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Table 2 Characteristics of studies*

From: Type D personality in the general population: a systematic review of health status, mechanisms of disease, and work-related problems

Study

Country

Size sample

Participants

Mean age in years

Sex

% Type D

Design

Research group

Study quality

[8]

U.K.

564

British males

M = 26.2

R = 18-55

564 men

29%

Cross-sectional

Other

8

[9]

Belgium

155

policemen and nurses

M = 32

R = 20 - 56

66 men

85 women

35.5%

Cross-sectional

Co RPS

7

[10]

Netherlands

17

right-handed men

M = 23

SD = 2.4

17 men

no women

23.5%

Cross-sectional

Co RPS

6

[11]

Canada

173

university students

M = 20.4

86 men

87 women

Unknown

Prospective

Other

9

[12]

Germany

492

employees at manufactory

M = 40.5

SD = 11.4

438 men

54 women

Unknown

Cross-sectional

Other

9

[13]

Netherlands

668

children

M = 10.3

R = 8.6 - 12.8

368 boys

300 girls

27.5%

Prospective

Other

7

[14]

Netherlands

151

prison workers

M = 44.0

R = 22 - 59

111 men

40 women

16.6%

Cross-sectional

Other

8

[15]

Netherlands

3331

healthy twins

M = 17.2

R = 12 - 24

1519 men

1812 women

26.7%

Cross-sectional

Co RPS

8

[16]

Netherlands

755

student teachers

M = 18.8

R = 16-29

No men

755 women

25.9%

Cross-sectional

Other

9

[17]

Poland

79

psychiatrists and nurses

M = 39.7

S = 8.2

25 men

28 women

27.8%

Cross-sectional

Other

6

[18]

Ukraine

250

university students

M = 20.9

SD = 3.4

113 men

137 women

22.4%

Prospective

Co RPS

9

[19]

U.K.

334

university students

M = 19.5

R = 18-41

180 men

154 women

24.9%

Cross-sectional

Other

7

[20]

Germany

634

employees at manufactory

M = 39.9

SD = 10.7

575 men

67 women

Unknown

Cross-sectional

Other

7

[21]

Netherlands

5404

adults

M = 45.8

SD = 15.9

2697 men

2707 women

Unknown

Prospective

Co RPS

9

[22]

Belgium/Netherlands

932

female teachers

M = 25

IQR = 19-42

no men

932 women

28.4%

Cross-sectional

Other

8

[23]

Netherlands

622

adults

M = 54.2

SD = 14

318 men

304 women

18.1%

Cross-sectional

Co RPS

8

[24]

Belgium

132

adults

M = 33.7

SD = 14.5

70 men

57 women

Unknown

Cross-sectional

Other

9

[25]

U.K.

84

adults

M = 22.0

SD = 6.8

42 men

42 women

Unknown

Prospective

Other

9

[26]

U.K./Ireland

1012

adults

M = 20.5

SD = 4.8

225 men

787 women

38.5%

Cross-sectional

Other

8

  1. * In alphabetical order
  2. R = range; SD = standard deviation; IQR = interquartile range; Co RPS = Center of Research on Psychology in Somatic Diseases; Other = other research group not related to Co RPS.