,63,98,118,172,173,174,175,176,177,178,179,180,181,182] |
Strong | Investigate the association between allostatic load and standardized cognitive test among adults. | The target population is 18 and older. | Yes |
| Ketheesan et al., 2020 [183] | Narrative review | 6 [184,185,186,187,188,189] |
Weak | Explore and synthesize the literature on allostatic load and mental health disparities observed between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians. | Target population is indigenous Australians, age unspecified. | No |
| Kerr et al., 2020 [190] | Systematic review | 61 [38,40,54,57,60,66,67,73,78,82,86,92,100,102,103,106,112,113,117,135,137,146,148,149,191,192,193,194,195,196,197,198,199,200,201,202,203,204,205,206,207,208,209,210,211,212,213,214,215,216,217,218,219,220,221,222,223,224,225,226,227] |
Average | To assess sex differences in allostatic load and identify allostatic load associations that are specific to women. | Target population is women, ages specified by study. | Yes |
| Misiak, 2020 [228] | Perspective review | 9 [202,215,229,230,231,232,233,234,235] |
Weak | Explore and synthesize the literature on allostatic load and psychotic disorders. | People diagnosed with a psychotic disorder; characteristics specified by study. | No |
| Suvarna et al., 2020 [236] | Systematic review | 24 [9,46,83,92,101,117,128,140,161,214,237,238,239,240,241,242,243,244,245,246,247,248,249,250] |
Average | Examine and synthesize the literature on allostatic load and health-related behaviors. | Target population variable and specified by study. | Yes |
| Mathew et al., 2021 [251] | Systematic review and meta-analysis | 12 [109,121,124,211,252,253,254,255,256,257,258,259] |
Strong | Explore and synthesize the literature on allostatic load and cancer. | People diagnosed with cancer; characteristics specified by study. | Yes |
| Whelan et al., 2021 [260] | Literature review | 24 [81,120,122,136,146,147,149,151,152,161,187,197,261,262,263,264,265,266,267,268,269,270,271,272] |
Average | Identify and synthesize the literature on variations of allostatic load measurement and cancer. | Target population is adolescents. | Yes |