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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• RNSurvey2018Factors Associated With End-of-Life Planning in Huntington Disease.The American journal of hospice & palliative careOnly 38.2% of 503 people with Huntington disease had advance directives. Older age, late-stage disease, and more education were linked to having them; prodromal participants, despite genetic testing, were least likely.
• RNCohort2018Survivors of an Acute Coronary Syndrome With Lower Patient Activation Are More Likely to Experience Declines in Health-Related Quality of Life.The Journal of cardiovascular nursingOne month after acute coronary syndrome, patients with the lowest self-care confidence and skills were more likely to have meaningful mental and disease-specific quality-of-life declines by 6 months; physical quality-of-life changes did not differ.
• RNCohort2018Palliative Care Experience in the Last 3 Months of Life: A Quantitative Comparison of Care Provided in Residential Hospices, Hospitals, and the Home From the Perspectives of Bereaved Caregivers.The American journal of hospice & palliative care89% of bereaved caregivers rated hospice care as excellent, much higher than home, hospital, cancer center, or physician care. They also rated hospice nursing and personal care help better in the last week.
• RNQualitative2018Being Fully Present: Gains Patients Attribute to a Telephone-Delivered Parenting Program for Child-Rearing Mothers With Cancer.Cancer nursingMothers with cancer who finished five telephone sessions said they learned to listen, draw out their child's feelings, and avoid fixing or teaching. Ninety percent found telephone delivery convenient and said they would not have joined in person.
• RNCohort2017Predictors of Unplanned Hospitalizations in Patients With Nonmetastatic Lung Cancer During Chemotherapy.Oncology nursing forumOlder adults with nonmetastatic lung cancer on outpatient chemotherapy were more likely to have an unplanned hospitalization if they were younger, nonwhite, or lived in less educated or higher-income areas. More comorbidities were linked to lower chance of hospitalization, which was unexpected.
• RNOther2017The Characteristics of Pain in Patients Diagnosed with Depression and Heart Failure.Pain management nursing : official journal of the American Society of Pain Management NursesMost older patients with heart failure and depression in this study had pain in the last 24 hours. Pain was moderate, often in back, hips, or lower legs. Most who reported treatments used medications only, especially opioids.
• RNCohort2017Transitions From Skilled Nursing Facility to Home: The Relationship of Early Outpatient Care to Hospital Readmission.Journal of the American Medical Directors AssociationOlder adults discharged home from a skilled nursing facility were less likely to be readmitted within 30 days if a home health visit occurred within a week. Early outpatient clinic visits did not show the same overall benefit.
• SLPCohort2017One-Carbon Metabolism Biomarkers and Cognitive Decline in the Very Old: The Newcastle 85+ Study.Journal of the American Medical Directors AssociationIn people aged 85, higher red blood cell folate and lower homocysteine at baseline were linked to better global cognitive screening scores, but neither predicted global decline over 3 to 5 years. Vitamin B12 showed no association.
• RNCohort2017Metformin Safety Warnings and Diabetes Drug Prescribing Patterns for Older Nursing Home Residents.Journal of the American Medical Directors AssociationAmong 7,295 older nursing home residents, 58% started a sulfonylurea rather than metformin. Kidney disease, heart failure, dialysis, or advanced age were associated with that choice.
• RNQualitative2017Spontaneous mental associations with the words "side effect": Implications for informed and shared decision making.Patient education and counselingWhen women heard 'side effect', most first thought of harms, and many weighed risks or felt negative emotions. The paper suggests medication counseling should ask which effects worry the patient and how they feel.
• RNOther2017Voicing Ageism in Nursing Home Dementia Care.Journal of gerontological nursingStaff used elderspeak, such as baby talk and 'we' for the resident's task, in 84% of care recordings. For residents with dementia, this can imply dependence and restrict choice.
• OTRNQualitative2017Older Adult Residents' Perceptions of Daily Lives in Nursing Homes.Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of NursingNursing home residents described comfort from staff handling daily care, but also loneliness, limited choices, and needing permission to go outside. They valued staff who listened and wanted more control over daily life.
