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Table 1 Characteristics of studies included in the systematic review by type of surgery

From: Preoperative medication use and postoperative delirium: a systematic review

Study (First Author, Publication year, Country)

Year of data collection

No of study participants

Age, Mean (SD)

Sex, Male (%)

Type of surgery

Diagnostic tool

Delirium incidence (%)

Study quality (star)a

Juliebo, 2009, Norway [35]

2005–2006

187

84.0b (79–88)c

24

Orthopaedic

CAM

36

7

Kudoh, 2004, Japan [30]

NR

328

73.2

2

Orthopaedic

CAM

15

7

Muangpaisan, 2015, Thailand [43]

2010–2012

80

79.4 (7.9)

25

Hip fracture

CAM

45

7

Goldenberg, 2006, USA [25]

2000–2002

77

81.9 (7.5)

35

Hip fracture

CAM

48

7

Galanakis, 2001, Germany [18]

1998

105

74.9b (60–98)d

29

Hip surgery

CAM

24

9

Duppils, 1999, Sweden [29]

1996–1997

225

85.4

33

Hip surgery

DSM-IV

20

6

Schuurmans, 2003, Netherlands [31]

1998–1999

92

82.7 (6.7)

13

Hip fracture

DSM-IV

20

7

Huang, 2017, Singapore [16]

2006

954

78be, 67 bf

81

Total knee arthroplasty

DSM-IV

1

7

Mariscalco, 2012, Italy [36]

2004–2010

4659

67.8 (9.2)

79

Coronary revascularization

CAM-ICU

3

9

Afonso, 2010, USA [41]

2008

112

66 (19–84)d

57

Cardiac and thoracic aortic

CAM-ICU

34

7

Burkhart, 2010, Switzerland [17]

NR

113

74.3 (5.5)

68

Cardiopulmonary bypass

CAM

30

7

Santos, 2004, Brazil [38]

1996–1999

220

70.7

65

Coronary artery bypass graft

CAM-ICU

34

8

Rudolph, 2008, USA [39]

NR

42

68.1

83

Cardiac

CAM

29

8

Tan, 2008, USA [32]

2006

53

62.7

100

Cardiac

MDAS

23

6

Veliz-Reissmuller, 2007, Sweden [44]

NR

107

72.9 (5.4)

62

Elective cardiac

CAM

23

7

Katznelson, 2009b, Canada [34]

2006–2007

582

67.9

71

Elective and emergency vascular

NEECHAM

22

9

Van Der Mast, 1999, Netherlands [40]

NR

296

63.0 (11)

65

Elective cardiac

DSM-III-R

14

7

Katznelson, 2009c, Canada [37]

2005–2006

1059

63.6g

71

Cardiopulmonary bypass

CAM-ICU

12

9

Tully, 2010, Australia [27]

2007–2009

158

64.7 (10.6)

79

Coronary artery bypass graft

DSI

31

8

Benoit, 2005, Canada [8]

2000–2003

102

70.8 (8.2)

77

Elective abdominal aortic aneurysm

CAM

33

7

Tognoni, 2011, Italy [45]

NR

90

74.3 (0.40)

90

Urologic

CAM

9

7

Dai, 2000, Taiwan [26]

1995–1997

701

72.7 (6.3)

46

Elective orthopaedic and urologic

DSM-IV

5

7

Chen, 2015, Taiwan [14]

2009–2013

401

61.2 (11.2)

74

Hepatectomy for HCC

CAM

8

7

Jeong, 2016, Korea [15]

2014–2015

475

76.0b(65–96)d

45

Cancer surgery

DSM-IV

4

8

Brouquet, 2010, France [42]

2006–2008

118

81.3 (4.8)

48

Elective major abdominal

CAM

24

8

Behrends, 2013, USA [33]

2003–2011

472

38.1h

52

Major non-cardiac

CAM

29

7

Litaker, 2001, USA [28]

NR

500

67.0 (9.0)

NR

Elective major surgery

CAM

11

8

Xue, 2016, China [20]

2010–2015

358

75.1

NR

Transurethral resection of prostate

CAM

8

8

Brown, 2016, USA [19]

2012–2014

89

74b

53

Spine surgery

CAM/CAM-ICU

41

9

  1. NR not reported, SD standard deviation, DSI delirium symptom interview, DSM diagnostic and statistical manual for mental disorders, DOS delirium observation screening, MDAS memorial delirium assessment scale, NEECHAM neelon and champagne confusion scale, HCC Hepatocellular carcinoma
  2. aStudy quality assessment as per NOS; bMedian; cInterquartile range; dRange; edelirium group; fnon-delirium group; g63.6% were > 60 years old; h38.1% were > 75 years