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Table 2 Sample and design of identified studies

From: A systematic review of interventions aiming to improve newly-qualified doctors’ wellbeing in the United Kingdom

No

Author and year

Sample size

Gender

Grade

Department

Methodology

Type of study

Recruitment strategy

1

Arora et al. [35]

18

Unspecified

FY1/FY2 18

Surgery 18

Quantitative (randomised-controlled design)

Pilot

Random

2

Berridge et al. [34]

50

Males 33, females 17

FY1 50

Medicine 30, surgery 18, unspecified 2

Mixed-methods

Longitudinal

Convenient

3

Bu et al. [36]

20

Males 10, females 10

FY1 10, FY2 10

Unspecified 20

Mixed-methods

Pilot

Convenient

4

Eisen et al. [37]

44

Unspecified

ST1 44

Paediatrics 44

Quantitative (randomised-controlled design)

Pilot

Random

5

Pal et al. [38]

6

Unspecified

Unspecified 6

Paediatrics 6

Quantitative

Pilot

Unspecified

6

Webb et al. [39]

42

Unspecified

CT1 21, CT2 21

Medicine 42

Quantitative

Pilot

Convenient

7

Wells et al. [40]

150

Unspecified

FY1 150

Unspecified 150

Quantitative

Longitudinal

Convenient

  1. Doctors enter the Foundation Programme immediately after qualifying. After completing two years of this programme, they may apply for further core/speciality training (both of which follow the same scales i.e. ST1 is equivalent to CT1)
  2. FY1/2, Foundation Programme Year 1/2; ST1, Speciality Trainee Year 1; CMT1/2, Core Trainee Year 1/2