Table 4.
Basic information of the 14 included literatures.
| Author | year | country | Study population | Sample size | Research type | Sampling method | Research tool | Alarm fatigue score | Influencing factor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wang Jing | 2017 | China | ICU | 118 | Descriptive study | Convenience sampling | Alarm fatigue questionnaire | 19.88 ± 3.72 | Different educational background, departments, scheduling, alarm parameter setting frequency; high false alarm rate and inadequate system training |
| Yin Xin | 2018 | China | ICU nurses | 622 | Descriptive study | Convenience sampling | Alarm fatigue questionnaire | 19.50 ± 6.40 | Years of work, professional title |
| Jiang Yifan | 2022 | China | Anesthesiology nurse | 241 | Descriptive study | Convenience sampling | Alarm fatigue questionnaire | 20.19 ± 7.33 | Major, night duty |
| Wang Donghua | 2018 | China | ICU nurses | 326 | Descriptive study | Convenience sampling | Alarm fatigue questionnaire | 17.04 ± 5.97 | Nursing work environment; job title, night shift situation, frequency of setting alarm parameters, health status, attitude toward nursing work |
| Liu Qiaohong | 2022 | China | ICU nurses | 225 | Descriptive study | Cluster sampling method | Alarm fatigue questionnaire | 22.32 ± 2.83 | Age, working years, working with illness, job title, shift, no habit of setting medical equipment alarm, medical equipment management factors |
| Yang Jing | 2021 | China | ICU nurses | 164 | Descriptive study | Convenience sampling | Alarm fatigue questionnaire | 20.25 ± 6.09 | Scheduling and false alarm rate |
| Sun Jing | 2018 | China | Emergency department nurse | 351 | Descriptive study | Convenience sampling | Alarm fatigue questionnaire | 21.05 ± 10.00 | Working years |
| Wang Na | 2018 | China | ICU nurses | 123 | Descriptive study | Convenience sampling | Alarm fatigue questionnaire | 18.88 ± 3.68 | Educational background, professional title, department, working years, night shift, management factors of medical equipment alarm, and obstacles perceived by nurses |
| Wang Qin | 2018 | China | Hemodialysis room nurse | 80 | Descriptive study | Convenience sampling | Alarm fatigue questionnaire | 25.01 ± 2.38 | Gender, education, working years, annual number of training, setting parameter frequency |
| Luo Lingling | 2022 | China | ICU nurses | 160 | Descriptive study | Convenience sampling | Alarm fatigue questionnaire | 23.82 ± 6.75 | Working life, manpower, material resources, the basis of high-quality nursing services |
| Yunxia Zhao | 2021 | China | ICU nurses | 215 | Descriptive study | Convenience sampling | Alarm fatigue questionnaire | 24.63 ± 8.99 | Job title, working years, educational background |
| Neda Asadi | 2022 | Iran | ICU nurses | 140 | Descriptive study | Convenience sampling | Alarm fatigue questionnaire | 19.08 ± 6.26 | Training, education, gender |
| Ok Min Cho | 2016 | Korea | ICU nurses | 35 | Descriptive study | Observation method | Alarm fatigue questionnaire | 24.3 ± 4.0 | High false alarm rate |
| Yu Jin Jeong | 2021 | Korea | ICU nurses | 48 | Descriptive study | Convenience sampling | Alarm fatigue questionnaire | 28.97 ± 4.01 | High false alarm rate |