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.

35,183 PAPERS · PAGE 182 OF 704 · NEWEST FIRST

• RNSurvey2025The Mediating Role of Hopelessness in the Relationship Between Social Media Addiction and Loneliness Among Adolescents.Journal of child and adolescent psychiatric nursing : official publication of the Association of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nurses, IncAdolescents who reported more social media addiction also reported more loneliness and hopelessness. Hopelessness was linked to both, so clinicians may need to assess all three.
• RNMeta-Analysis2025The impact of machine learning on physical activity-related health outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis.International nursing reviewAdults in physical activity programmes that used machine learning took more steps per day than control groups across five randomised trials. The programmes varied, so do not assume any single app or nurse-led plan will reproduce this.
• RNSurvey2025Sexual relationship power, intimate partner violence and dyadic adjustment during pregnancy and affecting factors.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PPregnant women with higher education, employment, and moderate income reported better relationship quality and sexual power. Women whose husbands drank alcohol or who experienced physical violence reported significantly worse relationship adjustment and lower sexual power.
• RNQualitative2025Insights Into the Australian Stepped Care Model in Primary Mental Health Care: A Qualitative Study With Informal Carers.International journal of mental health nursingCarers of people using Australia's stepped mental health care described exhausting barriers accessing services, then relief when care was coordinated and families included. They asked for clearer referral pathways, carer support and stable rural staff. This is experience, not proof the model works.
• RNOther2025An Evidence-Based Safe Sleep Program Is Associated With Less Infant Sleep-Related Deaths.Worldviews on evidence-based nursingAudits in 12 Pennsylvania hospitals found more infants supine and fewer unsafe crib items after a comprehensive safe-sleep program; parent advice reports also improved, but death counts were too small to prove fewer deaths.
• RNOther2025Equitable Medicaid Reimbursement Policies Increase Midwifery-Led Births: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis With a Synthetic Control Group.Journal of midwifery & women's healthWhen Illinois required Medicaid to pay certified nurse-midwives the same rate as physicians, the number of births attended by midwives gradually increased. This suggests that equal reimbursement policies can improve access to midwifery care for low-risk pregnancies.
• OTRNMeta-Analysis2025Case Management for Enhancing Wellbeing, Resilience, and Quality of Life in Caregivers of Children and Adolescents With Chronic Illnesses and Disabilities: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Nursing & health sciencesCase management for parents and carers of children with chronic illness or disability produced small improvements in caregiver wellbeing, less distress, and better satisfaction with services. Nurses and occupational therapists may add structured care coordination to family support.
• RNQualitative2025The impact of insufficient resources on the quality-of-service delivery at a primary healthcare clinic in Limpopo.CurationisClinic users in Limpopo described water, staffing and medication shortages alongside fear of infections, incomplete nursing care, long waits and travel for chronic drugs. Some turned to traditional medicine. These patient experiences describe service gaps, not tested interventions.
• RNNarrative Review2025Nursing's Role in Advancing Care for Rare Genetic Diseases.The Nursing clinics of North AmericaNurses can coordinate rare disease care, teach patients about testing and treatment, link families to peer support, and advocate for access. The review describes these roles and examples; it does not test whether they improve outcomes.
• RNOther2025Effects of a health promotion intervention in the Mexican population with celiac disease.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PAfter seven virtual health-promotion sessions, people with celiac disease reported fewer symptoms and healthier lifestyles. Median symptom scores fell from 46.87 to 4.16, and health-promoting lifestyle scores rose from 52.90 to 142.85, but there was no control group.
• RNRCT2025Evaluation of an Interactive, Educational Website Developed for Adolescents to Learn About Pediatric Clinical Trials: DigiKnowIt News.Journal of pediatric health care : official publication of National Association of Pediatric Nurse Associates & PractitionersAdolescents and parents who used a clinical-trial education website said they knew more about trials and felt more positive about them than controls. Knowledge, fears, and willingness to join a trial did not improve.
• RNSurvey2025Satisfaction of Mothers in the Puerperium Period With the Quality of Inpatient Stay: A Cross-Sectional Study in Mogadishu Public Hospitals.Nursing open74.3% of mothers were satisfied with postpartum inpatient stay, but 25% were not. Ethics and convenience scored lower, and dissatisfaction was associated with rural residence, no formal education, higher income, more visits, longer stay, and gynaecology ward.
