THE INDEX

Every paper we have read

Each one summarised from the full article, not its abstract, and kept only if it speaks to physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech-language pathology or nursing. Newest first.

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• RNQualitative2023Psychosocial experiences of caring by family caregivers of patients living with prostate cancer in a teaching hospital: A descriptive phenomenological study.Nursing openFamily caregivers of patients with prostate cancer described persistent anxiety, financial strain, lost work, marital strain and hiding distress. Some reported being unprepared for lifting, toileting and home care, and needing emotional and practical support.
• RNSurvey2023Health anxiety, death anxiety and coronaphobia: Predictors of postpartum depression symptomatology during the COVID-19 pandemic.MidwiferyAmong 1024 Romanian postpartum mothers, 67.6% had postpartum depression symptoms, and health anxiety, death anxiety, and coronavirus anxiety were associated with higher symptom scores. The study cannot show these anxieties caused postpartum depression symptoms.
• RNSurvey2023Beyond Being Insured: Insurance Coverage Denial as a Major Barrier to Accessing Care During Pregnancy and Postpartum.Clinical nursing researchWomen whose insurance was not accepted or out of network reported delayed care more often than women without insurance problems, especially in the first 6 weeks postpartum. Financial barriers stayed linked to delay throughout.
• RNCohort2023Comparison of thrombotic and clinical outcomes in SARS-CoV-2-pneumonia versus other viral pneumonia in an urban academic medical center.Heart & lung : the journal of critical careHospitalised patients with SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia had similar overall composite outcomes to those with H1N1/H3N2 pneumonia, but more often needed dialysis and died. Thrombotic events were rare and seen only in the SARS-CoV-2 group.
• PTOTSLPRNSystematic Review2023A scoping review of older patients' health-related quality of life, recovery and well-being after intensive care.Nursing openOlder ICU survivors face high 1-year mortality and functional decline, but most who survive report acceptable quality of life and willingness to return home. Pain and anxiety are acute issues that often resolve, while frailty and sensory impairments predict poor recovery.
• RNCohort2023Emergency Department Use by Young Adults With Chronic Illness Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Journal of emergency nursingED visits by young adults with chronic illness fell during the pandemic, but mental health visits rose and the admission share rose. Expect more psychiatric presentations, not fewer complex needs.
• PTCohort2023Predictors of early mobilization in patients requiring VV ECMO for greater than 7 days: An international cohort study.Heart & lung : the journal of critical careOnly 22% of adults on venovenous ECMO for at least seven days were mobilized by day seven. COVID-19, epinephrine, epoprostenol, and conventional ventilation were associated with less early mobilization, while dual-lumen cannulation and high center volume were associated with more.
• RNCohort2023Unsupervised machine learning identifies symptoms of indigestion as a predictor of acute decompensation and adverse cardiac events in patients with heart failure presenting to the emergency department.Heart & lung : the journal of critical careIndigestion symptoms were associated with acute heart failure exacerbation and 30-day cardiac events in heart failure patients arriving with chest pain or equivalent symptoms. Triage teams should not dismiss indigestion as benign here.
• SLPRNCohort2024Nutrition delivery across hospitalisation in critically ill patients with COVID-19: An observational study of the Australian experience.Australian critical care : official journal of the Confederation of Australian Critical Care NursesMost ICU survivors with COVID-19 received nutrition by mouth, but tube feeding made up most ICU feeding days and was concentrated in ventilated patients. On the ward, appetite and swallowing symptoms were common; 11% received supplements at discharge.
• RNSurvey2024Perceptions of Palliative Care: Demographics and Health Status Among the General Population in Florida and the United States.The American journal of hospice & palliative careIn 2229 adults, younger age, greater rural identity, lower income or education, and Hispanic or Black background were linked with less agreement about palliative care goals and more misconceptions. Nurses can address these in patient and family education.
• RNQualitative2023Relatives' negotiations with healthcare professionals during older people's admission in an emergency department: An ethnographic study.Nursing openRelatives who stayed in the emergency department and actively approached staff appeared to have better access to information and care discussions. Relatives who were passive, worked far away, or lacked health knowledge appeared more easily left out.
• RNQualitative2023Facilitators and inhibitors of traumatic brain injury transfers: A fieldwork investigation.Nursing openTransfer decisions in traumatic brain injury care changed by stage: acute transfers could happen early because beds were scarce, subacute transfers were negotiated with families, and final transfers were delayed by bureaucracy and vocational nurses without decision-making authority.
