Table 3.
Summary of characteristics of included studies and the result of the appraisal
| Author (year) Country |
Design | Simulation intervention |
Result of appraisal &quality rating |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Araújo, Medeiros [34] Brazil |
RCT | BLS |
9/13 (69%) Moderate |
|
Arrogante, Rios-Diaz [29] Spain |
RCT | BLS | 10/13 (77%) Moderate |
|
Farsi, Yazdani [42] Iran |
RCT | BLS |
9/13 (69%) Moderate |
|
Habibli, Ghezeljeh [31] Iran |
RCT | BLS |
8/13 (62%) Moderate |
|
Hardenberg, Rana [30] Australia |
RCT | Critical care | 10/13 (77%) Moderate |
|
Ka Ling, Lim Binti Abdullah [33] Malaysia |
RCT | ACLS |
11/13 (85%) Good |
|
Keys, Luctkar-Flude [32] Canada |
RCT | ACLS | 10/13 (77%) Moderate |
|
Kim, Issenberg [37] Korea |
RCT | ACLS |
8/13 (62%) Moderate |
|
Li, Lv [40] China |
RCT | ACLS | 10/13 (77%) Moderate |
|
Padilha, Machado [35] Portugal |
RCT | Critical care | 10/13 (77%) Moderate |
|
Saeidi and Gholami [36] Iran |
RCT | NRP |
7/10 (54%) Moderate |
|
Sarvan and Efe [41] Turkey |
RCT | NRP |
11/13 (85%) Good |
|
Seo and Eom [39] Korea |
RCT | Critical care |
9/13 (69%) Moderate |
|
Svellingen, Forstrønen [28] Norway |
RCT | Critical care |
8/13 (62%) Moderate |
|
Tawalbeh [38] Jordan |
RCT | Critical care | 10/13 (77%) Moderate |
|
Charlier, Van Der Stock [43] Belgium |
Quasi-experimental | BLS |
8/9 (88%) Good |
|
Chen, Yang [48] China |
Quasi-experimental | BLS |
8/9 (88%) Good |
|
D’Cunha, Fernandes [44] India |
Quasi-experimental | ACLS |
8/9 (88%) Good |
|
Demirtas, Guvenc [26] Turkey |
Quasi-experimental | BLS |
8/9 (88%) Good |
|
Filomeno, Renzi [45] Spain |
Quasi-experimental | Critical care |
7/9 (78%) Moderate |
|
Goldsworthy, Patterson [46] Canada |
Quasi-experimental | Critical care |
8/9 (88%) Good |
|
Kardong-Edgren, Oermann [50] USA |
Quasi-experimental | BLS |
5/9 (56%) Moderate |
|
Lau, Chee [53] Singapore |
Quasi-experimental | ACLS |
5/9 (56%) Moderate |
|
Meneghesso, Marcatto [55] Brazil |
Quasi-experimental | ACLS |
6/9 (67%) Moderate |
|
Requena-Mullor, Alarcón-Rodríguez [51] Spain |
Quasi-experimental | BLS |
5/9 (56%) Moderate |
|
Roh, Kim [54] Korea |
Quasi-experimental | Critical care |
5/9 (56%) Moderate |
|
Sapiano, Sammut [52] Malta |
Quasi-experimental | Critical care |
5/9 (56%) Moderate |
|
Seol and Lee [49] Korea |
Quasi-experimental | BLS |
6/9 (67%) Moderate |
|
Tseng, Hou [58] Taiwan |
Quasi-experimental | Critical care |
8/9 (88%) Good |
|
Tucker, Urwin [56] United Kingdom |
Quasi-experimental | BLS |
9/9 (100%) Good |
|
Tuzer, Inkaya [47] Turkey |
Quasi-experimental | ACLS |
8/9 (88%) Good |
|
Yang and Oh [57] South Korea |
Quasi-experimental | NRP |
8/9 (88%) Good |
|
Zieber and Sedgewick [27] Canada |
Quasi-experimental | ACLS |
5/9 (56%) Moderate |