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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• RNQualitative2025Family Caregivers' Experiences of Long-Term Care Residents Living With Dementia During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An International Grounded Theory Study.Journal of advanced nursingFamily caregivers of people with dementia in long-term care described lockdowns as painful exclusion. They fought to keep connection, distrusted inconsistent care, and found video calls inadequate without staff support.
• RNNarrative Review2025Proactive Management of Lactation in the Birth Hospital to Ensure Long-Term Milk Production and Sustainable Breastfeeding.Journal of midwifery & women's healthNew parents with lactation risk factors are advised to use early breastfeeding plans, skin-to-skin contact, hand expression, and frequent hospital-grade pumping to support milk supply. This is expert guidance, not tested treatment.
• RNOther2025Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk Scores are Associated with Carotid Intima-Media Thickness.Clinical nursing researchASCVD risk scores rose with carotid artery thickness and plaque burden, but they did not separate people with and without coronary artery disease history. Three low scores missed high carotid findings.
• RNNarrative Review2025Transnational Healthcare Practices Among Migrants: A Concept Analysis.Journal of advanced nursingMigrants often seek care in their home countries due to cultural familiarity, language barriers, and distrust of host systems. This concept analysis identifies these drivers but offers no evidence on which interventions improve care or outcomes for clinicians.
• RNSurvey2025Factors Influencing the Demoralisation Syndrome of Post-Operative Patients With Breast Cancer: A Cross-Sectional Study.Nursing openAmong 237 post-operative breast cancer patients, 37.6% had moderate to severe demoralisation. Lower income, later cancer stage, recurrence, poorer relationship quality and worse body image were linked to higher demoralisation scores.
• RNCohort2025Methamphetamine-associated heart failure: Clinical characteristics and outcomes in a safety net population.Heart & lung : the journal of critical careIn patients with heart failure, methamphetamine use showed no significant difference in mortality, but higher heart failure and all-cause readmissions. Post-discharge follow-up was associated with lower mortality.
• RNOther2025Characteristics of Patients With Community-Acquired Pressure Injuries.Nursing openHospital records grouped 272 patients admitted with pressure injuries already present into three clusters: chronic disease with preserved daily function, low function needing discharge planning, and very high risk with dementia, malnutrition, persistent wounds, and more in-hospital deaths.
• RNSurvey2025Predicting the Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile of Pregnant Women Based on Their Health Literacy Levels: A Cross-Sectional Study.Nursing openPregnant women with higher health literacy reported more health-promoting behaviours. Lower appraisal and physical activity scores suggest where nurses might focus prenatal education, but the study did not test whether this changes behaviour.
• RNQualitative2025Recovery From Heroin Addiction: A Qualitative Study.Public health nursing (Boston, Mass.)People in long-term heroin recovery described achieving a “new normal” through daily structure, honest support networks, and accepting their past. They viewed total abstinence, including avoiding opioid medications, as essential, contrasting with standard pharmacological care.
• PTOTRNMeta-Analysis2025Non-Pharmacological Interventions Targeting Sense of Coherence Among Older Adults and Adults With Chronic Conditions: A Meta-Analysis With Trial Sequential Analysis.Journal of advanced nursingNon-drug programmes improved older adults' and chronic disease patients' sense of coherence, their confidence that life is manageable, for up to 3 months. Salutogenic programmes had short-term benefit; self-management was less firm; exercise, cognitive behavioural therapy and nurse-led education did not show stable benefit.
• RNCohort2025Patterns of physical activity, sedentary behavior, and sleep across pregnancy before and during two COVID pandemic years.MidwiferyPregnant people in the pandemic were less active and more sedentary than before, and did not return to old patterns over two years. Ask about daily movement, sitting, and sleep, especially late pregnancy.
• RNRCT2024The Leaky Preexposure Prophylaxis Cascade-Barriers and Facilitators to Preexposure Prophylaxis Uptake and Adherence Among Youth Experiencing Homelessness in the US South: A Mixed Methods Study.The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care : JANACAmong 44 youth experiencing homelessness who chose PrEP, only 22 got a prescription, and most urine tests showed nonadherence. Nurses need to address side-effect fears, stigma, housing, and navigation support early.
• RNQualitative2025Parents' Need for Support From Family and Friends During Their Preterm Infants' Hospitalisation: A Cross-National Qualitative Study.Journal of advanced nursingParents of preterm infants in NICUs needed social, emotional and practical support from family and friends. Their needs changed over time, and staff attitudes and visiting rules shaped whether that support arrived.
