| Ref ID | 923 |
| First Author | S. Suclupe |
| Journal | AUSTRALIAN CRITICAL CARE |
| Year Of Publishing | 2022 |
| URL | https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aucc.2022.11.003 |
| Keywords |
• Low methodological quality • Searching • General medical • Transparency • Protocols • Pre-specification • Harms |
| Problem(s) |
• Insufficient literature searches • Lack of prespecification in eligibility criteria • Reasons for excluding potentially eligible studies not provided • No registered or published protocol • Low methodological (AMSTAR) quality |
| Article Type | Empirical |
| Article Subtype | Cross-sectional survey/Methodological systematic review |
| First Author Country | Spain |
| Checklists |
• AMSTAR 2 • GRADE |
| Aim | To provide an overview of effectiveness nonpharmacological interventions aimed at preventing adverse events in the intensive care unit. |
| Level of Investigation | Descriptive |
| Summary of Findings | From 37 included systematic reviews of nonpharmacological interventions for preventing adverse events in the intensive care unit, indexed across PubMed, CINAHL, and Cochrane Library up to March 2022. Twenty-eight of thirty seven (75.6%) systematic reviews scored critically low on methodological quality and six (16.2%) systematic reviews scored low. The main deficiencies noted were: 1) failure to report a prior registered protocol 2) adequacy of the literature search 3) justification for excluding studies 4) reasons for study design selection and 5) describing the included studies in adequate detail. None of the included systematic reviews fulfilled all the AMSTAR-2 criteria. Regarding the certainty of the evidence, only six (16.2%) systematic reviews reported the certainty of evidence for the primary outcomes. |
| Number of systematic reviews included | 37 |
| Number of eligible systematic reviews assessed | 3225 |
| Treatment impacted | No |
| Treatment impacted description | |
| Interpretation impacted | Not Applicable |
| Interpretation impacted description |