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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• RNOther2025Accuracy of nursing diagnoses of hospitalized people with HIV: implications for care.Revista brasileira de enfermagemMost nursing diagnoses for hospitalized people living with HIV were rated high accuracy (60%), but 29.82% were rated null accuracy. Nurses should check that documented signs and symptoms actually support each diagnosis before using it to guide care.
• OTRNSystematic Review2025Sociability of male cancer patients with stoma: a qualitative metasynthesis.Revista brasileira de enfermagemMen with cancer-related stomas described social isolation because pouch management, odor, leakage, body image, and lack of nearby toilets made public activities difficult. They hid difficulties from family and used clothing, fasting, and bathroom planning to cope.
• RNQualitative2025Interface between falls and perceptions of quality of life of older adults: a qualitative study.Revista brasileira de enfermagemOlder adults who had fallen often treated falls as normal, then reduced church, market and supermarket visits because fear of another fall. They wanted home changes, support networks and acceptance of limits to stay independent.
• RNSystematic Review2025Mobile applications offering non-pharmacological therapies aimed at improving the quality of life of cancer patients: a scoping review.Revista brasileira de enfermagemSeven studies mapped apps delivering mindfulness, guided imagery or Tai Chi to cancer patients; most reported less anxiety and depression and some quality of life gains. The review does not prove which app or therapy caused the benefit.
• RNCase Report2025Monitoring enteral feeding tolerance in a critically ill patient using point-of-care ultrasound.Revista brasileira de enfermagemIn one ICU patient, nurses used bedside ultrasound to estimate stomach volume, held feed advancement, gave a stomach-emptying medicine, and moved the tube past the stomach; he reached target calories within three days. This is one patient, not evidence.
• RNSystematic Review2025Assessment of anxiety and psychological stress among expectant parents during pregnancy: a scoping review.Revista brasileira de enfermagemMost tools for assessing anxiety and stress in pregnancy were used with pregnant women, not expectant fathers. Nurses can consider these tools in maternity care, but evidence for screening fathers is limited.
• RNSurvey2025A Survey of ECT Recipients, Family Members and Friends: Are the Self-Reported Reasons for The Recipients' Problems Being Addressed?International journal of mental health nursingMost ECT recipients believed childhood trauma or recent stress caused their condition, yet fewer than half said mental health staff asked about these factors. Even fewer said the issues were addressed therapeutically. Practice appears to be improving slowly over time.
• RNSurvey2025Informal Caregiving in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation and Multimorbidity: A Cross-European Study of Caregiver Burden, Health-Related Quality of Life, and Caregiver Engagement.The Journal of cardiovascular nursingInformal caregivers of people with atrial fibrillation and other long-term conditions reported moderate burden and anxiety, but typical self-rated health was 80 out of 100. Higher engagement was linked with less burden and better health.
• RNOther2025Nursing consultation based on self-care supported by people with Diabetes Mellitus: an experience report.Revista brasileira de enfermagemNurses used structured diabetes consultations and phone calls to set signed self-care goals. Participants initially resisted lifestyle change, then recognized benefits; nurses noted improved self-perception and clinical parameters.
• RNMeta-Analysis2026Prevalence of Agitation and Its Associated Factors in Adult Intensive Care Unit: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Nursing in critical careAgitation was common in adult intensive care units, affecting 55.65% of patients across 10 studies. Fever above 37.5°C was the only factor associated with agitation; pain, delirium, low sodium and restraints were not.
• RNSurvey2025Side effects of hormone therapy in patients with malignant breast neoplasm: a cross-sectional study.Revista brasileira de enfermagemBreast hormone therapy side effects were common: hot flashes, night sweats, musculoskeletal pain, fatigue, and sexual complaints. Tamoxifen users reported more sexual complaints. Anastrozole users reported hot flashes, musculoskeletal pain, and fatigue. Night sweats were also common.
• RNOther2025Recommended nursing care for people with mental disorders in mobile prehospital care: a scoping review.Revista brasileira de enfermagem27 recommended nursing practices were mapped for mental health emergencies in mobile prehospital care: scene safety, assessment, verbal de-escalation, restraint only as last resort, and monitoring.