• RNQualitative2023Always on alert: How relatives of family members with dementia experience the transition from home to permanent nursing home placement.Nursing openRelatives of people with dementia described the move to a nursing home as a lonely, burdensome process worsened by poor communication with care staff. They felt their concerns about their family member's decline were ignored, leading to delayed support and increased distress.
• RNSurvey2023The psychometric properties of the Diabetes Self-Efficacy Scale in Saudis with type 2 diabetes.Nursing openThe Arabic eight-item diabetes self-efficacy scale had consistent scores and was related to self-management in 154 Saudi adults. Nurses in Saudi primary care can use it to quickly assess confidence in diet, activity, blood sugar monitoring, and follow-up.
• PTRNQualitative2023Helpful social support for chronic pain in long-term care residents: "With a little help I manage on my own".Nursing openLong-term care residents with chronic pain said asking nurses for pills helped, but some waited until pain was severe. They valued calm, familiar help that let them keep independence, and disliked rushed care.
• RNCohort2023Thirty-Day readmissions among COVID-19 patients hospitalized during the early pandemic in the United States: Insights from the Nationwide Readmissions Database.Heart & lung : the journal of critical careAmong discharged US COVID-19 patients, 30-day readmission was 3.2%. Sepsis was the most common readmission diagnosis. Younger adults, low income, Medicaid, high comorbidity, kidney injury, ventilation, skilled nursing discharge, and leaving against medical advice were linked to higher readmission.
• RNCohort2023"Low-value" glycemic outcomes among older adults with diabetes cared for by primary care nurse practitioners or physicians: A retrospective cohort study.International journal of nursing studiesOlder Veterans with diabetes reassigned to nurse practitioners had a 20.38 percentage-point lower chance of HgbA1C below 7% than those reassigned to physicians. In these high-risk older adults, that target can mean overtreatment.
• RNOther2023The effect of trauma advanced practice nurse programme at a Level I regional trauma centre in mainland China.Nursing openA trauma advanced practice nurse programme was associated with faster trauma care at a Level I centre: median time to team leader arrival fell from 15 to 5 minutes, and mean emergency department stay fell from 3.868 to 3.088 hours. Before-after evidence only.
• RNRCT2023Veterans' views of PARTNER-MH, a peer-led patient navigation intervention, to improve patient engagement in care and patient-clinician communication: A qualitative study.Patient education and counselingVeterans with mental health needs described a peer-led navigation program as helpful for building confidence to speak with clinicians. They valued role-playing visit preparation and shared lived experience, though they noted limited peer availability and a need for gender-concordant matches.
• RNSystematic Review2023Effect of family integrated care on breastfeeding of preterm infants: A scoping review.Nursing openFamily integrated care in the NICU showed mixed effects on breastfeeding. Seven of eleven studies found increased rates or duration, while four found no significant difference. The intervention involves parents in daily care and medical rounds, but evidence quality varies.
• RNQualitative2023Heart Failure Family Caregivers' Perspectives of Physical Activity Engagement: A Qualitative Study.Western journal of nursing researchOlder heart failure caregivers said their own exercise depended on past activity habits, confidence, home and outdoor options, family support, and caregiving demands. Technology and classes helped; time and physical problems hindered.
• RNOther2023Mothers participation in caring for hospitalized children with acute gastroenteritis: A quasi-experimental study.Nursing openMothers of hospitalized children under 5 with acute gastroenteritis had higher observed care-practice scores after a teaching bundle. The bundle included needs assessment, practical training, feedback and a booklet; no single part can be credited.
• RNQualitative2023Understanding Dying Concerns in Parents With Advanced Cancer With Dependent Children for Their Coparent: A Phenomenological Study.Journal of hospice and palliative nursing : JHPN : the official journal of the Hospice and Palliative Nurses AssociationFour parents with advanced cancer worried their coparent might make the wrong end-of-life decisions, that they would not be heard, or that the coparent would struggle after death. These worries were less prominent when parents reported strong family support and disease understanding.
• RNSurvey2023Decisional Regret in Long-Term Australian Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Survivors: A Cross-Sectional Survey.Clinical nursing researchIn long-term Australian transplant survivors, 9.2% of 423 analysed people reported some decisional regret in the past 7 days. Regret was linked with chronic GVHD burden, distress, depression, low quality of life, low income, sexual activity not resumed, and frequent medical care.
