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Table 1 Characteristics of Included Studies Aimed at Improving Physician Well-being

From: Contribution of a positive psychology-based conceptual framework in reducing physician burnout and improving well-being: a systematic review

Authors

`Country

Study Design

Number of Participants

Study Participants

Medical Specialty

Risk of Bias

Quality Grade

Ali et al., [50]

USA

Cluster RCT

45

Attending

Critical care

Low

A

Amutio et al., [56]

Spain

RCT & Quasi-experimental

42

Physician

Primary care

Low

A

Asuero et al., [57]

Spain

RCT

68

Health care professional including physicians

Primary care

Low

A

Axisa, et al., [62]

Australia

RCT

46

Resident

Pediatrics

Low

A

Bragard, et al., [68]

Belgium

RCT

96

Resident

Oncology

Low

A

Dyrbye, et al., [67]

 

RCT

290

Attending

Multiple

Low

A

Garland, et al., [49]

Canada

RCT

24

Attending

Critical care

Low

A

Gunasingam, et al., [61]

Australia

RCT

31

Resident

–

Low

A

Holt & Del Mar [88]

Australia

RCT

233

Attending

Primary care

Low

A

Linzer, et al., [52]

USA

Cluster RCT

166

Attending

Primary care

Low

A

Lucas, et al., [53]

USA

Cluster RCT

62

Attending

Internal medicine

Low

A

Margalit, et al., [63]

Israel

RCT

102

Attending

Primary care

Low

A

Martins, et al., [65]

Argentina

RCT

74

Resident

Pediatrics

Low

A

Milstein, et al., [66]

USA

RCT

15

Attending

Pediatrics

Low

A

Montero-Marin, et al., [58]

Spain

Pre-Post quasi-experimental

290

Attending

Primary care

Low

A

Parshuram, et al., [55]

Canada

Cluster RCT

49

Resident

Multiple

Moderate

C

Ripp, et al., [51]

USA

Retrospective cohort

239

Resident

Internal medicine

Moderate

B

Shea, et al., [54]

USA

RCT

106

Resident

Internal medicine

Low

A

Verweij, et al., [59]

Netherlands

Controlled before-&-after

50

Attending

Primary care

Moderate

B

Weight, et al., [64]

USA

Controlled before-&-after

628

Resident, fellow

Multiple

Moderate

B

West, et al., [60]

USA

RCT

74

Attending

Multiple

Low

A

  1. [50, 56, 57, 62, 68, 67, 49, 61, 88, 52, 53, 63, 65, 66, 58, 55, 51, 54, 59, 64, 60]