• RNSurvey2025Factors associated with non-adherence to polychemotherapy treatment for leprosy.Revista brasileira de enfermagemLeprosy patients who had abandoned treatment were more often still untreated if they did not feel symptoms improve or did not believe the diagnosis. This small study cannot show cause, but it identifies beliefs and symptom experience as important factors.
• RNOther2025Effectiveness of processing laryngoscopes used in surgical patients undergoing orotracheal intubation.Revista brasileira de enfermagemRoutine manual cleaning of laryngoscopes failed to remove organic residue. Although simulated microorganisms were eliminated, all tested devices retained protein levels above safety limits, and some showed visible dirt on blades and handles.
• RNOther2025Adaptation and content validity of the Brazilian version of the Mental Health Literacy questionnaire.Revista brasileira de enfermagemA Brazilian Portuguese mental health literacy questionnaire for young adults was adapted, judged understandable, and takes 15 to 30 minutes. It may be used by nurses to assess mental health literacy, but further testing is needed before scores can be trusted.
• RNOther2025Factors associated with death in severe patients with COVID-19/diabetes mellitus in Brazil.Revista brasileira de enfermagemIn severe COVID-19 cases with diabetes, older age, kidney disease, respiratory distress, low oxygen saturation, and ventilatory support were associated with higher death risk, not proof they caused death.
• RNQualitative2025SPIKES clinical protocol for delivering bad news: an experience report.Revista brasileira de enfermagemDuring a palliative-care family meeting, nurses translated medical terms, validated family emotions, and helped shape a care plan. The report describes a communication process, not proof that the protocol improves outcomes.
• RNOther2025Instrument for assessing (self)care competence in people with gastrostomy and their caregivers: a methodological study.Revista brasileira de enfermagemA 34-item form was developed for nurses to assess gastrostomy self-care competency in people with gastrostomy and their caregivers. Experts agreed the domains, and two observers rated 14 caregivers and 7 people with feeding stoma with strong agreement. Full validation is still needed.
• RNOther2025Risk for shock in people with acute myocardial infarction: a middle-range theory.Revista brasileira de enfermagemThree physiological problems and 23 preceding factors for shock risk in acute myocardial infarction were identified, including bleeding, low fluid volume, ejection fraction below 35%, and prior heart attack.
• RNSurvey2026Do Injury, Depression, and PTSD Mediate the Relationships Between Latent Profiles of Cumulative Lifetime Violence and Chronic Pain Disability in Men?Research in nursing & healthCanadian men reporting severe lifetime violence as both targets and perpetrators had the highest chronic pain disability; PTSD and injuries were associated with pain disability, depression was not.
• RNCohort2026The OCTO-Plus Intervention to Support Families of Chronically Critically Ill Children in Paediatric Critical Care: A Pilot Study.Nursing in critical careParents of chronically critically ill children in paediatric critical care could be recruited and kept in a nurse and physician-delivered family support pilot; stress, anxiety, depression and family functioning scores trended better, but it did not test whether the support works.
• RNOther2026The Use of Nonpharmacologic Approaches to Pain Management Among Nursing Home Residents.Pain management nursing : official journal of the American Society of Pain Management NursesMost nursing home residents with dementia received at least one nonpharmacologic pain approach; positioning was the most common. More approaches were associated with more oral pain medicines, diabetes, and less cognitive impairment. The study did not show these approaches reduced pain.
• RNQualitative2026Implementing Peer Support in Community Mental Health Nursing Teams: Qualitative Evaluation.Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursingSwiss community mental health nursing teams found clients expressed feeling understood and hopeful with peer support workers, while unclear roles, low hours, billing gaps and weak team understanding limited integration.
• RNOther2025Adolescents' Mental Well-Being and Social Support: Mixed Methods Study.International journal of mental health nursingAdolescents' mental well-being drops as they age, with family support mattering most in primary school and friends taking over in secondary school. School nurses are seen as approachable experts, but interactions remain informal and unstructured rather than part of formal care.
• RNCohort2025Sociotechnical Needs of Registered Nurses in the Heart Failure Hospitalizations of African American Patients: Cross-Sectional Study.JMIR nursingNurses caring for African American heart failure patients reported the biggest gaps were their own burnout and managing workload with electronic records. Nurses with patients who stayed longer also struggled more with assessing clinical needs and providing patient education.
