Table 3

Results reported for included studies

Study characteristics

  • First author

  • Publication year

  • Country of origin

  • Design

  • Setting (including number of centres and ICUs)

  • Study periods

  • Aim of the study

Study population

  • Inclusion and exclusion criteria

  • Number of participants

  • Characteristics of the study population

  • Admission category

Characteristics and details of the intervention and comparator

  • Care bundles used

  • Elements of the care bundles

  • Bundle implementation strategies used*

  • Comparator (eg, standard of care)

Outcomes

  • Bundle adherence rates

  • Outcomes assessed, including patient-relevant outcomes (eg, mortality, morbidity, post-intensive care syndrome, health-related quality of life)

  • Time points of outcome measurement after ICU discharge

  • Follow-up rates

  • Effect of the intervention on respective outcomes

  • *Applying the compilation of implementation strategies of the Expert Recommendations for Implementing Change (ERIC) project.47