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Table 1 The characteristics of 34 studies included in this meta-analysis

From: Heeding the voices of nurses: a systematic review and meta-analysis of organizational silence levels among clinical nurses

Study (first author, publication year)

Country

Department

Sample size

Male

Female

Age mean

(M ± SD)

Scale

Mean scores1

Mean scores2

Mean1

SD1

Mean2

SD2

Yin Z D (2020)

China

oncology

404

37

367

NA

NOSB

49.25

16.11

2.46

0.81

Yang S N (2017)

China

ICU

205

48

157

NA

ESB

2.83

0.51

2.83

0.51

Meng B X (2023)

China

pediatric

323

0

323

NA

NOSB

39.49

15.23

1.97

0.76

Sun H S (2022)

China

Multi department

200

21

179

NA

NOSB

56.71

10.97

2.84

0.55

Chang J Y (2018)

China

Mixed

287

12

275

24.25 ± 1.34

ESB

3.20

0.49

3.20

0.49

Qi J F (2023)

China

operating

395

143

252

32.68 ± 6.17

NOSB

49.31

15.83

2.47

0.79

Zhang W X (2017)

China

Multi department

473

17

456

NA

NOSB

47.16

14.55

2.36

0.73

Liu H (2019)

China

Multi department

406

11

395

NA

ESB

2.27

1.25

2.27

1.25

Cheng H H (2019)

China

Multi department

1012

9

1003

30.16 ± 6.99

ESB

34.50

9.91

2.88

0.83

Jin L M (2017)

China

Multi department

485

26

459

NA

NOSB

47.50

15.04

2.38

0.75

Lu J H (2021)

China

Multi department

546

27

519

NA

NOSB

53.75

15.65

2.69

0.78

Ma J W (2020)

China

Multi department

437

46

391

NA

ESB

2.67

0.68

2.67

0.68

Yang J (2016)

China

Multi department

807

30

777

NA

NOSB

61.89

12.53

3.09

0.63

Wang Q H (2016)

China

Multi department

262

NA

NA

NA

ESB

29.25

6.62

2.44

0.55

Zhang A M (2018)

China

Multi department

485

26

459

NA

NOSB

47.50

15.04

2.38

0.75

Zhang S G (2017)

China

Multi department

358

21

337

NA

NOSB

68.31

11.55

3.41

0.58

Li Y (2023)

China

Multi department

458

12

446

NA

NOSB

54.88

13.88

2.74

0.69

Wang P C (2023)

China

emergency

210

33

177

NA

NOSB

54.70

15.02

2.74

0.75

Wang F H (2016)

China

psychiatry

603

26

577

NA

ESB

37.66

6.46

3.14

0.54

Chen L (2022)

China

gynecology and obstetrics

207

NA

NA

32.34 ± 10.34

NOSB

44.88

16.45

2.24

0.82

Huang M H (2020)

China

Multi department

464

0

464

NA

ESB

33.84

8.57

2.82

0.71

Wang D H (2018)

China

Multi department

451

5

446

NA

ESB

33.78

8.66

2.82

0.72

Zhong T (2016)

China

Multi department

603

26

577

30.22 ± 6.88

ESB

3.13

0.54

3.13

0.54

Cao R (2019)

China

neurology

262

14

248

NA

ESB

33.25

10.80

2.77

0.90

Meng W (2020)

China

Multi department

226

11

215

27.29 ± 5.87

NOSB

48.69

15.38

2.43

0.77

Zhou A Q (2022)

China

operating

235

41

194

NA

NOSB

47.34

17.14

2.37

0.86

Wang Y (2017)

China

operating

405

46

359

NA

NOSB

52.04

14.97

2.60

0.75

Yuan C J (2023)

China

pediatric

201

5

196

NA

ESB

36.21

8.75

3.02

0.73

Xiong J (2019)

China

oncology

278

NA

NA

NA

NOSB

51.27

17.28

2.56

0.86

Eun-Young Dool (2019)

Korea

Multi department

301

8

293

26.75 ± 3.69

OSS

2.42

0.53

2.42

0.53

Serap Parlar Kılı (2020)

Turkey

Multi department

671

132

539

29.39 ± 7.20

OSS

3.18

0.79

3.18

0.79

G. Kaya (2021)

Turkey

Multi department

341

67

274

NA

OSS

2.85

0.59

2.85

0.59

Fedayi Ya˘gara (2023)

Turkey

Multi department

224

23

201

NA

OSS

2.90

0.61

2.90

0.61

Aslan SK (2020)

Turkey

Multi department

169

32

137

NA

OSBS

2.77

0.92

2.77

0.92

  1. Abbreviations: NA = not avaliable. Scale: ESB = Employee silence behavior designed by Zheng Xiaotao (2008), NOSB = Nurses’ organizational silence behavior designed by YangJing (2016), OSS = Organizational Silence Scale developed by Van Dyne, Ang(2003), OSBS = Organizational Silence Behavior Scale designed by Yalçın(2016). 1: The score before the conversion 2: The score after the conversion