Table 2 Study characteristics

Design of study

 Cross-sectional [27,28,29,30]

4

 Case-control [20, 22, 24,25,26]

5

 Retrospective [21, 23, 31]

3

Region

 Asia/Pacific [22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31]

10

 Europe [20]

1

 Americas [21]

1

Study setting (the hospital setting to which the subjects belong)

 Inpatient [21, 24, 26, 29, 30, 31^*]

6

 Outpatient [25, 27]

2

 Not reported [20^*, 22, 23, 28^*]

4

Number of subjects

 0-100 [20, 31]

2

101–200 [24, 26, 30]

3

 201–300 [23]

1

 > 300 [21, 22, 25, 27,28,29]

6

Diagnosis type of scabies

 Recurrence [23]

1

 All [20,21,22, 29, 30]

5

 Unknown [24,25,26,27,28, 31]

6