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Table 4 Summary of the associations between work factors and health factors

From: Digitally connected work and its consequences for strain – a systematic review

First Author

Work factor clusters (iv)

Health outcome cluster (dv)

Number of reported associations in total*

Number of reported direct associations with statistical analysis

Number of reported associations without statistical analysis

Direction of effects**

Number of reported effects with work/health variables as moderator /mediator/ control

[30];

Cognitive demands / work content

Motivation and satisfaction (4)

4

0

inconclusive

 

[17];

 

Reduced well-being / affective symptoms (5)

3

2

not significant

 

[70]

 

Physiological parameters and somatic complaints (4)

4

0

significant positive

 

[30];

Social factors

Motivation and satisfaction (4)

2

0

not significant

2

[117]

 

Reduced well-being / affective symptoms (1)

1

0

not significant

 
  

Physiological parameters and somatic complaints (0)

0

0

  

[19],

Organizational factors

Motivation and satisfaction (3)

0

0

 

3

[32],

 

Reduced well-being / affective symptoms (4)

2

0

significant positive

2

[17]

 

Physiological parameters and somatic complaints (3)

3

0

significant positive

 

[30];

Environmental factors / working tools

Motivation and satisfaction (13)

13

0

inconclusive

 

[117];

 

Reduced well-being / affective symptoms (11)

3

8

significant positive

 

[32], [70]

 

Physiological parameters and somatic complaints (0)

0

0

  
  1. * number of papers represented by the counts: see Fig. 2
  2. ** summary assessment independent of underlying construct; significant negative/significant positive = if 75% of reported associations are significant negative/significant positive and the rest is not significant; all other combinations: inconclusive; not significant = no significant association at all