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 198 OF 704 · NEWEST FIRST

• PTRNOther2025Assessment of Fall Risk in Community-Dwelling Older Adults Using the Stopping Elderly Accidents, Deaths, and Injuries Algorithm.Nursing openSTEADI screening found 59.6% of community older adults at fall risk, versus 39.5% by questionnaire alone. Physical tests added mobility, balance, and strength concerns. Participants set goals for safety and exercise.
• RNSystematic Review2025How Have Quality Improvement Strategies Been Adopted and How Has Impact Been Assessed in Care Homes for Older People? A Systematic Search and Narrative Review.International journal of older people nursingCare home quality improvement projects reported variable short-term changes in medication, pressure injuries, falls or admissions, but impact was often modest and residents were not explicitly involved.
• RNCohort2025Frailty and arteriovenous fistula patency in elderly hemodialysis patients: a retrospective cohort study.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PFrail elderly hemodialysis patients required significantly more surgical interventions to keep their fistulas working. They also had higher mortality and longer delays before first use. These findings suggest fistula creation may offer fewer short-term benefits for this group.
• PTOTRNQualitative2025One Chance to Get it Right: Exploring Perspectives and Experiences in Care Home Discharge Decision-Making in the Acute Hospital.International journal of older people nursingOlder people, families and staff described care home discharge decisions as shaped by family support expectations, worst-case risk worries and unclear communication. Admission gave some time to reflect, but chosen care home availability and interim moves limited choices.
• RNSurvey2026Drills or Distress? Understanding the Psychological Effects of Active Shooter Drills on Adolescents.The Journal of school nursing : the official publication of the National Association of School NursesMost students who had active shooter drills did not feel anxious afterward, but female students, students with anxiety, suicidal thoughts, disability, or more childhood trauma were more likely to feel anxious afterward. More frequent drills were linked to lower reported anxiety.
• RNSystematic Review2026Family Bereavement Support Interventions in Specialist Adult Palliative Care: A Rapid Mixed-Methods Systematic Review.Journal of advanced nursingPalliative care bereavement support helped some families cope, but effects were inconsistent. Pre-death needs assessments and clear communication, plus follow-up within six months, were valued. Evidence was mixed and not strong enough to prove which supports work best.
• RNSystematic Review2026A Systematic Review of the Needs of Children and Young People of a Parent Diagnosed With Young-Onset-Dementia: Informing a Nursing Intervention.Journal of advanced nursingChildren with a parent diagnosed with young-onset dementia carry heavy caregiving loads that disrupt school, sleep and social life. They often hide their parent's condition due to stigma and lack age-appropriate support from health and education services.
• RNQualitative2026Parent's Process of Escalation of Care for Their Deteriorating Children Admitted to Paediatric Wards: A Grounded Theory.Journal of clinical nursingParents worried about a deteriorating child often first asked ward nurses or doctors for help, then sought trusted staff; staff sometimes judged parents' reliability, and without a standard parent escalation pathway responses varied.
• RNSurvey2026eHealth Literacy Mediating Social Support and Technology Acceptance Among Patients With Chronic Illnesses: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of advanced nursingHigher eHealth literacy was strongly linked to greater acceptance of digital health tools among 169 patients with chronic illnesses in Taiwan. Social support helped only by building eHealth literacy, not directly.
• RNMeta-Analysis2026A Comparison of Synthetic Osmotic Dilators and Pharmacologic Agents for Cervical Ripening in Induction of Labor: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of midwifery & women's healthSynthetic osmotic dilators match pharmacologic agents for vaginal birth rates but cause less uterine hyperstimulation and digestive symptoms. However, they require more additional procedures like artificial rupture of membranes. Overall maternal infection risk showed no significant difference.
• RNRCT2025Effects of intravenous laser irradiation on viral load and T lymphocytes in people living with HIV/AIDS.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PAdding laser irradiation to HIV antiretroviral therapy did not lower viral load or raise T-cell counts more than control. The trial stopped early because it was not expected to meet its goal.
• RNOther2025Patient Disability Status and the Use of Stigmatizing Language in Clinical Notes During Hospital Admission for Birth.Journal of obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal nursing : JOGNNDuring birth hospitalization, notes for patients with documented disabilities were more likely to include stigmatizing language, especially wording calling them difficult or centering clinician decisions.
