Table 1: Study characteristics.
|
Author, |
Country |
ICU Setting |
Study design |
Total Sample Size |
Evidence Levels |
Quality Levels |
|
Beltrami, 2021 [1] |
Brazil |
General ICU |
Quasi-Experimental: Pre-Post Study Design |
113 |
2 |
B |
|
Boyko, 2017 [19] |
Denmark |
Medical ICU |
Randomized Control Trial |
17 |
1 |
B |
|
Chen, 2022 [12] |
China |
Cardiac ICU |
Quasi-Experimental: Pre-Post Study Design |
67 |
2 |
B |
|
Darby, 2022 [13] |
United States |
Medical ICU |
Quasi-Experimental: Pre-Post Study Design |
162 |
2 |
B |
|
Jinglin, 2019 [14] |
Canada |
Medical ICU |
Pilot Study Pre-post Design |
82 |
2 |
C |
|
Kamdar, 2013 [15] |
United States |
Medical ICU |
Quasi-Experimental: Pre-Post Study Design |
300 |
2 |
B |
|
Locihova, 2020 [16] |
Czech Republic |
General ICU |
Quasi-Experimental: Pre-Post Study Design |
40 |
2 |
C |
|
Patel, 2014 [17] |
United States |
Medical & Surgical ICU |
Quasi-Experimental: Pre-Post Study Design |
59 |
2 |
B |
|
Tonna, 2021 [2] |
United States |
Surgical ICU & Cardiovascular ICU |
Quasi-Experimental: Pre-Post Study Design |
646 |
2 |
B |
|
Topcu, 2022 [18] |
Turkey |
Medical ICU |
Quasi-Experimental: Pre-Post Study Design |
74 |
2 |
B |