Table 1 Eligibility criteria.

From: Interventions to reduce burnout among clinical nurses: systematic review and meta-analysis

 

Inclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria

Population

Registered Nurses or Licensed Practice/Vocational Nurses providing direct care to their patients in hospitals

Studies with nurses who did not provide care independently or worked at outpatient clinics

Interventions

Any type of program that aimed to reduce nurse burnout

 

Comparison

Inactive control group that did not receive an intervention or received usual care, or an active control group that received an alternative intervention for burnout

Studies without comparison groups

Outcome

Burnout

Studies that did not provide information on intervention results such as mean or standard deviation

Study Designs

Randomized controlled trial or quasi-experimental study

All other methodological studies

Language

English or Korean

Studies that did not provide original content