SynthesisIndustrial health2018
Heart rate variability and occupational stress-systematic review.
Synthesis in Industrial health, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 3 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 104 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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104 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Investigation of Heart Rate Variability Indices in Motion Sickness.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Pooled it
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- Chronic stress in relation to clinical burnout: an integrative scoping review of definitions and measurement approaches.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Pooled it
- Objective assessment of mental stress in individuals with different levels of effort reward imbalance or overcommitment using heart rate variability: a systematic review.Systematic reviews · 2022Pooled it
- Heart rate variability as a measure of mental stress in surgery: a systematic review.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2020Pooled it
- Visual, physical, and mental strain during simulated robotic surgical tasks on Hugo™ RAS and impact of microbreaks on them: a randomized controlled trial.Surgical endoscopy · 2026Trial
- Academic Self-Pressure and Physiological Responses in Adolescents: A Pilot Experimental Study on the Moderating Role of an Escape Room-Based Physical Activity Intervention on Cognitive and Academic Outcomes.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Trial
- The Selah trial: A preference-based partially randomized waitlist control study of three stress management interventions.Translational behavioral medicine · 2025Trial
- Efficacy of Individualized Sensory-Based mHealth Interventions to Improve Distress Coping in Healthcare Professionals: A Multi-Arm Parallel-Group Randomized Controlled Trial.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Trial
- Effects of increased recirculation air rate and aircraft cabin occupancy on passengers' health and well-being - Results from a randomized controlled trial.Environmental research · 2023Trial
- The Silent Operation Theatre Optimisation System (SOTOSJournal of robotic surgery · 2021Trial
- Reduced vagal modulations of heart rate during overwintering in Antarctica.Scientific reports · 2020Trial
- Plasma lipid profile associates with the improvement of psychological well-being in individuals with perceived stress symptoms.Scientific reports · 2020Trial
- Cumulative trauma, neural circuits, and burnout: an integrative model of healthcare worker post-traumatic stress syndromes.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2026Review
- From incision to implantation: holter-based stress profiling in ophthalmology residents during cataract surgery.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2026Article
- Effects on 24-h physical behaviors and heart rate variability during sleep of a co-created workplace intervention to promote recovery in office workers with flexible work.Journal of activity, sedentary and sleep behaviors · 2026Article
- Influence of menstrual cycle on autonomic nervous system, muscular strength and mood states.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Stress Responses and Recovery in Student Athletes: Heart Rate Variability and Skin Conductance Patterns Across Cognitive Challenges-A Pilot Study.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Deep Learning-Based Heartbeat Detection from 3D Seismocardiography for Robust Heart Rate Monitoring.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Sleep duration and efficiency predict heart rate variability during work hours in intensive care unit nurses.Nagoya journal of medical science · 2026Article
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Abstract
The aim of this systematic review was to explore studies regarding association between occupational stress and heart rate variability (HRV) during work. We searched PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, Cinahl and PsycINFO for peer-reviewed articles published in English between January 2005 and September 2017. A total of 10 articles met the inclusion criteria. The included articles were analyzed in terms of study design, study population, assessment of occupational stress and HRV, and the study limitations. Among the studies there were cross-sectional (n=9) studies and one longitudinal study design. Sample size varied from 19 to 653 participants and both females and males were included. The most common assessment methods of occupational stress were the Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ) and the Effort-Reward Imbalance (ERI) questionnaire. HRV was assessed using 24 h or longer Holter ECG or HR monitoring and analyzed mostly using standard time-domain and frequency-domain parameters. The main finding was that heightened occupational stress was found associated with lowered HRV, specifically with reduced parasympathetic activation. Reduced parasympathetic activation was seen as decreases in RMSSD and HF power, and increase in LF/HF ratio. The assessment and analysis methods of occupational stress and HRV were diverse.
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