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Table 1 Characteristics of the included studies

From: Incidence and risk factors for postoperative delirium after head and neck cancer surgery: an updated meta-analysis

Study(year)

Country

Study design

Sample size(n)

Age(years)

POD assessment

POD incidence(%)

Risk factors

Nos score

Shiiba et al.

(2009) [18]

Japan

Retrospective

132

63.0 ± 12.6

DSM-IV

18.0

Age, sex

9

Hasegawa et al.

(2015) [19]

Japan

Retrospective

188

NR

DSM-IV

15.4

Age, intraoperative hemoglobin, excessive hemorrhage

9

Booka et al.

(2016) [20]

Japan

Retrospective

293

61.9 ± 13.6

DSM-V

17.1

Age

9

Choi et al.

(2017) [27]

South Korea

Retrospective

341

56 ± 12

DSM-IV

26.0

Age, psychiatric disorder history, marital status, NRS, ASA status, ICU stay period

9

Zhang et al.

(2019) [24]

China

Retrospective

287

NR

DSM-IV

4.2

Comorbidity, ASA status

8

Wang et al.

(2019) [25]

China

Prospective

323

60.0

CAM

8.7

ASA status, educational level, cancer stage, intraoperative hypotension, intraoperative dexmedetomidine use

8

Ishibashi-Kanno et al.

(2020) [12]

Japan

Retrospective

69

62.9 ± 11.9

DSM-IV

33.3

Age, sex, diabetes mellitus, COPD, recent hospitalization, sedation period

9

Densky et al.

(2019) [30]

United States

Retrospective

515

60.1 ± 12.8

DSM-IV

10.9

Age, operative time, CCI, sex, tumor N classification, history of smoking,

8

Makiguchi et al.

(2020) [21]

Japan

Retrospective

122

60.3 ± 11.2

DSM-IV

36.9

High preoperative albumin, postoperative insomnia, history of smoking, diabetes mellitus

8

Kong et al.

(2021) [26]

China

Case-control

98

68

CAM

30.6

Hypertension, irregular medication

7

Takahashi et al.

(2021) [22]

Japan

Retrospective

104

63.0

DSM-IV

21.2

Operative time, anesthesia time, blood loss, method of reconstruction, postoperative ambulation, red blood cell count, hemoglobin, hematocrit

8

Kinoshita et al.

(2021) [23]

Japan

Retrospective

97

NR

ICDSC

20.6

NLR > 3.0, E-PRE-DELIRIC SCORE > 0.08, ACCI > 5.0, postoperative fentanyl dose ≥ 0.38 µg/kg/hr, BMI < 21 kg/m2, ASA 3, blood transfusion

8

Taxis et al.

(2022) [15]

Germany

Retrospective

225

NR

DSM-V

21.8

Operative time, ACCI, sex, ICU stay period, impaired wound healing, positive history of nicotine and alcohol abuse, microvascular surgery, previous head and neck surgery, flap success, tracheostomy, postoperative nutritional risk screening score

8

Obermeier et al.

(2022) [29]

Germany

Retrospective

198

NR

Nu-DESC

32.8

Duration of intubation, gender, fluid intake

8

Kim et al.

(2022) [28]

South Korea

Retrospective

197

60.0 ± 13.3

DSM-V

9.1

Age, past neurological history, time to ambulation

9

Kolk et al.

(2022) [5]

Germany

Retrospective

100

65

DSM-V

18.0

Age, diabetes mellitus, preoperative TSH, type of surgery

9

  1. Abbreviations: CAM Confusion Assessment Method, DSM-V Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, DSM-IV Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, ICDSC Intensive Care Delirium Screening Checklist, Nu-DESC Nursing Delirium Screening Scale, NR Not reported, NRS Numeric rating scale of pain, ASA American Society of Anesthesiologists, ICU Intensive care unit, ACCI Age-adjusted Charlson Comorbidity Index, CCI Charlson Comorbidity Index, COPD Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, TSH Thyrotropic hormone, NLR Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio, BMI Body mass index, E-PRE-DELIRIC Early Prediction Model for Delirium in an intensive care unit