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Studies involving assessment of depth sedation periperative or procedural time periods, and those reporting BIS and sedation scale assessments conducted &gt;5\u00a0min apart or while neuromuscular blocking agents (NMBA) were administered, were excluded. Data were abstracted on sedation scale, correlation coefficients, setting, patient characteristics, and BIS assessment characteristics that could impact the quality of the studies.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Twenty\u2010four studies which enrolled 1235 patients met inclusion criteria. The correlation between BIS and RASS, RSS, and SAS overall was 0.68 (95% confidence interval, 0.61\u20130.74, <jats:italic>\u01ac<\/jats:italic><jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\u00a0=\u20090.06 <jats:italic>I<\/jats:italic><jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\u00a0=\u200971.26%). Subgroup analysis by sedation scale indicated that the correlation between BIS and RASS, RSS, and SAS were 0.66 (95% confidence interval 0.58\u20130.73, <jats:italic>\u01ac<\/jats:italic><jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\u00a0=\u20090.01 <jats:italic>I<\/jats:italic><jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\u00a0=\u200930.20%), 0.76 (95% confidence interval 0.69\u20130.82, <jats:italic>\u01ac<\/jats:italic><jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\u00a0=\u20090.04 <jats:italic>I<\/jats:italic><jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\u00a0=\u200967.15%), and 0.53 (95% confidence interval 0.42\u20130.63, <jats:italic>\u01ac<\/jats:italic><jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\u00a0=\u20090.01 <jats:italic>I<\/jats:italic><jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\u00a0=\u200926.59%), respectively. Factors associated with significant heterogeneity included comparator clinical sedation scale, neurologic injury, and the type of intensive care unit (ICU) population.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>BIS demonstrated moderate to strong correlation with clinical sedation scales in adult ICU patients, providing preliminary evidence for the validity of BIS as a measure of sedation intensity when clinical scales cannot be used. 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