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Table 1 Characteristics of studies included in the analysis

From: Effectiveness of simulation-based nursing education depending on fidelity: a meta-analysis

Author (Year)

Country

Random assignment

Sample size experimental/control

Level of fidelity

Expertise-level of students

Tosterud (2013)

Norway

Y

29/28

HFS

1-3year

Alfes (2011)

USA

Y

29/34

HFS

1 year

Andrighetti (2011)

USA

Y

9/5

HFS

graduate

Johnson (2012)

USA

Y

19/16

HFS

graduate

LeFlore (2007)

USA

N

5/5

HFS

NP students

Maneval (2012)

USA

Y

13/13

HFS

graduate

Parker (2011)

USA

Y

18/23

HFS

2 year

Shepherd (2010)

UK

Y

9/15

HFS

3 year

Smith (2012)

USA

Y

16/17

HFS

3 year

Smith (2013)

USA

N

36/20

HFS

4 year

Thomas (2012)

USA

N

14/10

HFS

3-4year

White (2013)

USA

Y

16/38

HFS

4 year

Brannan (2008)

USA

N

54/53

HFS

 

Kwon (2012)

Korea

Y

19/19

HFS

nurse

Kim, D. H. (2012)

Korea

N

69/62

HFS

4 year

Kim, S. A. (2012)

Korea

N

103/68

HFS

3 year

Kim (2011)

Korea

N

26/24

HFS

nurse

Yang (2008)

Korea

N

92/75

HFS

2 year

Yang (2012)

Korea

N

94/91

HFS

3 year

Lee (2010)

Korea

Y

35/34

HFS

1 year

Choi, E. H. (2013)

Korea

Y

32/33

HFS

2 year

Ha (2012)

Korea

Y

60/58

HFS

3 year

Heo (2012)

Korea

Y

26/31

HFS

3 year

Lee (2013)

Korea

Y

96/84

SP/LFS

2 year

Lee (2009)

Korea

N

141/142

SP/HFS

1 year

Chang (2002)

China

Y

14/14

LFS

nurses

Shepherd (2007)

Australia

Y

23/25

LFS

nurses

Weiner (2011)

USA

Y

23/23

LFS

nurses

Alinier (2006)

UK

Y

49/50

MFS

2 year

Chang (2010)

Korea

Y

20/20

MFS

nurse

Becker (2006)

USA

Y

47/82

SP

4 year

Foley (1997)

USA

N

28/38

SP

nurses

Khadivzadeh (2012)

Iran

Y

28/28

SP

midwifery students

Kim, S. H. (2012)

Korea

N

29/25

SP

3 year

Roh (2013)

Korea

N

35/39

SP

nurse

Park (2012)

Korea

Y

23/21

SP

4 year

Eom (2010)

Korea

N

31/31

SP

2&4 year

Lee (2011)

Korea

N

20/18

SP

2 year

Cho (2012)

Korea

Y

19/19

SP

nurse

Choi, S. J. (2013)

Korea

N

22/22

SP

3 year