• RNPilot2025Examining the Feasibility and Acceptability of Identifying Signs of Social Anxiety, in University Students Aged 18-25, While Watching 360° Immersive Films.International journal of mental health nursingSeven healthy students watched immersive anxiety scenarios in VR headsets. Heart rate did not correlate with self-reported anxiety scores, but it rose significantly in the ten seconds after specific social events. Participants found the headsets comfortable but reported technical glitches and difficulty knowing where to look.
• RNCohort2025Hope among patients discharged from an intensive care unit: A prospective cohort study.Nursing in critical careHope stayed stable from 3 to 12 months after ICU discharge. Higher hope was linked to no prior mental health problems, fewer early post-traumatic stress symptoms and more social support. The nurse-led follow-up intervention did not improve hope at 3 months.
• RNQualitative2025Patient Experiences and Prerequisites of Collaboration as Partners in Person-Centred Care: An Interview Study.Nursing openPatients with long-term illness described good partnership as being seen, believed, and remembered; flexible dialogue, shared everyday goals, and care coordination that did not leave them carrying information between providers.
• RNSystematic Review2025Mental Health Services for Serious Mental Illness: Scoping Review of Randomised Controlled Trials.Nursing openMost randomised trials of mental health services for serious mental illness tested outpatient, e-health, ambulatory, residential, case management, discharge, education or assessment care. This map shows where evidence exists and where gaps remain, not which service works.
• PTSurvey2025Expert Consensus on an Exercise Prescription Framework for Older People Living With HIV in a South African Setting-A Delphi Study.The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care : JANACSouth African experts agreed a 12-week exercise framework for older people living with HIV should include warm-up, endurance, resistance, cooldown, supervision, screening, and community settings. This is expert consensus, not evidence the framework improves health.
• RNCohort2025Tracking Survivors With Long COVID: Method, Implementation, and Results of an Observational Study.Research in nursing & healthMonths since diagnosis did not relate to symptom number, severity, or interference in adults at least 3 months after confirmed COVID-19. Women reported more symptoms, greater severity, and more daily interference than men.
• RNCohort2025Long-Stay Nursing Home Residents with Dementia: Telemedicine Mental Health Use during the COVID-19 Pandemic.Journal of the American Medical Directors AssociationTelemedicine mental health use was 7.1% among long-stay nursing home residents with dementia in 2021. Facility-level patterns stood out: homes with more Black residents used it less, and homes with more Hispanic residents used it more.
• RNOther2025Use of Machine Learning Models to Predict Microaspiration Measured by Tracheal Pepsin A.American journal of critical care : an official publication, American Association of Critical-Care NursesIn mechanically ventilated adults, models using heart rate, blood pressure, body mass index, tube duration and age identified the presence of tracheal pepsin A, a marker of microaspiration. The best model outperformed a simple comparison model, but needs external testing before use.
• RNRCT2025Effects of a self-efficacy-centered self-management program on neurogenic bladder after spinal cord injury: A randomized controlled trial.Japan journal of nursing science : JJNSA 12-week multi-component bladder program improved self-management, self-efficacy, vitality and mental health, reduced UTIs, lowered residual urine, and increased bladder capacity versus routine education and follow-up. The self-efficacy gain was small and seen only at 12 weeks.
• RNSurvey2025Examination of Elder Abuse and Death Anxiety in Older Adults With a Chronic Disease.Nursing openIn 200 older adults with chronic disease, 73% were at elder abuse risk and death anxiety was high (8.66 of 15). Higher abuse risk was linked to higher death anxiety, but the study cannot show abuse caused anxiety.
• RNOther2025Association of COMT rs4680 Genotype With Chronic Neuropathic Pain Experience in Patients With Sickle Cell Disease.Pain management nursing : official journal of the American Society of Pain Management NursesIn 184 adults with sickle cell disease, COMT rs4680 genotype showed no significant association with S-LANSS or NPSI neuropathic pain scores.
• RNSystematic Review2025Behavioral Determinants of Older Adults' and Caregivers' Willingness to Deprescribe: A Systematic Review.Public health nursing (Boston, Mass.)Patients and caregivers were more open to stopping medicines when they saw risk or side effects, felt medicines were no longer needed, and trusted their clinician. Self-efficacy was the most consistent link to change after deprescribing interventions.
