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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• RNOther2025Self-Efficacy in People With Chronic Disease: An Evolutionary Concept Analysis.Nursing openSelf-efficacy is distinct from self-management. It is the patient's belief in their ability to organise and maintain self-care. Clinicians should assess this belief separately from actual behaviour to identify whether low adherence stems from a lack of skill or a lack of confidence.
• RNQualitative2025Welcoming couples into the Assisted Human Reproduction Program: developing educational technology based on the context.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PCouples seeking assisted reproduction wanted simple folder information about tests, referrals and program steps. The folder was developed for nurses to use in welcoming, but it has not been tested.
• RNOther2025Educational technology: educational video to support home care management for liver transplant patients.Revista brasileira de enfermagemNine post-liver transplant patients rated a new home-care video highly. They found the step-by-step instructions for blood glucose monitoring, wound care, and insulin application clear and helpful for managing care at home.
• RNOther2025An Analytical Cross-Sectional Study Among Adolescent Patients Who Attempted Suicide and Their Childhood Mobility.Journal of child and adolescent psychiatric nursing : official publication of the Association of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nurses, IncIn emergency department records, adolescents with a prior zip code change were more likely to be recorded as having attempted suicide than those with none. Ask about recent moves during risk assessment.
• RNQualitative2025Meanings attributed to pregnancy by women with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: a grounded theory.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PWomen with SLE described planned pregnancies as safer and more positive, supported by preconception counselling and team care. They described unplanned pregnancies as involving fear, complications and negative meanings. These are experiences, not proof of outcomes.
• RNOther2025The effect of auriculotherapy on individuals with anxiety in follow-up in Primary Health Care.Revista brasileira de enfermagemIn 60 primary care users with anxiety, ten needle sessions, taped cowpea seeds and daily seed pressing were followed by lower anxiety, stress and depression scores and better self-rated quality of life. This before-after study cannot prove the treatment caused the change.
• RNSystematic Review2025Social support for family caregivers of children and youth with special health care needs for home care: a scoping review.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PFamily caregivers of children needing home care relied mainly on relatives, friends, other parents, volunteers and religious groups for emotional, practical and financial help. Formal health services were often secondary, leaving gaps in discharge guidance, benefits information and respite.
• RNSystematic Review2025Prevention approaches aimed at men who commit violence against women: a scoping review.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PMost mapped interventions for men who commit violence against women were group-based and qualitative. Men often described better responsibility, communication, and relationships, but this review reported no tested reduction in violence.
• RNOther2025Predictors of inadequacy of prenatal tests of postpartum women: a cross-sectional study.Revista brasileira de enfermagemAmong 300 postpartum women, 74.3% did not have all recommended prenatal tests. Being younger, rural, without a partner, low education, no paid work, low income, late prenatal start, few visits, and delayed test results were linked to this.
• RNRCT2025Efficacy of cinnamon in reducing anthropometric measurements in individuals with type 2 diabetes: a clinical trial.Revista brasileira de enfermagemIn adults with type 2 diabetes taking oral medication, cinnamon capsules for 90 days did not clearly reduce weight, BMI, waist, neck, hip, or body adiposity index compared with placebo.
• RNCohort2025Perceived Stress, Residential Indoor PM2.5 Concentration, and Motor Vehicle Traffic Exposure Among Adults with Asthma: A Secondary Analysis.The American journal of nursingIn adults with asthma, higher indoor PM2.5 levels correlated with higher perceived stress scores. Traffic exposure did not significantly increase stress or indoor PM2.5 levels. Nurses should assess home air quality and stress together, as traffic alone did not explain the link.
• PTOTSLPRNSystematic Review2025Social determination in the health of children born preterm: a scoping review.Revista latino-americana de enfermagemPreterm infants' development and health service use were reported to track home context: caregiver education, housing, support, breastfeeding, maternal stress, alcohol, and language. No studies measured environment or food access.
• RNCohort2025Influence of neurological severity and degree of dependence of patients after stroke on nursing workload: a retrospective cohort.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PIn stroke ICU patients, higher NIHSS severity and more dependence in daily activities were linked to more nursing care needed from admission through discharge. Each NIHSS point was associated with about 1.5 more points on the nursing workload score at admission.