• RNPilot2025Personal narratives to support learning about lung transplant for people with cystic fibrosis.Patient education and counselingPersonal stories from lung transplant recipients with cystic fibrosis increased participants' transplant knowledge and preparedness and lowered uncertainty about deciding on transplant. This small pilot had no control group, so the effects need confirmation.
• RNNarrative Review2025Community Treatment Orders in Australia in the Context of International Literature: A Narrative Review of Consumers, Families and Health Professionals' Perspectives.International journal of mental health nursingAustralian community treatment orders are used despite weak evidence of benefit. Consumers often describe coercion and distress. Families report support but process problems. Health professionals cite risk and service gaps.
• RNOther2025PEDIATRIX SAFE KIDS: Serious Game on the safety of pediatric patients.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PA pediatric patient-safety quiz app for hospital companions was judged by specialist nurses to cover safety topics clearly, but not tested for improving safety or learning. Nurses can use it to structure family education while checking understanding.
• RNRCT2025Effect of six hand operation nursing applied in microscopic apical surgery.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PSix-hand operation nursing during microscopic apical surgery had shorter operation time, fewer cross-infections, less pain on day 3, lower inflammatory markers, better treatment response, and higher satisfaction than conventional nursing.
• RNQualitative2025Navigating Type 2 Diabetes Care: Asian American Perspectives on Self-Management Education and Support.The science of diabetes self-management and care82% of participants were unaware of diabetes self-management education; generic advice felt culturally irrelevant, and many relied on family, online sources, or self-directed learning. They wanted shorter, virtual, personalized, culturally tailored education.
• RNRCT2025Impact of a Psychoeducation on Caregiver Burden, Internalized Stigma, Anxiety, and Coping in Caregivers of Children With Epilepsy: A Randomized Pilot Study.Nursing & health sciencesCaregivers of children with epilepsy and a disability who took a 6-week psychoeducation course reported less burden, anxiety and stigma, and more confident, optimistic coping than caregivers who did not. The course included seizure first aid, medication management and stress techniques.
• RNQualitative2025Exploring the Meaning of Collaboration in Rural Mental Healthcare Delivery From the Perspective of Mental Health Clinicians and Informal Carers of People Living With a Mental Health Illness-A Qualitative Study.International journal of mental health nursingCarers and clinicians described collaboration as equal partnership, clear expectations and consistent communication. Carers felt anxious when excluded or passed between staff. Clinicians said they were unsure whose job it was to update carers. These are experiences, not proof that changing communication improves recovery.
• RNSystematic Review2025Nursing health technologies in the prevention and control of hepatitis A: a scoping review.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PNursing health technologies for hepatitis A prevention and control were mapped in 10 studies as vaccination, testing, education, case management, peer coaching, and electronic reminders. It maps practices, not proof they work.
• RNOther2025Outcomes of Restrictive Practice Review Meetings in an Acute Mental Health Unit: A Retrospective Before-and-After Study.International journal of mental health nursingStrengths-based review meetings were followed by a 63% lower seclusion rate in one adult mental health unit. Physical restraint fell 24% and Code Black incidents rose slightly, but the study did not show those changes were more than chance.
• PTQualitative2025Competence of health professionals in problematizing and reflecting on the situations of people with chronic conditions.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PCourse graduates, including physiotherapists, described diaries, forums and case discussions as helping them reflect on chronic-disease care. These are self-reported learning experiences, not proof that patient outcomes improved.
• RNOther2025Effectiveness of an educational intervention on the components of the metabolic syndrome of adults with type 2 diabetes: non-randomized clinical trial.Investigacion y educacion en enfermeriaAfter six months, adults with type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome in a nurse-led multidisciplinary education program had lower fasting glucose and higher HDL-c than usual care. Other MetS markers did not change significantly. Many components were delivered together, so attribution is unclear.
• RNMeta-Analysis2025Mortality Risk Following Delirium in Older Inpatients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Worldviews on evidence-based nursingOlder people admitted to medical wards who developed delirium had higher death risk, especially during hospital admission and the first month, than older inpatients without delirium.
• RNOther2025The Multidimensional Factors That Influence the Family Management of Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Mixed Methods Study.Journal of family nursingFamilies with higher confidence and lower effort had more family-centered routines and stronger social support. Nurses can help caregivers shift from child-centered to family-centered routines and identify support networks to reduce management burden.
