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Table 6 Results of analyses for publication bias

From: Psychosocial areas of worklife and chronic low back pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Psychosocial factors

=k

Trim & fill (Duval & Tweedie)

Egger test

k(t)

OR(t)

95% CI

b

95% CI

LL

UL

LL

UL

Workload

14

1

1.31

1.16

1.46

0.13

−1.15

1.42

Job Control

 Combined

13

2

0.79

0.68

0.91

0.68

−2.58

3.93

 Decision Authority

8

1

0.70

0.58

0.84

−0.52

−5.13

4.08

 Skill Discretion

7

2

0.77

0.64

0.93

0.85

−5.25

6.95

Social Support

 Combined

12

4

0.85

0.72

1.01

−1.32

−3.77

1.12

 Colleague

7

1

0.79

0.62

0.99

−1.84

−6.13

2.45

 Supervisor

8

0

0.78

0.70

0.86

0.52

−2.49

3.54

  1. k Number of included studies, k(t) Number of trimmed studies, OR(t) Estimated OR after including trimmed studies, CI Confidence interval, LL Lower limit, UL Upper limit, b Regression intercept