Table 2 Selection criteria
From: A systematic review of burnout among doctors in China: a cultural perspective
Criteria | Included | Excluded |
|---|---|---|
Publication type | Published in peer-reviewed scientific journals Reporting original research results Ancient Chinese literature referring to doctor’s integrity and concept of work Written in English or Chinese | Book chapters, editorials, dissertations, theses and conference abstracts “Grey” literature (for example, policy advocacies, media or journal comments) |
Study design | Cross-sectional study design Quantitative studies providing doctor-specific burnout data using burnout measures with validity support from commonly accepted sources of evidence | Qualitative studies Studies not providing burnout related data/measurement |
Population | Practising doctors Practice in Mainland China Age | Non-doctors (medical students, and non-doctor health care providers such as nurses and traditional Chinese medicine practitioners were excluded) Practice not within China (Hong Kong SAR, Macau SAR and Taiwan were excluded due to different medical systems) |