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Table 1 Study characteristics of included reviews

From: A scoping review on the methodological and reporting quality of scoping reviews in China

 

Total

(n = 392, %)

English

(n = 238, %)

Chinese

(n = 154, %)

P

Published year

   

0.630

2013–2018

26 (6.6)

17 (7.1)

9 (5.8)

 

2019

26 (6.6)

18 (7.6)

8 (5.2)

 

2020

39 (9.9)

25 (10.5)

14 (9.1)

 

2021

94 (24.0)

55 (23.1)

39 (25.3)

 

2022

207 (52.8)

57 (71.7)

34 (54.5)

 

No. of studies included*

29(5-6430)

35(5-6430)

24(6-3112)

0.004

Journal name

   

< 0.001

Chinese Journal of Nursing

14 (3.6)

0 (0)

14 (9.1)

 

Chinese Nursing Management

11(2.8)

0(0)

11(7.1)

 

Journal of Nursing Science

11(2.8)

0(0)

11(7.1)

 

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

10 (2.6)

10 (4.2)

0 (0)

 

Infectious Diseases of Poverty

9 (2.3)

9 (3.8)

0 (0)

 

Other

337(86.0)

219(92.0)

118(76.6)

 

Regions

   

< 0.001

Beijing

66 (16.8)

27 (11.3)

39 (25.3)

 

Hong Kong

59 (15.1)

59 (24.8)

0 (0)

 

Shanghai

44 (11.2)

19 (8.0)

25 (16.2)

 

Guangdong

30(7.7)

19(8.0)

11(7.1)

 

Hubei

28(7.1)

14(5.9)

14(9.1)

 

Other

165(42.1)

100(42.0)

65(42.2)

 

Affiliation

   

< 0.001

Hong Kong Polytechnic University

21 (5.4)

21 (8.8)

0 (0)

 

Huazhong University of Science and Technology

17(4.3)

11(4.6)

6(3.9)

 

China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences

16 (4.1)

8 (3.4)

8 (5.2)

 

Chinese University of Hong Kong

14 (3.6)

14 (5.9)

0 (0)

 

University of Hong Kong

14(3.6)

14(5.9)

0 (0)

 

Other

310(79.1)

170(71.4)

140(90.9)

 

Funding

   

< 0.001

Publicly sponsored

270 (68.9)

158 (66.4)

112 (72.7)

 

Industry-sponsored

4 (1.0)

4 (1.7)

0 (0)

 

Non-sponsored

26 (6.6)

26 (10.9)

0 (0)

 

Not reported

92(23.5)

50(21.0)

42(27.3)

 
  1. Values in parentheses are percentages unless indicated otherwise; *values are median(range). n, number of studies. X2 test, except Wilcoxon rank-sum test