Table 1.
Criterion | Inclusion criteria | Exclusion criteria |
Study type | All types of original research published in peer-reviewed journals and conferences | Letters, comments, editorials, conference abstracts, or any type of review |
Period | January 1, 2015 until January 6 (Scopus) and 13 (Embase) 2020 | Before January 1, 2015 and after January 6 (Scopus), 2020 and January 13 (Embase), 2020 |
Language | English | All other languages |
Population | In-hospital patients in all age groups | Patients who are not in-hospital patients, healthy participants |
Intervention | Nonpharmacological interventions using any type of technology either as a single intervention or as a part of multicomponent intervention aiming at preventing or reducing delirium |
Pharmacological interventions, interventions only focusing on detecting/screening delirium |
Comparator | Any comparator, including no comparator | N/Aa |
Outcome | Delirium-related data (eg, occurrence, duration of delirium) or risk factor–related data that indirectly influence delirium (eg, anxiety) | Neither delirium-related data nor risk factor–related data |
aN/A: not applicable.