• RNSurvey2025The Relationship Between Perceived Social Support and Spiritual Well-Being in Patients With Multiple Sclerosis.Nursing openIn people with MS, emotional support was linked to higher spiritual well-being, while informational and instrumental support were not. Age was also associated with higher spiritual well-being. This is an association, not proof that support improves well-being.
• RNCohort2025Observational Video Study of Maternal Sleep During the 24 Hours Before Hospital Discharge After Childbirth.Journal of obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal nursing : JOGNNWomen slept a median of 2.8 hours in the 24 hours before postpartum discharge. Newborns woke them a median of four times, and health care team members a median of 3.5 times. Nurses can ask before routine care whether patients want to sleep.
• RNQualitative2025Meanings that mothers of obese children attribute to eating habits: grounded theory.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PMothers of obese children described feeding as love, guilt relief, and work compromise. They gave sweets to stop crying, relied on caregivers, and felt unable to control meals.
• RNOther2025Evaluation of a Hub-And-Spoke Model of Care for the Delivery of Sleep Disorder Services to a Remote Australian Community Using the RE-AIM Framework: A Controlled Before-And-After Implementation Outcome Study.The Australian journal of rural healthThe new model reached remote patients much more often. Referrals rose nine-fold, 89.4% of patients in the new model avoided travel, and the modelled service cost was lower. This is about access and delivery, not proof testing improves health.
• RNRCT2025Determining the impact of a self-care educational program designed based on the Peplau theory on adherence to treatment and self-care in elderly patients with diabetes.Investigacion y educacion en enfermeriaElderly diabetic patients' treatment adherence did not improve after Peplau-based education, but self-care scores rose more than routine education on a diabetes self-care scale (4.3 vs 0.02 points).
• RNCohort2025Lifting Federal Visitation Restriction and COVID-19 Infections in Nursing Homes.Journal of the American Medical Directors AssociationLifting federal nursing home visitation restrictions did not increase resident COVID-19 infections. Infection rates tracked community spread, not visitation policy. Clinicians can reassure families that allowing visits, with proper infection control, is unlikely to drive outbreaks.
• RNCohort2025Depressive symptoms and frailty, effects of social distancing and isolation in older adults.Investigacion y educacion en enfermeriaAdherence to social distancing and isolation was not associated with developing frailty or depressive symptoms in 85 older adults followed for an average of 763 days. Although 51.8% became pre-frail and 14.1% developed depressive symptoms, those changes were not linked to the exposure.
• RNCohort2025Quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment to identify clinical deterioration in adults with COVID-19: a retrospective cohort.Revista latino-americana de enfermagemA positive qSOFA on admission was associated with clinical deterioration, but qSOFA missed many deteriorations in adults with COVID-19 in the emergency department. Use it to complement, not replace, clinical assessment.
• RNOther2025Risk and factors related to the development of lesions due to xerosis in hospitalized elderly people.Investigacion y educacion en enfermeriaMost hospitalized elderly people scored medium or high risk for xerosis-related lesions. Reduced consciousness, immobility, reduced touch feeling, bathing water temperature and skin colour type were strongest linked. Moisturizer use and itching showed no reported link.
• PTOTRNMeta-Analysis2025Effectiveness of Nurse-Led Early Mobility Protocols on the Outcomes of Critical Care Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Nursing openNurse-led early mobility protocols shortened ICU stay by 1.8 days and hospital stay by 2.6 days, but did not improve mobility, body function, muscle strength or mortality.
• RNQualitative2025Dreaming of motherhood: experiences of women who have undergone fertility treatment.Investigacion y educacion en enfermeriaWomen who became parents after assisted reproduction described an emotional rollercoaster. They felt the burden fell on them, sought information online, and said partner support plus empathetic clinicians made the process easier.
• RNSystematic Review2025Patient Participation for Frail Older Persons and Their Next of Kin in Hospital Care-A Scoping Review.International journal of older people nursingFrail older patients and their next of kin in hospital felt they were participating when staff gave understandable information, listened, and let them make decisions. They felt excluded when staff were unavailable, gave information hastily, or ignored their concerns.
• RNRCT2025Nursing Intervention "EducaTHE" to Improve Knowledge and Self-care Behaviors for Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnant Women: a Randomized Controlled Pilot Study.Investigacion y educacion en enfermeriaPregnant women who received four nurse-led education sessions and a booklet scored higher on knowledge and self-care behaviors than women receiving usual prenatal care. The program was feasible and well accepted, but total behavioral determinants did not show a clear between-group difference.