• RNSurvey2025Measuring the Science of Caring: A Patient-Centred Predictive Model for the Caring Interaction.Scandinavian journal of caring sciencesHospitalised patients reported nurse-patient caring interactions as therapeutic relationship, problem management and adaptation. The model reports strong associations between these areas, but it measures perceptions and does not show that better caring improves patient outcomes.
• RNOther2025Self-Care in Addiction Recovery: A Scoping Review.International journal of mental health nursingPeople recovering from substance use disorders described self-care as emotional regulation, relationships and coping, including sometimes maladaptive drug use. Mindfulness, CBT, digital tools, substance-free activity and harm reduction were mapped, not proven effective.
• RNCohort2025Incidence and risk factors for nursing-related intraoperative incidents: A 5-year retrospective study at a Japanese tertiary care hospital.Japan journal of nursing science : JJNSIn 37,265 surgeries, nursing-related incidents occurred in 85 cases (0.23%). Surgeries lasting 2 hours or more and nurses with fewer than 6 years were associated with more incidents. Night shift and instrument delivery by nurse were not associated once other factors were considered.
• RNNarrative Review2025The Relevance of Sustainability and the Climate Crisis to the Nursing Profession and Nursing Education: A Literature Review.Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of NursingNursing curricula and professional roles currently lack sufficient integration of climate change and sustainability topics. Nurses often have variable knowledge and do not fully understand their potential role in addressing these health impacts, highlighting a gap in education and practice.
• RNSurvey2025How Do Mental Health Nursing Students in the United Kingdom Experience Assessment Against the NMC Generic Standards of Proficiency? A Cross-Field Comparison.International journal of mental health nursingMental health nursing students reported significantly lower confidence to practise than adult nursing students, largely because generic standards prioritise medical procedures rarely used in mental health settings. This forced students into adult placements and created assessment barriers.
• RNCohort2025Predictive capacity of trauma indices for hospitalization and intensive care unit admission.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PAmong 151 trauma patients, injury-based scores ISS and NISS better predicted hospital and ICU admission than physiological scores REMS and mREMS. The physiological scores performed poorly for these outcomes.
• RNQualitative2026Siblings of Children With Cancer and Their Challenges Across Everyday Life Contexts: A Two-Phase Qualitative Study in Denmark.Journal of clinical nursingHospital routines, infection worries and treatment demands pushed siblings of children with cancer to the family's edge, leaving them absent, excluded and expected to cope while school staff often lacked support.
• PTQualitative2025Mapping Perceived Impact, Facilitators and Barriers of Cystic Fibrosis Management in Children and Adolescents: A Qualitative Study From the Parents' Perspective.Scandinavian journal of caring sciencesParents described cystic fibrosis care as a daily burden worsened by late diagnosis, hospital trips, shame and school pressure. They reported child autonomy, support and normalising routines as helping daily management.
• RNOther2025A description of the development and initial evaluation of a patient navigator delivered patient portal enrollment program.Patient education and counselingEmbedding patient navigators in clinic workflows significantly increased patient portal enrollment. Enrollment rose from 70% to 79% across participating clinics, with newly activated users almost universally logging in at least once.
• RNQualitative2025Family Caregivers' Experiences With Follow-Up Healthcare for Frontotemporal Dementia: A Narrative Inquiry.Scandinavian journal of caring sciencesFamily caregivers of people with frontotemporal dementia felt sidelined when patients still had consent capacity, and said staff lacked FTD knowledge, leaving care unsafe and not personalised.
• RNSurvey2025Factors relating to climate change anxiety in women at reproductive age: A CHAID analysis.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PWomen averaged 52.46 of 90 for climate-change anxiety, a moderate level. Higher total scores were associated with anxiety about climate harms and knowing about climate change. This was cross-sectional, so it does not show cause.
• RNOther2025Characterizing symptom clusters for older adults with urinary incontinence in home healthcare.Geriatric nursing (New York, N.Y.)Most home healthcare episodes for older adults with urinary incontinence had no tracked symptoms documented. When symptoms appeared, anxiety, dizziness, constipation, and a complex all-symptom cluster emerged; dizziness-anxiety was tied to a history of two or more falls.
• RNSurvey2025Adherence to a Heart-Healthy Lifestyle: Testing of the Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills Model.The Journal of cardiovascular nursingHeart-healthy motivation was associated with adherence to a heart-healthy lifestyle. Diet and exercise confidence also helped. Heart facts alone were not linked to adherence after motivation and confidence were considered, and were linked to lower exercise confidence.