• RNCohort2017Midrange Braden Subscale Scores Are Associated With Increased Risk for Pressure Injury Development Among Critical Care Patients.Journal of wound, ostomy, and continence nursing : official publication of The Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses SocietyICU patients with midrange Braden scores showed the highest pressure injury risk, except friction/shear, where severe scores did. Nurses should not wait for the most severe Braden scores before reviewing prevention intensity.
• RNSystematic Review2017Food insecurity, sexual risk behavior, and adherence to antiretroviral therapy among women living with HIV: A systematic review.Health care for women internationalFor women living with HIV, hunger was tied to sex for food, less control over condom use, and trouble starting or continuing ART. Ask about food access before treating missed doses as simple nonadherence.
• PTCohort2017Associations Between Hormonal Biomarkers and Cognitive, Motor, and Language Developmental Status in Very Low Birth Weight Infants.Nursing researchHigher salivary cortisol was linked to lower motor scores at 6 months in very low birth weight infants. Testosterone was not linked to development overall. A boy subgroup showed higher testosterone with better language, but this was not the main finding.
• RNQualitative2017Diverse patient perspectives on respect in healthcare: A qualitative study.Patient education and counselingPatients with diabetes or hypertension defined respect as being treated like a person and as an equal. They valued being known, polite greetings, eye contact, and respectful handling of lateness; African American participants especially wanted providers to listen and trust their knowledge.
• RNCohort2017Predicting Health Care Utilization for Children With Respiratory Insufficiency Using Parent-Proxy Ratings of Children's Health-Related Quality of Life.Journal of pediatric health care : official publication of National Association of Pediatric Nurse Associates & PractitionersParent-rated poor/fair child health was associated with 3.7 times more healthcare days and 6.3 times more inpatient days over 6 months than very good/excellent health, after clinical severity, years in the CAPE Program, and age were considered.
• RNQualitative2018Reasons women do not seek health care for dysmenorrhea.Journal of clinical nursingWomen did not seek care for period pain because they viewed it as normal, preferred self-managing, could not afford treatment, or feared dismissal. Many assumed nothing could be done or were wary of prescriptions. Providers often reinforced these beliefs by telling patients to simply live with the pain.
• RNQualitative2018"This Is What Family Does": The Family Experience of Caring for Serious Illness.The American journal of hospice & palliative careFamilies caring for someone with serious illness described becoming a team: they learned to seek information, advocate, and manage conflict, and they asked for encouragement and practical advice at each step.
• RNCohort2018Persistence of socioeconomic inequalities in the knowledge of cardiovascular risk factors five years after coronary angiography.European journal of cardiovascular nursingFive years after coronary angiography, more patients could cite three or more risk factors, but most could not, and lower education remained linked to poorer knowledge. Nurses should not assume patients know diabetes, hypertension, cholesterol or obesity.
• RNPilot2018Assessing acute psychological distress in the immediate aftermath of stroke.European journal of cardiovascular nursingAssessing acute psychological distress is feasible during early stroke hospitalization. Patients tolerated interviews averaging 21 minutes. The shorter Acute Stress Disorder Scale had higher completion rates than the longer checklist, with all 10 patients answering all items.
• RNCohort2018Informed and patient-centered decision-making in the primary care visits of African Americans with depression.Patient education and counselingMost depression treatment discussions with African-American patients missed informed decision-making criteria, especially risks and benefits. Patient-centered topics helped trust and respect in counseling, but in low-patient-centered visits, adding them to medication decisions actually lowered patient trust.
• RNCohort2018Fatalism and educational disparities in beliefs about the curability of advanced cancer.Patient education and counselingMost (81.7%) patients with incurable advanced cancer believed it could be cured. Patients who had not completed high school were more likely to believe this, but adding fatalism weakened the education link.
• RNOther2018Intensive referral to mutual-help groups: A field trial of adaptations for rural veterans.Patient education and counselingCompared with standard referral, the adapted intensive referral did not improve mutual-help group participation, substance use, or PTSD symptoms at six months. The group that received all three sessions reported higher 30-day alcohol abstinence than the group that received none, but that was secondary.
• RNRCT2018Effect of Self-efficacy Intervention on Quality of Life of Patients With Intestinal Stoma.Gastroenterology nursing : the official journal of the Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and AssociatesFor patients with permanent colostomy, a nurse-led confidence-building programme raised confidence in stoma self-management and gave higher quality-of-life scores than routine care by the end of follow-up.