• RNCohort2025Effects of Nursing Home Changes in Antipsychotic Use on Outcomes among Residents with Dementia.Journal of the American Medical Directors AssociationNursing home residents with dementia did not have lower mortality or hospitalization when facilities reduced antipsychotic use. They had slightly higher risks for some outcomes and increased use of other psychotropic medications.
• RNSurvey2024Are the effects of stress on antenatal depression mediated by self-esteem and moderated by social support?: a cross-sectional study.Women's health nursing (Seoul, Korea)Pregnant women with higher stress reported more antenatal depression. Lower self-esteem was associated with both stress and depression, and stronger social support was associated with a weaker stress and depression link.
• OTRNSurvey2024Factors affecting return to work in breast cancer survivors in Korea: a cross-sectional study.Women's health nursing (Seoul, Korea)Among Korean breast cancer survivors who had worked before diagnosis, being single, 2 to 5 years after diagnosis, less anxious preoccupation and better quality of working life were linked with returning to work.
• RNSystematic Review2024Dietary interventions to reduce heavy metal exposure in antepartum and postpartum women: a systematic review.Women's health nursing (Seoul, Korea)Calcium and jujube fruit lowered some heavy metals, probiotic yogurt prevented mercury and arsenic from rising, and fish advice and grocery gift cards helped women choose lower-mercury fish, but vitamin D did not lower heavy metals and raised lead. Evidence is limited by biased trials.
• RNSurvey2025HIV Vulnerability Typologies Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Lesotho: A Population-Based, Cross-Sectional, Latent Class Analysis.The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care : JANACIn Lesotho, within each age group from 15 to 29, the high-vulnerability group had higher HIV prevalence than low-vulnerability or parous groups. The high-risk profile clustered several sexual behaviors, not one single risk.
• RNOther2025Using voice recognition and machine learning techniques for detecting patient-reported outcomes from conversational voice in palliative care patients.Japan journal of nursing science : JJNSThe symptom detection model for palliative care conversations was not ready for clinical use. Patient speech was transcribed accurately only 55.6% of the time, and detection scores were low.
• RNOther2025Caregiver Tasks and Life Changes Among Family Caregivers of Stroke Survivors.Journal of gerontological nursingStroke family caregivers found managing survivor behavior problems hardest, while medical or nursing treatments easiest. Greater task difficulty went with more negative life changes, especially lost social time, but improved relationships were the most positive change.
• RNSurvey2025Investigating Maternal Perception of Control and Support in the Postpartum Period and Influencing Factors in Childbirth: A Multiple Linear Regression Analysis Model.Nursing openLow-risk mothers in Türkiye rated their birth support and control at a moderate level. Their scores were highest when health professionals met their expectations and when they were satisfied with birth.
• RNOther2025Continuous Glucose Monitoring Attrition in Youth With Type 1 Diabetes.The science of diabetes self-management and careYouth with type 1 diabetes who stopped continuous glucose monitoring often did so early, and non-White youth were more likely to stop. Chart-documented reasons included adhesion problems, dislike on the body, insurance, pain, and inaccurate readings.
• RNSurvey2025Exploring social determinants of healthcare and cognition levels among diverse older adults.Geriatric nursing (New York, N.Y.)In 17,698 older adults, those with dementia or impaired cognition had longer hospital, nursing home, and hospice stays; older age was linked with more hospital, nursing home, and doctor visit use, and Black and Hispanic participants with cognitive impairment used some services less.
• RNCohort2025Association Between a Family Caregiver's Relationship to Persons With Dementia and Cardiovascular Disease by Race and Ethnicity: A Secondary Analysis of the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Data.Western journal of nursing researchSpouse caregivers of people with dementia had higher rates of diabetes, stroke, heart disease, and heart attacks than adult children or other relatives. Depression and smoking patterns varied by race. This is observational data; it does not prove caregiving caused these conditions.
• SLPQualitative2025Addressing Dementia Care Needs During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Perspectives From Home Care Workers.Journal of gerontological nursingHome care workers said masks made it hard for clients with dementia to recognize them and read faces. They reported using hand signals and eye contact, and said familiar activities and companionship helped keep clients calm.
• RNSurvey2025Parent-Adolescent Communication, Self-Efficacy, and Self-Management of Type 1 Diabetes in Adolescents.The science of diabetes self-management and careAdolescents with type 1 diabetes who reported more confidence in managing diabetes and more open parent-adolescent communication also reported better diabetes self-management and greater engagement in managing their care. This cross-sectional survey cannot show cause.