• RNSurvey2025Nursing care in primary health care to tackle antimicrobial resistance in pregnant women with urinary tract infections.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PPregnant women treated for UTIs mostly understood antibiotics and followed instructions, though some had used unprescribed or leftover drugs. Nurses reported gaps in resistance training, felt unsafe prescribing, and wanted PHC education and stewardship.
• RNOther2025Adaptation and Validation of the Bahasa Version of the Diabetes Obstacles Questionnaire-Short Version Among Indonesians With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.The journal of nursing research : JNRThe Bahasa Indonesia Diabetes Obstacles Questionnaire-Short Version accurately measures quality of life barriers in adults with type 2 diabetes. It takes 15 to 20 minutes to complete. Nurses can use it to identify specific obstacles to treatment adherence during patient care.
• PTOTRNCohort2025Predictors of functional disability in people with ischemic stroke: two to three years after the stroke.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PTwo to three years after ischemic stroke, 37.4% of 155 survivors had moderate to severe disability. High initial neurological deficit, no thrombolysis, and new stroke were the main factors associated.
• OTRNQualitative2026Structural Resilience Across the Life Course: Perspectives From Older Adults Racialized as Black.Journal of advanced nursingOlder adults racialized as Black described community and societal resources such as schools, healthcare, housing, and community groups as safeguarding, empowering, or restoring them across life. Financial support, home modifications, and hospice care were part of these accounts.
• RNSystematic Review2026Scoping Review of Sexual and Gender Minority Health Research in Ireland.Journal of advanced nursingIrish sexual and gender minority health research is narrow: most studies cover gay and bisexual men, adults, mental health and HIV. Nurses may see patients report stigma, hidden identities, misgendering and barriers to care.
• RNSurvey2026Perceptions of Trans and Gender Non-Conforming People on General Health Care in the Being LGBTQI+ in Ireland Study.Journal of advanced nursingTrans and gender non-conforming patients in Ireland reported significantly poorer self-rated health and far more negative interactions with clinicians than cisgender peers, including misgendering and invasive questioning. Many avoided disclosing their identity or seeking care entirely due to fear of discrimination.
• RNCohort2025Beyond Somatic Multimorbidity: Longitudinal Effects of Edentulism and Mental Health on Cognition in Older Adults.Journal of the American Medical Directors AssociationIn older adults with chronic conditions, complete tooth loss was linked to faster cognitive decline over time. Mental health conditions alone were linked to lower starting cognition but not faster decline.
• RNMeta-Analysis2025Effect of nursing interventions on the rehabilitation of patients after knee and hip replacements.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PAfter knee or hip replacement, programs labelled as nursing interventions improved hip function, daily activities, knee motion and function, and reduced knee pain in most studies, but some remote programs showed no benefit.
• PTRNNarrative Review2025Thawing the Ice: The Clinical Diagnosis and Effective Management of Adhesive Capsulitis.Orthopedic nursingPhysical therapy, steroid or hyaluronic acid injections, and hydrodilation can improve frozen shoulder pain and motion early, but long-term differences often disappear. Newer biologics remain investigational.
• RNOther2025Caregiver Burden and the Related Factors Among Family Caregivers of Older Persons With Schizophrenia: A Mixed Methods Study.International journal of older people nursing52.6% of family caregivers of older people with schizophrenia in Nigeria reported severe burden. Depression and anxiety were the strongest factors linked to higher burden, along with financial strain and social sacrifice.
• RNCohort2025Engagement with a Text-Based, Bilingual Blood Pressure Monitoring Program during Postpartum among a Multiethnic Population.MCN. The American journal of maternal child nursingSpanish-language Asian, Black, and Hispanic postpartum patients were more likely to keep up with a blood pressure text-messaging program than English-language patients. Among follow-up respondents, satisfaction was high in both groups. Busy childcare and unpredictable prompt timing were common barriers.
• PTOTCohort2025Utilization of Occupational and Physical Therapy Home Health Visits Among People Living With Dementia With Varying Social Determinants of Health.Journal of the American Medical Directors AssociationPeople living with dementia had OT and PT home health visit counts not associated with race or neighborhood disadvantage. Care partner-reported PT visits differed from agency records. Baseline ADL gaps did not persist at 30 days.
• PTRNCohort2025Poorer Quality of Life Outcomes Are Associated with Higher Levels of Stress, Lower Levels of Resilience, and Poorer Adjustment to Cancer in Outpatients Receiving Chemotherapy.Seminars in oncology nursingAmong chemotherapy outpatients, 26.9% were in a low quality-of-life class; these patients had higher stress, lower resilience, poorer mental adjustment, depression, back pain, and lower function. Use these cues to screen and refer.
