Well-being indicators, the number of studies that used them and the instruments used to assess them
| Well-being indicators | No of studies | Instruments used to assess indicators | |
| 1 | Mindfulness | 5 | FFMQ, MAAS |
| 2 | Job satisfaction | 3 | PWS |
| 3 | Meaning at work | 2 | EWS |
| 4 | Resilience | 3 | BRS |
| 5 | Compassion | 6 | SCB SC, JSEP (compassion subscale) |
| 6 | Empowerment | 3 | EWS |
| 7 | Engagement | 2 | JES |
| 8 | Empathy | 3 | JSPE |
| 9 | Self Reflection | 2 | Diaries |
| 10 | Psychological capital | 2 | PCS |
| 11 | Burn-out | 9 | MBI, BCSQ |
| 12 | Distress | 10 | PSS, SIG, GHQ-12, PANAS |
| 13 | Depression | 7 | PRIME-M, PCS, POMS, GHQ-12 |
| 14 | Mood disturbance | 2 | POMS |
Positive and negative well-being indicators have been marked with a different colour. No of studies refers to the number of studies that assessed the indicator (only those assessed in more than two studies were recorded in the table).
BCSQ, Burnout Clinical Subtypes Questionnaire39; BRS, Brief Resilience Scale40 ; EWS, Empowerment at Work Scale41 ; FFMQ, Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire42; GHQ-12, General Health Questionnaire 1243 ; JES, Job Engagement Scale44; JSEP, Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy45 ; MAAS, Mindful Attention Awareness Scale46; MBI, Maslach Burnout Inventory19 ; PANAS, positive and negative affect47 ; PCS, Psychological Capital Questionnaire48 ; PCS, Psychological Capital Questionnaire49 ; PRIME-M, Primary Care Evaluation of Mental Disorders50 ; PSS, Perceived Stress Scale20 ; PWS, Physician Worklife Survey51 ; SCB, Santa Clara Brief52 ; SIG, Stress In General scale.53