• PTOTSLPRNSystematic Review2025Care provided by humanoid robots: a scoping review.Investigacion y educacion en enfermeriaHumanoid robots in healthcare were used mainly for social interaction, with some physical rehabilitation support and health information. This review mapped how they were used, not whether they improved patient outcomes.
• RNOther2025Serious game as an educational tool to promote the health of children and adolescents with cancer.Investigacion y educacion en enfermeria15 children and adolescents with cancer rated a printed board game about cancer and treatment as acceptable for usability, with a mean score of 95.16 on a 0 to 100 scale. It did not show improved knowledge, anxiety, or clinical outcomes.
• RNSurvey2025An evaluation of the Syrian pregnant women's prenatal care satisfaction: a cross-sectional study.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PSyrian pregnant women's prenatal care satisfaction score was 73.39 on a scale from 22 to 110, but most had received fewer than the recommended number of visits. Ignorance, money, and transport were common barriers.
• RNRCT2025Improving respectful maternity care through group antenatal care: Findings from a cluster randomized controlled trial.MidwiferyPregnant women in group antenatal care reported more respectful experiences than routine care: fewer said they were treated differently because of personal attributes, and more found wait times and information acceptable.
• PTRNOther2025Education Programs for Patients With Parkinson's Disease Receiving Deep Brain Stimulation: A Scoping Review.Western journal of nursing researchSeven studies describe patient education for Parkinson's disease with deep brain stimulation. Nurses, therapists, and physicians delivered materials, apps, and counselling. Reported outcomes included better social adjustment, satisfaction, and mobility, but the evidence is too small and varied to prove benefit.
• RNOther2025Effects of Anxiety Focused Nursing Interventions on Anxiety, Cognitive Function and Delirium in Neurocritical Patients: A Non-Randomized Controlled Design.Nursing in critical carePatients in a neurological ICU who received a structured anxiety-focused nursing bundle had lower anxiety, better cognitive scores and less delirium than patients receiving routine care. The bundle included many nursing actions, so no single part can be credited.
• PTOTRNQualitative2025Experiences and challenges of family caregivers of people with lower limb amputation: a qualitative study.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PFamily caregivers of people with major lower limb amputation described exhaustion, fear of falls, and poor preparation for stump care and transfers. They wanted practical home training, clear discharge information, and ongoing phone or visit support.
• RNSystematic Review2025Effects of Nonpharmacological Interventions on Stress, Anxiety, and Depression of Pregnant Women: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis.Worldviews on evidence-based nursingSpiritual meditation ranked as the most effective nonpharmacological intervention for reducing stress, anxiety, and depression in pregnant women. Mindfulness-based stress reduction was the top choice specifically for stress. Most other therapies, including yoga and music, showed no significant benefit over standard prenatal care.
• RNOther2025Are EDs the Only Option? Hospital-Based Alternatives to the Emergency Department for Mental Health Crises: A Scoping Review.International journal of mental health nursingHospital-based alternatives to emergency departments for mental health crises include short observation units, psychiatric emergency services, peer-led safe havens, and specialised programmes. Evaluations report patient satisfaction and some reduced ED use, but the review cannot prove these services work better than standard care.
• RNSurvey2025Person-Centered Perinatal Health Care and Empowerment During Pregnancy, Birth, and Postpartum: A Cross-Sectional Mixed-Methods Analysis.Journal of midwifery & women's healthHigher person-centered prenatal and maternity care scores were linked with birthing people feeling empowered to advocate all the time. Clear information, respect, decision-making, and allowing support persons stood out.
• PTSLPOther2025A Cost Comparison From a Health Service Perspective of Three Allied Health Models of Care for Remote Australia: Student-Assisted Services, Fly-In Fly-Out Services and Services Provided by a Resident Clinician.The Australian journal of rural healthModelling the same level of remote allied health care, resident clinicians cost least per client, fly-in fly-out cost more, and student-assisted services cost most. It is a cost comparison, not proof of better patient care.
• RNOther2025Health literacy of adults from primary care with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a cross-sectional study.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PAdults with type 2 diabetes in primary care who had less schooling reported the most difficulty understanding health information and knowing what to do. Men and people with lower fasting glucose reported easier interaction with health professionals.