Table 1 Characteristics of included studies in systematic review
Author, Year | Country | Study Design | Participant Characteristics | Sample size (N) | Outcome Indexes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The control group | The experimental group | |||||
Monkhtari 2021 [24] | Iran | Randomized controlled trial |  < 37 WGA | Conventional tub bath (40) | Swaddle bath (40) | (8) |
Ceylan 2018 [27] | Turkey | Cross randomized controlled trial | 33 ~ 37 WGA | Sponge bath (35) | Swaddle bath (35) | (1)(2)(3)(4)(9)(10)(11) |
de 2018 [31] | Brazil | Cross randomized controlled trial | 32 ~ 36 WGA | Conventional tub bath (43) | Swaddle bath (43) | (1)(2)(4)(6)(12) |
Edraki 2014 [25] | Iran | Randomized controlled trial | 30 ~ 36 WGA | Conventional tub bath (25) | Swaddle bath (25) | (1)(9) |
Huang 2022 [30] | China | Randomized controlled trial |  < 37 WGA | Conventional tub bath (30) | Swaddle bath (30) | (1)(2)(3)(4)(9)(11) |
Loring 2012 [32] | The US | Randomized controlled trial | 35 ~ 36 6/7 WGA | Conventional tub bath (50) | Sponge bath (50) | (1) |
Tasdemir 2019 [28] | Turkey | Randomized controlled trial | 34 ~ 36 6/7 WGA | Conventional tub bath (60) | Sponge bath (60) | (1)(2)(3)(4)(13) |
Dag 2022 [29] | Turkey | Randomized controlled trial | 34 ~ 37 WGA | Conventional tub bath (48) | Sponge bath (48) | (1)(2)(3)(4)(5) |
Sun 2021 [3] | China | Randomized controlled trial | 32 ~ 37 WGA | Conventional tub bath (40) | Swaddle bath (40) | (1)(2)(3)(4)(7)(9) |
Tambunan 2022 [33] | Indonesia | Randomized controlled trial | 30 ~ 37 WGA | Conventional tub bath (18) | Swaddle bath (18) | (1)(2)(3)(4)(9)(14) |
Paran 2016 [26] | Iran | Randomized controlled trial | 30 ~ 36 WGA | Conventional tub bath (25) | Swaddle bath (25) | (9) |