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Article History

Received: 17 October 2023

Accepted: 17 January 2024

First Online: 6 March 2024

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: AL has presented findings related to the health and working conditions of MA at meetings or workshops of professional associations or companies (i.e., ABF-Synergie GmbH) and has received honoraria. Our review has included the following studies authored by AD and AL, constituting a potential non-financial competing interest:• [CitationRef removed] Dreher A, Pietrowsky R, Loerbroks A. Pandemic-related attitudes, stressors and work outcomes among medical assistants during the SARS-CoV-2 ("Coronavirus") pandemic in Germany: A cross-sectional Study. PLoS One 2021; 16(1): e0245473• [CitationRef removed] Scharf, J; Vu-Eickmann, P; Li, J; Müller, A; Wilm, S; Angerer, P; Loerbroks, A. Desired improvements of working conditions among medical assistants in Germany: a cross-sectional study. J Occup Med Toxicol 2019; 14: 18 [ExternalRef removed] [PMID: 31168312]• [CitationRef removed] Vu-Eickmann P, Loerbroks A. Psychosoziale Arbeitsbedingungen Medizinischer Fachangestellter: Ergebnisse einer qualitativen Studie zu den berufsspezifischen Belastungen, Ressourcen, Präventionsmöglichkeiten und Interventionsbedürfnissen. Z Evid Fortbild Qual Gesundhwes 2017; 126: 43–51• [CitationRef removed] Vu-Eickmann P, Loerbroks A. Psychosoziale Arbeitsbedingungen und Versorgungsqualität: Ergebnisse einer qualitativen Studie unter Medizinischen Fachangestellten (MFAs). Gesundheitswesen 2018; 80: 1084–7.• [CitationRef removed] Vu-Eickmann P, Li J, Müller A, Angerer P, Loerbroks A. Associations of psychosocial working conditions with health outcomes, quality of care and intentions to leave the profession: results from a cross-sectional study among physician assistants in Germany. Int Arch Occup Environ Health 2018; 91(5): 643–54KS and VM declare no competing interests.