| Selection criteria | Inclusion criteria | 
 
   
   | Participants | Adult in a hospital environment. Studies that included adults in the outpatient setting, users under the age of 18 and pregnant women were rejected. | 
 
   
   | Intervention | Use of non-pharmacological measures to prevent VTE. We excluded studies that refer only to pharmacological measures | 
 
   
   | Comparisons | If they are described in the literature. | 
 
   
   | “Outcomes” | Prevention of VTE in the hospitalized patient. | 
 
   
   | Study design | Experimental and quasi-experimental studies, qualitative and quantitative studies, systematic and integrative literature reviews, literature review articles. |