Table 2. Characteristics of included studies.

Author	n	Age	Job status	BLoP	IG	Control Condition	IP	Intervention dosage	Type of exercise	Intensity	Follow-up (wk or mo)	DoR	AssT
Bretland and Thorsteinsson (2015)	52	36.6 ±13.5	Employed or studying ≥ 20 h/wk	Low/ medium/ high BO: 34,5%/ 27,9%/ 37,6%	Cardiovascular exercise Resistance exercise	No change to exercise pattern	4	Minimum: 3x30min/ week	Individual exercise (running, cycling, swimming)	According to guidelines of the ACSM	2wk; 4wk	3	SEES; PSS; MBI
Heiden et al. (2007)	75	44.0 ±9.0	n.r.	n.r.	Cognitive behavioural programme; Physical activity programme	Usual care provided by the Swedish social insurance system during the course of the study	10	2 sessions /week	Warm water exercise and strength training /aerobics/swimming /walking	n.r.	10wk; 6mo; 12 mo	11	SF-36; SMBQ; CRI; KSQ
Eskilsson et al. (2017)	89	41.8 ±8.2	employed	SMBQ: IG 4,75; Control group 4,84 moderate-high BO	Aerobic training, Cognitive behavioural therapy, work training	Cognitive behavioural therapy, work training	12	3 sessions (40min)/ week	Group indoor cycling	70-85%maxHR (220-age)	-	23	SMBQ, HADS,
de Vries et al. (2017)	96	45.2 ±1.6	employed	UBOS: IG 3,28; Control group 3,62 High level of work-related fatigue	Aerobic training	No interventions were associated	6	3 sessions (60min)/ week	Running in group (2 sessions) and alone (1 session)	Low intensity	6wk/12wk	11	UBOS, FAS, Need for recovery scale
Mealer et al. (2014)	27	n.r.	Bachelor nursing degree	MBI: IG & Control group: medium-high BO;	Physical activity	No interventions were associated	12	3 sessions/ week	Aerobic exercise (treadmill, elliptical machine, stair climbing, stationary bicycle, rowing machine)	n.r.	12wk	n.r.	CD-RISC; HADS; MBI
Stenlund et al. (2009b)	82	43.8 ±9.7	63%/ 11%/ 26% work with people/ things/ data	SMBQ: Median: IG 5,8; Control group 5,8 moderate-high BO	Mindfulness training	Basic care at the Stress Clinic	12	2 sessions (60min)/ week	Qigong	n.r.	4wk/8wk/ 12wk	14	SMBQ; SCQ. Fatigue: CIS; HADS; SF-36; S-Pari

BLoP; Burnout level of the participants; IG = Intervention Groups; IP = Intervention period; DoR = Drop-out rate; AssT = Assessment tools; AVEM = Arbeitsbezogenes Verhaltens- und Erlebnismuster; CD-RISC = The Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale; CIS = Checklist Individual Strength Questionnaire; CRI = Coping Resource Inventory; FAS = Fatigue; HADS = The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; KSQ = Karolinska Sleep Questionnaire; Need for recovery scale; MBI = Maslach Burnout Inventory; „n.r. „ = not reported; PSS = The Perceived Stress Scale; SCQ = The Self-Concept Questionnaire; SEES = The Subjective Exercise Experience Scale; SF-36 = Short Form 36 Item Health Survey; SMBQ = Shirom-Melamed Burnout Questionnaire; S-Pari = Perceived relaxation: Swedish Version of the Physical assessment scale; UBOS = The Utrecht Burnout Scale