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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• PTOTCohort2018Muscle Strength and Functional Limitations: Preserving Function in Older Mexican Americans.Journal of the American Medical Directors AssociationStronger handgrip was linked to less functional loss over two years in older Mexican Americans. Each 10-kg higher grip was associated with 5% and 8% lower odds of losing instrumental tasks and developing new disability. It does not prove strength training prevents decline.
• RNOther2018Investigation and analysis of lower extremity arterial disease in hospitalized elderly type 2 diabetic patients.International journal of nursing sciencesAmong 237 hospitalized older adults with type 2 diabetes, 43% had lower limb arterial disease. Microalbuminuria and abnormal vibration sense were independently linked, so ankle-brachial index and urine checks may flag high risk.
• RNRCT2018Improving youth question-asking and provider education during pediatric asthma visits.Patient education and counselingAdolescents given a pre-visit video and question list were more likely to ask about asthma medications (40% vs 20%), triggers and environmental control; providers taught more about rescue medications, triggers and environmental control, but not control medications.
• RNQualitative2018Sexual Experience of Iranian Women in Their Middle Life: A Qualitative Approach.International journal of community based nursing and midwiferyMiddle-aged Iranian women described a conflict between wanting sexual connection and hiding it to meet expectations of older women. Some coped by denying change, acting younger, or pursuing cosmetic and surgical steps to restore attraction.
• RNOther2018Agreement between Heart Failure Patients and Their Primary Caregivers on Symptom Assessment.International journal of community based nursing and midwiferyHeart failure patients and their main caregivers often did not fully agree on symptom frequency and severity. They agreed best on leg swelling, breathlessness at rest or with activity, and depressed mood; worst on night breathlessness, forgetfulness and irregular heartbeat.
• PTRNCohort2018Effect of symptoms on physical performance in COPD.Heart & lung : the journal of critical careIn adults with COPD, breathlessness was strongly linked to worse physical performance and to more anxiety, depression, and fatigue. Anxiety appeared linked to better performance, but authors warn this may reflect restlessness, not improvement.
• RNPilot2018Colorectal Cancer Awareness for Women via Facebook: A Pilot Study.Gastroenterology nursing : the official journal of the Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and AssociatesMost women said the colorectal cancer screening app helped them think about screening and talk with their provider. High retention and satisfaction in this uncontrolled pilot do not show the app increased screening.
• RNOther2018Decisional balance and self-efficacy mediate the association among provider advice, health literacy and cervical cancer screening.European journal of oncology nursing : the official journal of European Oncology Nursing SocietyHealth literacy was not directly associated with Pap test use in 560 Korean American women, but was associated through weighing Pap test pros and cons and confidence. Provider advice had the strongest direct association.
• RNQualitative2018"There's no acknowledgement of what this does to people": A qualitative exploration of mental health among parents of children with critical congenital heart defects.Journal of clinical nursingParents of children with critical CHD described shock, trauma and stress around diagnosis, surgery and coming home. They wanted peer support, clear communication, and mental health check-ins offered gently when they were ready.
• RNCase Series2018Urinary Management With an External Female Collection Device.Journal of wound, ostomy, and continence nursing : official publication of The Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses SocietyNurses used an external female urine collection device as an alternative to an indwelling catheter. Patients slept better, stayed drier, and requested it; fecal incontinence still led to a catheter and infection.
• RNQualitative2018"Maybe This Generation Here Could Help the Next Generation": Older African American Women's Perceptions on Information Sharing to Improve Health in Younger Generations.Research in gerontological nursingOlder African American women with hypertension said caregiving often pushed their own blood pressure care aside, yet they wanted to teach younger relatives their self-management strategies. Some struggled to connect across generations, and many worried about privacy on social media.
• RNRCT2018What Works in a Nurse Led Self-Management Program for Patients with Serious Mental Illness (SMI) and Diabetes (DM).Archives of psychiatric nursingPatients with serious mental illness and diabetes described a nurse-led group program as building confidence and knowledge through peer support. They learned to view their two conditions as connected and adopted practical self-management skills like reading labels and scheduling medications.
