| Ref ID | 1071 |
| First Author | I. Wang |
| Journal | INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NURSING STUDIES |
| Year Of Publishing | 2024 |
| URL | https://www-sciencedirect-com.sheffield.idm.oclc.org/science/article/pii/S0020748923002079?via%3Dihub |
| Keywords |
• Low methodological quality • General medical |
| Problem(s) |
• Insufficient literature searches • Reasons for excluding potentially eligible studies not provided • Conflicts of interest or funding of included studies not assessed • Low methodological (AMSTAR) quality • No registered or published protocol |
| Article Type | Empirical |
| Article Subtype | Cross-sectional survey/Methodological systematic review |
| First Author Country | Australia |
| Checklists |
• AMSTAR 2 |
| Aim | To summarise and synthesise systematic reviews that identify risk factors for hospital-acquired pressure injury development in adult patients. |
| Level of Investigation | Descriptive |
| Summary of Findings | The overall quality of the 11 included reviews was low in five studies (45 %) and critically low in six studies (55 %).None of the reviews provided a list of excluded studies or reported on the sources of funding for the included studies and only 2 reviews (18.0%) reported that a protocol had been developed. Only one review (9.0%) fully reported the use of a comprehensive literature search strategy. |
| Number of systematic reviews included | 11 |
| Number of eligible systematic reviews assessed | 96 |
| Treatment impacted | No |
| Treatment impacted description | |
| Interpretation impacted | Not Applicable |
| Interpretation impacted description |