• RNSurvey2018Emotion regulation contributes to the development of diabetes distress among adults with type 1 diabetes.Patient education and counselingIn adults with type 1 diabetes, higher emotion regulation was linked to lower diabetes distress, and lower distress was linked to fewer missed insulin boluses and lower HbA1c. Assess how patients manage emotions, not only glucose.
• RNRCT2017Effects of mindfulness-based psychological care on mood and sleep of leukemia patients in chemotherapy.International journal of nursing sciencesLeukemia patients receiving usual chemotherapy care plus guided mindfulness practice during infusions reported less anxiety, depression and sleep disturbance than patients receiving usual care alone. The usual-care group did not improve over five weeks.
• RNQualitative2017Implementing Nurse-Facilitated Person-Centered Care Approaches for Patients With Delirium Superimposed on Dementia in the Acute Care Setting.Journal of gerontological nursingNurse-led rounds for delirium superimposed on dementia captured person-centered care: checking baseline with family, tailoring activities, using hearing aids, and trying non-drug comfort strategies. Time and overlooking the patient were barriers.
• RNOther2017Acceptability of School-Based Health Centers for Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Visits: A Mixed-Methods Study.The Journal of school healthParents and adolescents generally accepted HPV vaccination at school-based health centers, but parents wanted notification and records. Parents whose child had used one were more willing.
• RNCohort2017Depression recognition and capacity for self-report among ethnically diverse nursing homes residents: Evidence of disparities in screening.Journal of clinical nursingNursing home staff's routine depression screening ratings did not agree well with trained researchers' ratings. Trained researchers identified more moderate depression and suicidal thoughts, especially in Spanish-speaking residents. Routine screening may miss depression.
• RNQualitative2017HIV Testing and Entry to Care Among Trans Women in Indiana.The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care : JANACMost trans women in this Indiana study learned their HIV status during routine screening, not by seeking testing. Participants linked direct referrals, emotional support, and privacy to early care; linked denial, stigma, and unstable housing or drug use to delay.
• OTSurvey2017Socially Assistive Robots: Measuring Older Adults' Perceptions.Journal of gerontological nursingOlder adults' responses to a robot survey were consistent. After a brief robot interaction, all main areas became more positive except anxiety items. It tested acceptance, not patient outcomes.
• RNCohort2017Prevalence of cardiovascular and respiratory complications following trauma in patients with obesity.Heart & lung : the journal of critical careObese trauma patients had cardiovascular or respiratory complications in 12.6% versus 5.2% without obesity. After accounting for age, injury severity and other factors, patients with obesity were at approximately 80% greater risk.
• RNSurvey2017Sex Differences in Contraception Non-Use Among Urban Adolescents: Risk Factors for Unintended Pregnancy.The Journal of school healthAmong sexually active Philadelphia high school students, girls and adolescents who had ever used marijuana were more likely to report not using contraception at last sex. Boys offered or given drugs at school also reported higher non-use.
• RNOther2017Dance for Health: An Intergenerational Program to Increase Access to Physical Activity.Journal of pediatric nursingWeight and BMI z-score did not change, but free two-hour line dancing was highly enjoyed and often reached target heart rate in adults; only half of children did.
• RNCohort2018Trajectories of Change in Body Weight During Inpatient Treatment for Anorexia Nervosa.Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses AssociationDaily weights during inpatient treatment for anorexia nervosa followed four patterns: weight gain, treatment resistant, weight plateau, and weight fluctuate. Admission weight and length of stay differed, but overall weight change did not.
• RNSystematic Review2018Palliative Care Gaps in Providing Psychological Treatment: A Review of the Current State of Research in Multidisciplinary Palliative Care.The American journal of hospice & palliative careIn 59 palliative care studies, 69.5% did not describe psychological interventions, 54.2% did not say who delivered them, and 28.9% used no psychological scale. The evidence does not show psychosocial support reduced patient distress.
• RNSystematic Review2018Systematic Review of Cyberbullying Interventions for Youth and Parents With Implications for Evidence-Based Practice.Worldviews on evidence-based nursingSchool-based cyberbullying programs showed mixed results. Programs reducing both cyberbullying and victimization included empathy, coping, social skills, and digital citizenship. Parent education appeared in successful interventions. No evidence exists for healthcare-based interventions.