• RNSystematic Review2023Relationships between nursing leadership and organizational, staff and patient outcomes: A systematic review of reviews.Nursing openRelational leadership styles, especially transformational leadership, were associated with better staff well-being and patient outcomes like safety and satisfaction. Passive and destructive styles linked to burnout and turnover. Most evidence was cross-sectional and self-reported.
• OTOther2023Return-to-work self-efficacy questionnaire: Cross-cultural adaptation and validation in China.Nursing openA Chinese 11-item questionnaire lets breast cancer survivors report how confident they feel about returning to work. It did not show that confidence makes return more likely; it gives a way to ask and follow it.
• RNCohort2023Home Healthcare Patients With Distinct Psychological, Cognitive, and Behavioral Symptom Profiles and At-Risk Subgroup for Hospitalization and Emergency Department Visits Using Latent Class Analysis.Clinical nursing researchIn home healthcare patients 65 and older, those with severe psychological, cognitive, and behavioral symptoms were more likely to have hospitalization or emergency department visits within 60 days (18.4% versus 14.8% in the mild symptom group).
• RNCohort2023COVID-19 effects on diet, sleep, and physical activity among mid- to late-adolescents residing in the deep south in the United States.Journal of pediatric nursingAdolescents reported poorer sleep quality, more night awakenings from electronic notifications, less activity lasting at least 30 minutes, and more daily consumption of soda, caffeine, fruit, and vegetables during the COVID-19 restriction period.
• OTRNCohort2023Changes in Personality Before and During Cognitive Impairment.Journal of the American Medical Directors AssociationSelf-reported personality changes were small before cognitive impairment and larger during it. Before impairment, extraversion, agreeableness and conscientiousness declined; neuroticism and openness showed little change. During impairment, neuroticism rose and the other four declined.
• RNSystematic Review2023Effectiveness and methods of cryotherapy in reducing swelling after total knee arthroplasty: A systematic review on randomized controlled trials.Nursing openCryotherapy after total knee replacement did not reliably reduce swelling. Six of eight studies found no clear difference, while two found less swelling. Temperature, timing and dose varied, so a standard method cannot be recommended.
• RNSurvey2023Association of continuity of carer and women's experiences of maternity care during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional survey.MidwiferyAustralian pregnant women who reported full continuity of carer were more likely to feel neutral or positive about changes to pregnancy care and birth plans during the pandemic, and reported fewer changes than women with no continuity.
• PTOTRNSurvey2023Quality of life of older gynecologic oncology patients at the initiation of chemotherapy.Nursing openBefore chemotherapy, older gynecologic cancer patients reported lower global, physical, role and social function than age-matched Norwegian women; emotional function was similar, and cognitive function was higher.
• RNQualitative2023Explaining the perspective of people living with HIV on health-promoting behaviours based on Pender's model: A directed content analysis.Nursing openPeople living with HIV saw healthy habits as peace of mind and better control, but stigma, denial, hopelessness, fatigue, low income and insurance gaps blocked them; family, peers, social media and community resources helped.
• PTSurvey2023Chest physiotherapy techniques administered by certified specialists to hospitalized patients with COVID-19 in Brazil: A look towards future practice.Heart & lung : the journal of critical careBrazilian physiotherapists reported using positioning most often for chest physiotherapy in COVID-19. Certified specialists reported using ventilator hyperinflation more often and some manual or breathing techniques less often than non-certified specialists.
• PTOTCohort2023Post intensive care syndrome in survivors of COVID-19 who required mechanical ventilation during the third wave of the pandemic: A prospective study.Heart & lung : the journal of critical care64% of 22 survivors of COVID-19 ARDS with prolonged mechanical ventilation had post intensive care syndrome 30 days after discharge. Dependence in daily activities was most common, with 41% cognitive impairment and 32% anxiety or depression.
• RNMeta-Analysis2023A systematic review with meta-analysis on prophylactic negative pressure wound therapy versus standard dressing for obese women after caesarean section.Nursing openIn obese women after caesarean section, pooled trials suggested fewer surgical-site infections with prophylactic negative-pressure wound therapy, but additional analyses did not confirm this and overall complications did not differ.
• RNSurvey2023Cancer Hospice Caregivers' Self-care Behaviors: The Role of Caregiving Tasks, Burden, and Mental Health.Journal of hospice and palliative nursing : JHPN : the official journal of the Hospice and Palliative Nurses AssociationAmong 86 cancer hospice caregivers, the expected link between burden and self-care was not found. Better mental health was linked with more rest, exercise, and time for doctor visits; more hands-on caregiving was linked with more self-care gaps.
