Table 1

Prevalence of anxiety among health workers during COVID-19 pandemic based on occupations

Jobs	Effect size and 95% CI			Test of null (2-tail)		Heterogeneity
Jobs	Point estimate	Lower limit	Upper limit	Z value	P value	Q value	df (Q)	P value	I²
Administrative staff	0.077	0.013	0.348	−2.623	0.009	38.388	3	<0.001	92.18
Doctor	0.240	0.126	0.409	−2.885	0.004	1629.790	17	<0.001	98.96
Health technicians	0.398	0.137	0.733	−0.571	0.568	68.822	3	<0.001	95.64
Nurse	0.247	0.176	0.335	−5.115	0.000	4082.727	31	<0.001	99.24
Student	0.367	0.152	0.651	−0.914	0.361	260.482	4	<0.001	98.46
Support staff	0.212	0.008	0.905	−0.722	0.470	86.652	2	<0.001	97.69
Other	0.334	0.123	0.642	−1.063	0.288	363.814	7	<0.001	98.08

Other: dental staff, dentist, assistant healthcare staff, pharmacist and other staff members who were not mentioned in the studies; support staff: paramedics, social workers/psychologists, lab workers, non-physician clinicians, general services.