• RNSurvey2025Impact of pharmacotherapy complexity on self-care in individuals with rheumatoid arthritis.Revista brasileira de enfermagemPatients with rheumatoid arthritis taking medications at higher frequencies reported better ability to develop self-care. However, those with high overall medication complexity, including many drugs and strict instructions, reported greater deficits in self-care capacity.
• RNQualitative2025A Thematic Analysis of Intensive Care Unit Diaries Content.Nursing in critical careStaff and families used ICU diaries to maintain connection with the patient, share medical updates, and cope with stress. Nurses wrote nearly half the entries, often describing comfort care and personal details to humanize the unconscious patient.
• RNOther2025Measuring Recovery Using the Individual Recovery Outcomes Counter: A Cross-Sectional Multi-Center Study on Structural Validity in Dutch Mental Health Care.International journal of mental health nursingThe I.ROC total score can give a useful overall picture of recovery in Dutch mental health clients, but subscale scores are not consistently dependable. Use the 12 items and total score; be cautious with subscales.
• RNOther2025Digital educational technology on LGBT-phobic bullying for school-aged adolescents.Revista brasileira de enfermagemA comic book for school-aged adolescents about LGBT-phobic bullying was developed and reviewed by experts and 11 adolescents. It has not been tested to reduce bullying.
• RNSurvey2025Resilience and its association with caregiving and psychosocial factors among lung cancer caregivers in Vietnam.European journal of oncology nursing : the official journal of European Oncology Nursing SocietyHalf of 213 lung cancer caregivers in Vietnam had low resilience. Higher preparedness, quality of life, and family support were associated with better resilience; depression, burden, and longer stays were associated with worse.
• RNOther2025Self-stigma profiles in schizophrenia: a Latent Class Analysis approach.Revista latino-americana de enfermagemAmong 227 people with schizophrenia, poorer adjustment in social, school, and work roles before psychosis onset was linked to higher self-stigma profiles. Ethnicity, gender, untreated psychosis duration, and symptom severity were not significant predictors.
• RNOther2025Assessment of bladder volume by nurses using point-of-care ultrasound: a cross-sectional study.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PNurses' bedside bladder ultrasound estimates closely followed the urine drained by catheter, especially when volumes were high. This pattern was similar in ICU, semi-intensive, and medical-surgical units.
• RNOther2025The middle-range theory of the nursing diagnosis "ineffective health self-management".Revista brasileira de enfermagemA nursing framework for people living with HIV describes ineffective health self-management as difficulty, failure, abandonment, or refusal to reach agreed health goals. It maps factors such as stigma, mental disorders, and access barriers to outcomes including viral resistance.
• RNSurvey2025Spirituality and health-related quality of life in patients with lung cancer.Revista brasileira de enfermagemLung cancer patients had high spirituality, especially faith, but spirituality was only weakly linked to quality-of-life scores. Some links were positive, some negative, and symptoms like constipation and financial difficulty were high.
• RNMeta-Analysis2025Prevalence of systemic complications of COVID-19 in critically ill patients: systematic review with meta-analysis.Revista latino-americana de enfermagemIn ICU adults with COVID-19, respiratory complications were present in 42%, neurological complications in 62% and death in 33%; delirium was the most common neurological complication.
• PTRNSystematic Review2025Effect of telemedicine on the quality of life of people with heart disease: a systematic review.Revista latino-americana de enfermagemRemote self-management care did not clearly improve quality of life across 44 heart-disease trials. 20 studies showed gains, 19 showed improvement without a clear advantage, and 5 showed none. No study found worse quality of life.
• RNOther2025The inclusion of pregnant women in research during disease outbreaks globally: A scoping review.Revista latino-americana de enfermagemPregnant women were systematically excluded from most clinical trials during recent outbreaks, with exclusion rates between 52% and 97.8%. This lack of data forces clinicians to prescribe off-label without evidence of safety or efficacy for mothers and babies.
• PTRNSurvey2025Exercise Barriers Among Females With Type 2 Diabetes: Exploring Age-Related Differences.The science of diabetes self-management and careYounger Australian women with type 2 diabetes most often said time stopped them exercising; older women more often said social support and not knowing how to start. Many lacked confidence and practical knowledge about safe exercise.