• SLPSystematic Review2023Effect of Music Interventions on Cognitive Function in Older Adults With Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Systematic Review.Research in gerontological nursingOlder adults with mild cognitive impairment showed better global cognition, verbal fluency, executive function and spatial scores after music-based activities, especially dancing. Memory and attention results were inconsistent, and movement may explain part of the benefit.
• RNQualitative2023Current communication practices for biomarker testing in non-small cell lung cancer: Exploring patient and clinician perspectives.Patient education and counselingPatients with non-small cell lung cancer felt overwhelmed and unclear about biomarker testing wait times. They mostly heard results verbally, found pathology reports too technical, and wanted brief plain-language materials explaining testing and timelines.
• RNSurvey2023Depression mediates the relationship between social capital and health-related quality of life among Chinese older adults in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study.Nursing openHigher social capital links to better quality of life in older adults, largely because it reduces depression. Nurses should screen for isolation and encourage social participation to support mental health and overall well-being during recovery or chronic care.
• SLPQualitative2023Child health care nurses' experience of language screening for 2.5-year-old children: A qualitative study.Nursing openChild health nurses described changing the language screening to get a shy child to talk, using waiting-room listening and their own versions. They also reported parents' resistance, bilingual assessment problems, and consent barriers that made referrals uncertain.
• RNSystematic Review2024Technology to Support Older Adults in Home Palliative Care: A Scoping Review.The American journal of hospice & palliative careOlder adults in home palliative care used tablets, smartphones, video calls and symptom diaries. Most rated them feasible and helpful for reporting symptoms, but small screens, poor internet and loss of touch were barriers.
• RNCohort2024The Association of Standardized Documentation of Serious Illness Conversations With Healthcare Utilization in Hospitalized Patients: A Propensity Score Matched Cohort Analysis.The American journal of hospice & palliative careHospital encounters with documented serious illness conversations also had more palliative care consults, code status changes, and hospice at discharge. 90-day readmissions did not differ.
• RNQualitative2024Creating Space for Adolescents and Families With Lived Experience of Homelessness to Build Familial Empathy, Communication, and Emotional Regulation: A Qualitative Study of Facilitators of Implementation.Journal of psychosocial nursing and mental health servicesAdolescents and caregivers described a nonjudgmental space where they said they could take each other's perspective, talk more calmly, use time apart instead of yelling, and step back before reacting. These are participants' reports, not evidence the programme works.
• RNSurvey2023Discrimination, Mental Health, and Readiness to Quit Smoking.Clinical nursing researchPerceived discrimination was not associated with readiness to quit smoking in African Americans experiencing homelessness. Depression and anxiety showed small indirect links, but the main effect was null. Smoking may serve as a coping mechanism for stress.
• RNQualitative2023Social and healthcare professionals' experiences of end-of-life care planning and documentation in palliative care.Nursing openPalliative care staff described a gap between knowing a patient's end-of-life wishes and documenting them usefully. Nurses said a new electronic record was too complicated to maintain care plans, while physicians worried their notes would not be found in emergencies.
• PTRNCohort2023Gait and/or balance disturbances associated with Alzheimer's dementia among older adults with amnestic mild cognitive impairment: A longitudinal observational study.Journal of advanced nursingIn older adults with amnestic mild cognitive impairment, baseline gait or balance problems were linked to a 24% to 53% higher risk of developing Alzheimer's disease over a mean 4.0 years of follow-up. Gait problems were the stronger marker; balance alone was not.
• RNSystematic Review2023Coaching in nursing: An integrative literature review.Nursing openCoaching for nurses mostly improved confidence, communication and leadership skills, but one study found coaching conversations hurt job satisfaction. Most evidence came from small studies of managers, not bedside care, so it does not prove coaching improves patient outcomes.
• RNPilot2023Performance of PROMIS Measures to Assess Fatigue and Sleep Symptom Severity Among African American Patients Newly Diagnosed With Obstructive Sleep Apnea.Clinical nursing researchThe PROMIS Fatigue short form tracked a longer fatigue questionnaire in African American adults newly diagnosed with sleep apnea and prediabetes. The PROMIS Sleep Disturbance short form did not.
• SLPRNCohort2023Infant Bottle-Feeding: A Prospective Study of Infant Physiology and Parental Report Metrics.Comprehensive child and adolescent nursingParent reports of infant bottle-feeding concerns matched longer sucking bursts, more cycles per burst, and stronger sucking pressure, but not how efficiently babies drank from bottles.