Nursing interventions in monitoring the adolescent with Cystic Fibrosis: a literature review.
Maria da Conceição Marinho Sousa Ribeiro Oliveira Reisinho, Bárbara Pereira Gomes
PMID 27982311WHAT IT FOUND
Nurses were described as teaching self-care, supporting families and coordinating care for adolescents with cystic fibrosis.
The review reports themes from descriptive studies, not proof that these interventions improved quality of life or self-care.
Key findings
01The review identified nursing interventions for adolescents with cystic fibrosis and their family members.
02These interventions were organised by nursing roles: caregiver, coordinator, counsellor, researcher, trainer and care partner.
03The included studies were described as qualitative or descriptive, with objectives of description, understanding, reflection and exploration.
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What it does not show
It is a review of descriptive and qualitative studies, so it cannot show whether nursing interventions improved quality of life or self-care. Some articles could not be obtained in full text, which may have limited the review. The included studies were not trials, so they do not establish treatment effects. The review focuses on nursing interventions and does not evaluate all multidisciplinary care.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read this review as evidence that nursing interventions improve quality of life or self-care in adolescents with cystic fibrosis. The included studies were descriptive and qualitative, so they report what nurses did, not whether it worked.