Rathi 2015.

Study characteristics
Methods	Controlled, parallel‐group, non‐randomised study
Participants	30 participants Inclusion criteria: mechanically ventilated in medical ICU Exclusion criteria: none reported
Interventions	Intervention Communication board consisting of pictures related to physiological needs such as physical needs (pain, orientation, hygiene, suctioning, hunger, thirst, sleep and, comfort), discomfort (sick, dizziness, heat and cold, breathing difficulty, and vomiting), psychological needs (emotions, recreation, privacy, environment, and prayer/chaplain), and social needs (paper and pencil, meeting health team members and family). Control Routine care (no further description).
Outcomes	Satisfaction.
Notes
Risk of bias
Bias	Authors' judgement	Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias)	High risk	No randomisation performed.
Allocation concealment (selection bias)	High risk	No allocation concealment performed.
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) All outcomes	High risk	Unable to blind due to nature of the intervention.
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes	Unclear risk	Not described.
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes	Low risk	No evidence of incomplete outcome data.
Selective reporting (reporting bias)	Low risk	No evidence of selective reporting.
Other bias	Low risk	No evidence of other bias. Funding: none stated. Author conflict of interest: none stated.