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Table 1 Characteristics of included studies

From: Distribution of delirium motor subtypes in the intensive care unit: a systematic scoping review

Study characteristics

No. of studies, n (%)

Total number of included studies

131 (100)

Study design

 Prospective cohort study

96 (73.3)

 Retrospective cohort study

14 (10.7)

 Case–control study

6 (4.6)

 Randomized controlled trial

9 (6.9)

 Other*

6 (4.6)

Publication year

 2001–2005

2 (1.5)

 2006–2010

15 (11.5)

 2011–2015

42 (32.1)

 2016–2020

72 (55.0)

Type of ICU

 Surgical

23 (17.6)

 Medical

12 (9.2)

 Mixed

53 (40.5)

 Cardiac

35 (26.7)

 Other

8 (6.1)

Cochrane Risk of bias/NIH quality**

 High/poor

58 (44.3)

 Unclear/unclear

39 (29.8)

 Low/good

34 (26.0)

  1. RCT randomized clinical trial, ICU intensive care unit
  2. *Before/after studies and quasi-randomized studies
  3. **Cochrane RoB was used for RCTs and NIH quality assessment tools were used for observational studies