• RNOther2025Effectiveness of text messages in the adherence to COVID-19 prevention practices: a quasi-experimental study.Revista latino-americana de enfermagemWhatsApp messages with images about masks, hand hygiene and distancing coincided with higher self-reported adherence over seven weeks, especially in weeks six and seven. Because no control group was used, this cannot prove the messages caused the change.
• RNSystematic Review2025Disordered eating behaviors in people with type 1 diabetes mellitus: a scoping review.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PSkipping insulin to lose weight was the most common disordered eating behavior in people with type 1 diabetes. Binge eating and restriction were also reported, and these behaviors were linked to high HbA1c, high BMI, body dissatisfaction, depression, anxiety, and distress.
• RNMeta-Analysis2025Impact of opioid-free anesthetic on postoperative complication following gynecological surgery: a meta-analysis.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PIn women undergoing gynecological surgery, opioid-free anesthesia, a bundle of non-opioid agents, was associated with less postoperative nausea and vomiting, less rescue antiemetic use, and better recovery. It did not reduce pain scores, analgesic use, or change extubation time.
• RNOther2025'I Am Not Going, So You're Doing It': Management of Pregnant People With High BMI at Rural Hospitals in British Columbia: A Mixed Methods Analysis.The Australian journal of rural healthAdverse maternal-newborn outcome scores were higher for underweight and high-BMI groups, but BMI was not clearly linked to them at rural British Columbia hospitals. Local birth rates fell as BMI rose, and providers described applying BMI transfer rules differently, with some patients refusing referral.
• RNCohort2025Factors Associated With an Elder Mistreatment Diagnosis Among Medicare Home Health Care Recipients.Journal of the American Medical Directors AssociationAmong Medicare home health patients, elder mistreatment diagnoses were rare at 0.3%, but literacy, housing or income problems, TBI, behavioral health, mobility, skin symptoms, and hospitalization risk were associated with higher risk.
• RNOther2026Role of Sleep Disturbances and Diabetes-Related Distress on Glycemic Control: A Path Analysis.Research in nursing & healthIn adults with type 2 diabetes and sleep apnea, longer reported sleep was linked to lower HbA1c. The link was not direct: it ran through less severe insomnia and lower diabetes-related distress.
• RNOther2026Predictors of Opioid Misuse and Abuse Among Pregnant Women in the US.Pain management nursing : official journal of the American Society of Pain Management NursesPregnant women in the third trimester had lower odds of past-year opioid misuse than those in the first. Older age, higher income, and better health status were also protective. Non-Hispanic Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander women had higher odds than non-Hispanic White women.
• RNOther2026Scale for Assessing Understanding of Benefits and Risks of Using Complementary Therapies in Diabetes Management: Psychometric Evaluation.The journal of nursing research : JNRA questionnaire for diabetes patients using complementary therapies worked well in 307 Taiwan outpatients. It may help clinicians spot gaps in patient knowledge about risks, benefits, interactions, and disclosure.
• RNCohort2026Integrating Psychosocial Screening Into Cardiac Nursing: Feasibility of Nurse-Led Type D Personality Assessment for Predicting Emotional Recovery in Coronary Care Unit Patients.Nursing in critical careIn 110 coronary care patients, Type D personality was linked to anxiety and depression, and avoidant coping was linked to depression and total distress.
• RNCase Report2026Family Partnership in Hypnosis to Improve Mechanical Ventilation Weaning in an ICU Patient With High Cervical Spinal Cord Injury-A Case Report.Nursing in critical careA sedated patient with high cervical spinal cord injury could not speak, so his mother supplied sensory details for hypnosis scripts; he reported comfort during a trial, but this single case cannot show hypnosis caused weaning.
• RNQualitative2025Perceptions of discharge readiness among primiparas based on the King's theory of goal attainment: a qualitative study.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PFirst-time mothers going home after birth wanted support for recovery and baby care. Many felt unprepared and excluded from discharge decisions. They valued family help and asked for interactive assessment and ongoing guidance.
• RNSystematic Review2025Strategies for implementing HIV self-testing in diverse populations: an integrative review.Revista brasileira de enfermagemHIV self-test distribution reached people mainly through community and peer routes, but no single method was enough. Counseling, privacy, and clear instructions mattered, and positive tests did not always lead to treatment.