• RNCohort2025Association Between Antibiotic Exposure During Pregnancy and Postpartum Depressive Symptoms: The Japan Environment and Children's Study.Research in nursing & healthTaking antibiotics during pregnancy did not remain linked to more postpartum depressive symptoms once other factors were considered. The small apparent link later after delivery may reflect distress during pregnancy, not the antibiotics themselves.
• RNSurvey2024The impact of reproductive health knowledge, reproductive health-promoting behavior, and sexual communication on intention to visit obstetrics and gynecology in unmarried women: a cross-sectional study.Women's health nursing (Seoul, Korea)Unmarried women who had visited an OB/GYN before, practiced more reproductive health behaviors, had sexual experience, communicated more openly about sex, and knew more about reproductive health reported greater intention to visit an OB/GYN.
• RNOther2024Validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the Maternal Health Literacy Inventory in Pregnancy scale: a methodological study.Women's health nursing (Seoul, Korea)A Turkish maternal health literacy scale for pregnant women produced consistent scores in 250 women and stayed stable over 15 days. Mean score was 73.77 out of 100, so nurses can use it to identify women who need clearer pregnancy education.
• OTRNSurvey2024Network analysis of the relationships between depressive symptoms and social participation activities among Chinese older adults and its implications for nursing.International journal of nursing sciencesAmong 12,043 older Chinese adults, more social participation was linked with fewer depressive symptoms. Housework was an exception: it was positively linked with feeling bothered and sleep problems, so asking about housework burden may matter.
• RNSystematic Review2024Self-care concept for people with elimination ostomy: a scoping review.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PSelf-care for people with elimination ostomies was defined inconsistently across eight studies, often limited to stoma procedures. Assessment tools differed. Thirteen facilitators and six barriers were identified, mostly linked to professional and institutional care.
• RNSurvey2024Factors associated with future fertility intentions among Korean women of childbearing age in Seoul: a cross-sectional study.Women's health nursing (Seoul, Korea)Among 496 women in Seoul, 25.6% intended future children. Intention was associated with working 41-50 hours weekly, believing children after marriage are necessary, children strengthen relationships, or motherhood is sacred. Never receiving sexual education was associated with lower intention.
• RNOther2025Preconception Care: A Concept Analysis of an Evolving Paradigm.Journal of advanced nursingPreconception care is described here as care before pregnancy for anyone who may become pregnant, not only women planning conception. It covers lifestyle, mental health, social and environmental risks, and spans childhood and the time between pregnancies.
• RNOther2025Clinical and epidemiological characteristics and outcomes of patients affected by COVID-19 in the Intensive Care Unit.Revista brasileira de enfermagemIn a Brazilian ICU, 95 adults with severe COVID-19 were studied. Half died. Most were elderly men with hypertension. Nurses delivered care involving mechanical ventilation, prone positioning, and invasive devices for the majority of patients.
• OTPilot2025Student-Led Falls Prevention Program for Community-Dwelling Older Adults in a Rural Community: A Pilot Study.The Australian journal of rural healthOT students visiting rural older adults found 82.5% were at high fall risk and every participant had at least one home hazard. Most rated the visit valuable, but this pilot cannot show falls were prevented.
• RNQualitative2025Family Perspectives on Stigma Toward Women Who Use Drugs in Tanzania.Issues in mental health nursingFamily members of women using drugs in Tanzania saw people who use drugs as dangerous and blameworthy, especially when women seemed to fail motherhood roles, yet many wanted support and treatment.
• RNCohort2025More self-efficacy is associated with longitudinally higher health-related quality of life in mechanically ventilated COVID-19 ICU survivors: The prospective MaastrICCht cohort.Nursing in critical careHigher self-efficacy at 3 months after ICU discharge was associated with higher patient-reported quality of life at 3 and 12 months, with weaker associations at 24 months in mechanically ventilated COVID-19 survivors.
• OTRNCase Series2025Morbidity and factors associated with frailty in post-COVID-19 elderly patients attended at a reference center.Revista brasileira de enfermagemPost-COVID-19 elderly survivors were often pre-frail or frail. Among 204, 80 were pre-frail and 31 were frail. Impaired cognition, five or more comorbidities, and trouble with complex daily activities were associated with frailty.