Table 1 Thematic overview of included studies by country, design and level of evidence
From: Evidence-based design for neonatal units: a systematic review
Study (author and date) | Country | Design | Level of Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
Feeding (n = 2) | |||
Steele et al. (2008) [38] | US | Cohort | IIA |
Dowling et al. (2012) [40] | US | Qualitative | III |
Infection (n = 5) | |||
Julian et al. (2015) [31] | US | Retrospective Cohort | IIA |
Boehmer et al. (2009) [34] | US | Cohort | IIA |
Von Dolinger de Brito et al. (2007) [33] | Brazil | Cohort | IIA |
Domanico et al. (2011) [9] | US | Prospective Cohort | IIA |
Lester et al. (2014) [11]a | US | Longitudinal, prospective quasi-experimental cohort | IIA |
SFU versus Open-bay (n = 17) | |||
Ortenstrand et al. (2010) [13] | Sweden | Randomised Control Trial | IB |
Stevens et al. (2011) [14] | US | Prospective cohort | IIA |
Pineda et al. (2012) [12] | US | Quasi-experimental | IIA |
Baylis et al. (2014) [17] | Sweden | Survey | III |
Smith et al. (2009) [18] | US | Ergonomics/human factors evaluation | III |
Bosch et al. (2012) [20] | US | Cohort | IIA |
McCuskey Shepley et al. (2008) [46] | US | Survey | III |
Swanson et al. (2013) [22] | US | Cohort | IIA |
Allermann Beck et al. (2009) [15] | Denmark | Qualitative | III |
Domanico et al. (2010) [16] | US | Prospective cohort | IIA |
Stevens et al. (2010) [21] | US | Prospective cohort | IIA |
Cone et al. (2010) [19] | US | Survey | III |
Stevens et al. (2014) [30] | US | Sequential cohort study | IIA |
Stevens et al. (2012) [10] | US | Retrospective sequential cohort | IIA |
Erdeve et al. (2008) [29] | Turkey | Prospective cohort | IIA |
Pineda et al. (2014) [50] | US | Prospective longitudinal cohort | IIA |
Lester et al. (2014) [11]a | US | Longitudinal, prospective, quasi-experimental cohort | IIA |
Location (n = 1) | |||
Terrin et al. (2016) [41] | Italy | Prospective Cohort | IIA |
Sound (n = 5) | |||
Liu (2012) [24] | US | Survey | III |
Van Enk et al. (2011) [25] | US | Survey | III |
Chen et al. (2009) [26] | Taiwan | Survey | III |
Stevens et al. (2007) [27] | US | Prospective cohort | IIA |
Szymczak et al. (2013) [28] | US | Survey | III |