• RNOther2025Nursing consultation protocol for supported self-care for people with Parkinson's disease.Revista brasileira de enfermagemA nursing consultation protocol for supported self-care in Parkinson's disease was rated highly relevant and clear by 12 expert nurses. It structures assessment and education, but no patient outcomes were tested.
• RNOther2025Remotely Monitored Patients' Experiences of the Interpersonal Patient-Nurse Relationship: A Scoping Review.Scandinavian journal of caring sciencesPatients often felt safer and supported when nurses followed up after remote monitoring, but some missed face-to-face contact and feared being a burden. Regular, clear nurse contact appears central.
• RNSystematic Review2025Educational games for self-care of people with intestinal ostomies: a scoping review.Revista brasileira de enfermagemOnly two studies were found on games for self-care after intestinal ostomy: a small card game with seven adults and an ongoing children's app trial without final results. This shows a gap, not evidence that games improve care.
• RNSurvey2026Gender Identity, Victimization, and Suicidal Ideation: Comparing Risk Factors Among Transgender and Non-Transgender Youth.The Journal of school health47.1% of transgender youth and 17.1% of non-transgender youth reported seriously considering suicide in the past 12 months. Bullying and victimization were also linked to risk, but this survey cannot show cause.
• PTOTMeta-Analysis2025Effects of Sling Exercise Training on Walking Ability and Balance Function in Patients With Stroke: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Nursing & health sciencesDaily-living scores and walking endurance were not shown to improve, but suspension-based stroke training (sling exercise, body-weight-supported treadmill and robotic-assisted locomotor training) improved balance and walking.
• RNCohort2025Incidents related to the duration of medical devices in Intensive Care: a cross-sectional study.Revista brasileira de enfermagemICU records documented 5,436 devices and 61 clinical incidents. Infections and device-related pressure injury were among the most frequent incidents, and the reported average time to incident was 10 days for ventilation, 9.39 days for central lines, and 8.4 days for urinary catheters.
• RNOther2025Development and assessment of an educational video to promote self-efficacy in newborn care.Revista brasileira de enfermagemCaregivers rated a newborn-care video clear and relevant and said it made them feel more confident. This validates the video as a nurse education tool, not as proof that newborn care improves.
• RNSurvey2025Vaccination Uptake and Patient Perceptions Among Haemodialysis Patients: Insights From a Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of renal careHaemodialysis patients in Greece had high influenza, pneumococcal and hepatitis B vaccination rates, but low meningococcal and Haemophilus influenzae uptake. Older and more educated patients were more likely vaccinated, and positive attitudes linked only weakly to actual vaccination.
• RNRCT2025Cognitive Training Intervention Adherence in Older Women with Cardiovascular Disease: A Secondary Analysis of the MindMoves Trial.The Journal of cardiovascular nursingOlder women with cardiovascular disease completed an average of 1.6 of 3 prescribed weekly cognitive training sessions, dropping to 0.7 later. Higher income, education, and having a partner were associated with better adherence; health, technology, and loneliness were not.
• RNOther2025Cross-cultural adaptation of Family Satisfaction with Care in the Intensive Care Unit 24R - Brazilian version.Revista brasileira de enfermagemThe Brazilian Portuguese ICU family satisfaction questionnaire passed expert review and a 30-family pre-test, with approval above 85%. It is ready for larger testing, not proof that using it improves care.
• RNQualitative2025Construction and assessment of the "Almanac for Women with Breast Cancer": convergent care research.Revista brasileira de enfermagemWomen who helped shape a printed almanac rated it relevant, clear, and useful for guidance. Those who used it for a week assessed it, and all items were considered adequate.
• RNSurvey2025Adherence to Guidance About Complementary Feeding and Vitamin D Supplementation in Infants: The Role of Information Sources.Nursing open54% of parents delayed solid foods until 24 weeks. Health visitor and leaflet use were linked with better adherence, while internet use was common but not linked with vitamin D supplementation.
• RNOther2025Development and Psychometric Testing of the Self-Efficacy for Heart-Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors (SE-HeartLife) Scale in Cardiovascular Disease Prevention.The Journal of cardiovascular nursingA new 35-item questionnaire measured confidence in exercise, food choices, avoiding smoking and alcohol, and monitoring heart-health signs among Korean adults. Answers were consistent and stayed similar after 15 days, but it was not tested in patients.