Table 1

Outcomes

Variables	Type of measurements	Modalities of measurement	References
Stress and cardiovascular risk biomarkers	Heart rate variability	Holter	81
	Skin conductance	Wristband electrodes – Movisens	37
	Blood flow velocity	Laser speckle contrast imaging	82 83
	Myocardial longitudinal strain	Speckle tracking echocardiography	38 39
Genetic polymorphisms	Polymorphism of the ACE	Blood cells	48–51
Genetic polymorphisms	Polymorphism of the serotonin	Blood cells	52–54
Demographics*	Age, gender, qualification, personal work status, ethnicity, life and occupational events	Questionnaire	10
Clinical measurements		Height, weight, blood pressure, heart rate and waist circumference
Body composition	Muscle mass, fat mass and bone structure	Impedance metre	36
		Densitometry X-ray absorption	35
		Peripheral quantitative computed tomography	73–75
		Quantitative ultrasounds	84
Psychology and quality of life	Depression	HAD (seven items)	57
	Anxiety	HAD (seven items) Hamilton Scale for Anxiety (seven items)	57
	Anxiety	State and Trait Anxiety Inventory	58 59
	General health	General Health Questionnaire SF-36 (36 items)	71
	Quality of life	Brief Multidimensional Life Satisfaction Scale (11 items)	85
	Stress, fatigue and sleep	100 mm Visual Analogue Scale	10
	Burnout	Maslach Burnout Inventory	56
	Mindfulness	Mindfulness Fribourg Mindfulness Inventory	22 23
	Coping	Brief COPE questionnaire	60
	Emotions	Emotion Regulation Questionnaire	61
	Perception of work	Karasek’s Job Content Questionnaire	63
	Self-efficacy	Perceived Self-efficacy Scale	64
	Alexithymia	Toronto Alexithymia Scale	65–67
	Illness perception	Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire	68 69
	Metacognition	Metacognition Questionnaire	70
Personal resources	Trait perception of workplace stress	Inner Correspondence/Peaceful Harmony with practices (17 items)	86
Lifestyle	Smoking, alcohol, coffee and food intake	Questionnaires	10
	Physical activity	Recent Physical Activity Questionnaire	72
Alloplastic load	HbA1c, HDLC and LDLC and TG	EDTA tube	35
	Cortisol	Dry tube, serum isolation and deep-freezing	46 47
	DHEAS	Dry tube, serum isolation and deep-freezing	46 47
	Leptin	Dry tube, serum isolation and deep-freezing	35
	Ghrelin	Dry tube, serum isolation and deep-freezing	7 41
	BDNF	Dry tube, serum isolation and deep-freezing	42–44
	Proinflammatory cytokines: IL-1β, IL-6, IL-1 and TNFα	Dry tube, serum isolation and deep-freezing	35
	NPY	Dry tube, serum isolation and deep-freezing	45
	Telomere length	Blood, analysis by southern blot or PCR	55

*Adjustment variables.
BDNF, brain-derived neurotrophic factor ; COPE, Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced; COPE, Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced; DHEAS, Dehydroepiandrosterone-sulfate; HAD, Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale; HbA1c, hemoglobin A1c; HDLC, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; IL, interleukin; LDLC, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; NPY, Neuropeptide Y; SF-36, 36-Item Short Form health survey; TG, triglyceride; TNFα, tumour necrosis factor alpha.