• RNOther2018Hospital discharge preparedness for patients with limited English proficiency: A mixed methods study of bedside interpreter-phones.Patient education and counselingFor patients with limited English proficiency, discharge preparedness did not significantly improve after bedside interpreter-phones were installed, although patients reported better knowledge of medication purpose. Patients still often reported family members as interpreters at discharge.
• PTOTSLPRNRCT2018Physical Activity and Survival in Women With Advanced Breast Cancer.Cancer nursingWomen with advanced breast cancer who did one hour of moderate activity daily had a 23% lower risk of death. This held after adjusting for age, treatment, and depression. Nurses can encourage simple daily movement like walking or housework.
• RNOther2018Exploration of Parent-Provider Communication During Clinic Visits for Children With Chronic Conditions.Journal of pediatric health care : official publication of National Association of Pediatric Nurse Associates & PractitionersProvider teams in pediatric chronic disease clinics used more communication behaviors than parents, especially explaining and asking. Parents also explained, asked, listened, and advocated, so they were not only receiving instructions.
• RNCohort2018Practitioner Gender and Quality of Care in Ambulatory Cardiology Practices: A Report From the National Cardiovascular Data Practice Innovation and Clinical Excellence (PINNACLE) Registry.The Journal of cardiovascular nursingPractitioner gender showed little consistent difference in prescribing once practitioner type and visit number were considered: 3 of 7 measures were similar, and 4 were higher for male practitioners.
• RNSystematic Review2018Sleep disordered breathing in older adults with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction.Geriatric nursing (New York, N.Y.)Most small studies in older adults with HFpEF and sleep apnea linked positive airway pressure to better NYHA class and exercise function, but the evidence was low quality and a randomized trial was stopped early.
• RNQualitative2017A qualitative study exploring factors associated with Pap test use among North Korean refugees.Health care for women internationalNorth Korean refugee women described Pap test use as shaped by unclear screening information, embarrassment with male providers, and cost worries, while free biennial screening and family encouragement helped them attend.
• RNCohort2017How Early do Social Determinants of Health Begin to Operate? Results From the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study.Journal of pediatric nursingChildren who were bullied more often or in more ways rated their health worse. Each extra bullying episode was associated with children being 11.9% less likely to rate health excellent or very good.
• RNOther2017Assessment of a National Diabetes Education Program diabetes prevention toolkit: The D2d experience.Journal of the American Association of Nurse PractitionersAdults at risk for diabetes in a vitamin D trial who received a prevention booklet reported higher knowledge and readiness to change behaviors. The booklet's effect cannot be separated from vitamin D or placebo.
• RNQualitative2017Tailoring a NICU-Based Tobacco Treatment Program for Mothers Who Are Dependent on Opioids.Journal of obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal nursing : JOGNNMothers dependent on opioids described using smoke-free home rules and hygiene rituals to protect newborns from thirdhand smoke, rather than quitting immediately. They cited stress and recovery priorities as barriers, while noting that non-judgmental nurse support empowered engagement.
• RNNarrative Review2017Balance Between the Proinflammatory and Anti-Inflammatory Immune Responses with Blood Transfusion in Sepsis.Critical care nursing clinics of North AmericaTransfusion in critically ill patients was described as shifting immune defenses toward suppression, with more units linked to higher anti-inflammatory signals. Leukoreduction was reported to blunt some of this effect. This is a mechanistic review, not proof that transfusion worsens sepsis.
• RNQualitative2017Parents' Perspectives on Navigating the Work of Speaking Up in the NICU.Journal of obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal nursing : JOGNNNICU parents often weighed whether to speak up about safety, sometimes choosing silence. Most rated hand-hygiene lapses harmful, but fewer said they would tell clinicians, fearing confrontation or distracting staff.
• RNOther2017High-Frequency Ultrasound: Description of Sacral Tissue Characteristics in Healthy Adults.Journal of wound, ostomy, and continence nursing : official publication of The Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses SocietyHealthy sacral ultrasound ranges varied by scanning position, so serial sacral tissue measurements should be compared only within the same position. These values come from mostly younger healthy volunteers and are not pressure injury thresholds.