• PTRNRCT2025Experience of heart failure patients in mobilization with virtual reality: mixed methods study.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PAdding immersive virtual reality to early mobilization did not show a clear difference in the main breathing sensation outcome compared with mobilization alone. Patients in both groups rated the procedure positively.
• OTRNOther2025Adverse Social Determinants of Health and Urinary Incontinence Among Older Adult Women in Home Health Care.Journal of the American Medical Directors AssociationOlder women in home health care with documented unsafe housing, financial strain, or food insecurity were more likely to have urinary incontinence. Ask about these social risks and consider continence evaluation and home modifications.
• PTOTRNOther2025Stigma Towards Hospitalised Older Adults: A Concept Analysis.Nursing openHospitalised older adults face stigma as age-based assumptions, exclusion from decisions, neglected pain care and rehabilitation, and dismissive communication. These practices are associated with withdrawal, poorer recovery, disability and delayed discharge.
• PTOTSLPRNCase Report2025A Composite Dermal Matrix Comprising Ovine Forestomach Matrix and Hyaluronic Acid in the Treatment of Chronic Wounds Secondary to Calciphylaxis: A Case Series and Literature Review.Advances in skin & wound careAll four calciphylaxis wounds closed after a single application of a composite dermal matrix, with mean healing time of 43.5 days. Pain scores dropped to zero in three wounds. This shows what happened to three patients, not that the product works better than other care.
• RNCohort2025Real-world comparison of phone versus video consultation in a tobacco treatment program during the COVID-19 pandemic.Patient education and counselingPhone and video initial consultations in a cancer tobacco treatment program produced similar self-reported quit rates at 3, 6, and 9 months. Let patients choose the format.
• OTRNSystematic Review2026How Can We Improve Personal Care Interactions to Reduce Care Refusals From People With Dementia? A Realist Synthesis.Journal of advanced nursingPeople with dementia may accept personal care when they trust the caregiver and feel safe. The synthesis proposes strategies like offering limited choices, connecting respectfully, simplifying care, and addressing pain or thirst first. These are proposed theories, not tested interventions.
• RNSystematic Review2026Implementation Outcomes and Their Determinants for Hospital-Led Care Coordination Interventions Targeting Patients With Complex Care Needs: A Qualitative Systematic Review.Journal of clinical nursingHospital care coordination for complex patients relied on clear roles, community knowledge, and relationships. Nurses or social workers often delivered it. Training gaps and weak transition planning were common limitations after discharge.
• RNQualitative2026Transgender Men's and Non-Binary People's Experiences of Cervical Cancer Screening-A Journey Mapping Approach.Journal of clinical nursingTrans men and non-binary people with a cervix described cervical screening as hard to access because invitations follow legal gender, clinics are female-centred, and staff often lack trans knowledge. They planned and prepared before screening.
• RNCohort2026Stress and Health-Related Quality of Life in Adults With Type 1 Diabetes: The Mediating Role of Perceived Support and Treatment Adherence.Journal of clinical nursingHigh diabetes distress was most strongly linked to poorer quality of life in adults with type 1 diabetes. Perceived support was also linked to better quality of life and adherence. These are links, not proof of cause.
• RNQualitative2026Social Representations of Bedside Milk Expression Among Mothers of Preterm Newborns in Neonatal Intensive Care Units.Journal of advanced nursingMothers described bedside milk expression as bonding and protection, but cramped space, staff shortages, procedures and shame hindered it. They said proactive nursing support and clear information helped them feel capable and continue.
• RNMeta-Analysis2025Prevalence and Risk Factors Associated With ICU Mortality in Ethiopia: A Systemic Review and Meta-Analysis.Nursing openAdult ICU mortality in Ethiopia was 41.3%. Nurses should monitor for high-risk signs: low consciousness scores, mechanical ventilation, coexisting diseases, and extreme lengths of stay (under 4 days or over 2 weeks).
• SLPSurvey2025More Than a Barrier: Exploring the Personal and Professional Impact of Personal Protective Equipment Use in Healthcare.Nursing & health sciencesHealthcare workers in France reported frequent PPE-related skin and pressure injuries, hand hygiene reactions, and communication barriers for patients who lip-read or hear poorly, despite most feeling protected.