• RNOther2025Treatment Summary and Care Plan for Breast Cancer Survivors: acceptability and feasibility study.Revista latino-americana de enfermagemMost breast cancer survivors accepted a post-treatment care plan booklet, with 81.6% favorable responses. Nurses found delivering it feasible, with 84.2% favorable responses. The study did not test whether the plan improved health outcomes.
• RNRCT2025The Effect of Discharge Training Based on Teach-Back Method on Discharge Readiness and Satisfaction: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Worldviews on evidence-based nursingAfter lumbar disc herniation surgery, teach-back training with a booklet improved patients' readiness, satisfaction, and knowledge versus routine education; expected support did not differ.
• RNPilot2025Correlation of Fecal, Plasma, Serum, and Salivary Calprotectin to Endoscopic and Histologic Outcomes in Patients With Crohn's Disease: A Pilot Study.Gastroenterology nursing : the official journal of the Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and AssociatesIn 17 Crohn's disease patients, fecal calprotectin tracked endoscopy, biopsy and symptom activity most closely; plasma was linked to biopsy; saliva did not reflect disease activity.
• RNOther2025Creating an Empirically Informed Mental Health Workbook for Racialised Newcomer Youth in Saskatchewan: Community-Based Participatory Action Research.International journal of mental health nursingPilot users reported the workbook increased mental health literacy, validated their stress experiences, and motivated self-care. This was a development report with no control group, so it shows the tool was well-received, not that it improves outcomes.
• RNCohort2025Modified Versus Conventional Prone Position for COVID-19 Patients in Adult Intensive Care Units: A Comparative Study.Nursing in critical careA modified prone position had fewer pressure injuries (3 vs 9) and less eyelid and facial swelling than conventional prone positioning in 39 ICU patients with COVID-19 on non-invasive ventilation (19 modified, 20 conventional). Oxygen saturation improved similarly in both groups.
• RNRCT2025Lack of Association of Emotional Distress With Insulin Initiation in the GRADE Randomized Diabetes Comparative Effectiveness Trial.The science of diabetes self-management and careDepressive symptoms and diabetes distress showed no clear association with starting basal or rapid-acting insulin when A1C reached the trial's insulin intensification thresholds. In analyzed samples, 178 of 525 never started basal insulin, and 106 of 325 started rapid-acting insulin.
• RNSurvey2025Health and Quality of Life in Nursing Homes: A Repeated Cross-Sectional Study on the Impact of Leadership and Person-Centred Care.Nursing openStaff-rated person-centred care was linked to better quality of life, fewer neuropsychiatric symptoms and better cognition in nursing home residents. Leadership was not. Some social interactions had mixed links, and links did not change over time.
• OTQualitative2025Exploring Occupational Therapists Use of the Perceive, Recall, Plan and Perform Assessment When Working With Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples in the Northern Territory.The Australian journal of rural healthOccupational therapists in the Northern Territory described the PRPP-A as acceptable for assessing cognition with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients because tasks could fit the client’s context, highlight strengths, and support culturally safe collaboration.
• RNMeta-Analysis2025The Effectiveness of Instant Messaging-Based Interventions on Health Behavior Change: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Worldviews on evidence-based nursingMessaging-based interventions improved physical activity, sleep, and smoking cessation across 57 trials with 19,365 participants, but not sedentary time or overall diet. Effects varied widely across studies.
• RNOther2025Mobile Application Intervention for Prevention of Multiple Risk Behaviors among Thai Female Adolescents: A Quasi-experimental Study.International journal of community based nursing and midwiferyA mobile app improved Thai girls' confidence and intention to avoid smoking, alcohol, and sex. However, the actual number of girls engaging in these behaviors did not drop significantly compared to the control group.
• PTOTRNRCT2025Patients' Perception of a Brief Web- and Mindfulness-Based Intervention for Pain Following Discharge After Total Joint Arthroplasty: Qualitative Description.JMIR nursingPatients recovering from joint replacement found a brief, self-guided mindfulness app helpful for managing pain at home. They liked the short sessions and phone access, but struggled to focus when pain was severe or if they doubted mindfulness would work.
• RNMeta-Analysis2025The Effectiveness of Patient-Centered Digital Empowerment Programs in Hematological Cancer Care: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Worldviews on evidence-based nursingFatigue did not improve when blood cancer patients used digital empowerment programs, but depression, distress, self-efficacy and quality of life showed small positive changes. Use them as support, not physical symptom treatment.
• RNCohort2026Agreement Between Self-Reported and Proxy-Reported Pain in Veterans With Advanced Heart Failure.The American journal of hospice & palliative careFamilies accurately reported severe pain in veterans with advanced heart failure, but agreement was poor for mild or moderate pain. Clinicians should not rely solely on proxy reports to gauge symptom burden or quality of care for less severe pain.
• RNMeta-Analysis2025Experiences and Perceptions of Food Avoidance in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Qualitative Meta-Synthesis.The journal of nursing research : JNRPeople with inflammatory bowel disease often cut foods after symptoms or advice, then keep adding new foods as flare-ups happen. They described better symptom control and healthier choices, but also stress, shame, and lost social and cultural meals.
• RNOther2025Translation, validity, and reliability of the Thai de Morton Mobility Index in patients following hip surgery.International journal of nursing sciencesThe Thai de Morton Mobility Index reliably assesses mobility in hip surgery patients. It correlates strongly with existing scales and distinguishes patients by age, pain, and fatigue. Nurses can use it to track recovery, though it takes about 10 minutes to administer.
• RNOther2025Implications of Activity of Daily Living for Clinical Care of Older Adults Undergoing Urological Surgery-A Cross-Sectional Study.Nursing openIn 570 older urology surgery patients, Barthel daily living scores at admission were associated with pressure ulcer risk, fall risk and nursing care quality scores. The VTE risk association did not remain after adjustment.
• OTQualitative2025Working Together to Deliver Person-Centred Care Within the Stepped Care Model: An Australian Multidisciplinary Perspective.International journal of mental health nursingStepped mental health care was described by nine Australian professionals as flexible and team-based, but they reported unclear access rules, workforce shortages, and funding gaps.
• RNQualitative2025Therapeutic itinerary of pregnant women during COVID-19: a perspective based on healthcare systems.Revista latino-americana de enfermagemPregnant women in Brazil described pandemic maternity care as hard to navigate: family support was central, but appointments, exams, and birth companions were restricted. Nurses can ask about missed visits, support loss, and spiritual coping.
• OTOther2025Implementation of a Sensory Room in a Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit: A Mixed-Methods Study.International journal of mental health nursingThe sensory room did not show a reduction in as-needed medication or seclusion use in a psychiatric intensive care unit. Consumers and staff valued it as a calming, safe space, but staffing demands, location and training barriers limited uptake.
• RNRCT2025Effect of Snyder's hope theory-based nursing intervention on patients with breast cancer.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PIn breast cancer patients receiving chemotherapy, a four-week nurse-led hope programme reduced fatigue, anxiety and depression scores, and raised hope and quality of life more than routine nursing.
• RNQualitative2025The role of the support network in a vulnerable mother's personal, emotional and professional life.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PVulnerable mothers in Cape Verde reported that lack of support led them to quit work, rely on older children, resume abusive partners, or abandon personal goals. Nurses should ask about support networks, not just childcare.
• RNSurvey2025The relationship between perceived social support and insufficient milk supply in primiparous mother.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PPrimiparous mothers who felt more socially supported also felt their milk supply was adequate. This was a cross-sectional survey, so it does not show that support caused adequate milk supply.
• RNCohort2025Clinical aspects and short-term prognosis in a cohort of patients with infective endocarditis, São Paulo, Brazil.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PIn 204 patients with infective endocarditis, 45% died during hospital stay and short-term mortality reached 51%. Healthcare-associated infection drove most cases. Diabetes and acute kidney injury predicted readmission, but no single factor independently predicted short-term death.
• RNSurvey2025Examining the effect of digital parenting attitudes on digital game addiction.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PNo relationship was found between digital parenting attitude scores and students’ digital game addiction scores. Still, 14.4% were addicted, 2.6% highly addicted, and 54.9% at risk on a 24 to 120 scale.