• RNProtocol2018Testing Tele-Savvy: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial.Research in nursing & healthTele-Savvy, an online dementia caregiver education program, is being tested in a three-arm trial; the paper reports only pilot and recruitment feasibility, not whether it works.
• RNRCT2018The Effect of Educational Program on Self-efficacy of Women with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial.International journal of community based nursing and midwiferyAn education program for 8 consecutive weeks raised self-efficacy for pain and other symptoms in women with rheumatoid arthritis immediately and at 3 months versus standard treatment, but scores fell after the course ended.
• RNRCT2018The Effect of Self-Care Education on Emotional Intelligence and HbA1c level in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial.International journal of community based nursing and midwiferyStructured diabetes self-care education lowered HbA1c in adults with type 2 diabetes. Emotional intelligence rose over time, but did not clearly differ between groups.
• RNOther2018Hearing Loss: Why Does It Matter for Nursing Homes?Journal of the American Medical Directors AssociationNational nursing home assessments rated 68% of residents aged 70 and older as having adequate hearing, but this likely misses real hearing loss. Nurses should check aids, reduce noise, face residents, and use low-cost hearing devices for one-to-one talk.
• RNSystematic Review2018From Family Involvement to Family Inclusion in Nursing Home Settings: A Critical Interpretive Synthesis.Journal of family nursingNursing home family members often did staff tasks such as bathing and toileting, monitored care, and changed visit patterns over time. Staff and family disagreed about roles, and family knowledge was sometimes devalued.
• RNQualitative2018Using cognitive interviews to improve a Psychological-Social-Spiritual Healing instrument: Voices of aging African Americans with serious illness.Applied nursing research : ANRWording of a 53-item palliative care healing questionnaire changed after 15 seriously ill African American elders found some items unclear, hard to understand or offensive. Eight items were deleted and eight were revised.
• RNRCT2018Letting the Patient Decide: A Case Report of Self-Administered Sedation During Mechanical Ventilation.Critical care nurseOne mechanically ventilated ICU patient self-administered dexmedetomidine for anxiety while also receiving hydromorphone and midazolam. She said it helped her concentrate and relax. This is one person’s experience, not evidence that the method works.
• RNRCT2018The effect of therapeutic listening on anxiety and fear among surgical patients: randomized controlled trial.Revista latino-americana de enfermagemA single 30-minute session of therapeutic listening did not reduce preoperative anxiety or fear in colorectal cancer patients compared to a control group. The intervention failed to outperform standard care, with no significant differences in state anxiety, surgical fear, or physiological markers like cortisol and heart rate between the groups after the session.
• RNQualitative2018Experiences of Urban African Americans with Cancer Pain.Pain management nursing : official journal of the American Society of Pain Management NursesEighteen African American patients with cancer pain described unbearable pain, difficulty getting care and opioid prescriptions, and needing advocacy. In interviews about a nurse-delivered pain program, they also described taking medication more effectively and doing daily tasks more easily.
• RNSurvey2018Prevalence of potential sexual abuse in adolescents and young adults and feasibility of an assessment and management plan used in three research projects.Research in nursing & healthA safety protocol for research participants who reported sex before age 13 was feasible: 95 of 1,541 adolescents and young adults were interviewed and referred to clinicians, with no adverse effects.
• RNOther2018Age Differences by Sex in Antiretroviral-Naïve Participants: Pooled Analysis from Randomized Clinical Trials.The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care : JANACOlder adults starting HIV treatment achieved higher viral suppression rates than younger adults. However, they showed smaller increases in CD4 cell counts. There were no differences in serious laboratory abnormalities between age groups.
• RNRCT2018Improving Functional Status in African Americans With Cancer Pain: A Randomized Clinical Trial.Oncology nursing forumAlthough nurse coaching for African American patients with cancer pain did not reduce pain more than control, it improved function and distress more than control at 7 weeks.
• RNOther2018The Association Between Depressive Symptoms and N-Terminal Pro-B-Type Natriuretic Peptide With Functional Status in Patients With Heart Failure.The Journal of cardiovascular nursingDepressive symptoms were linked to worse self-reported function regardless of NT-proBNP level in 284 heart failure patients. The two groups with depressive symptoms did not differ in function by NT-proBNP.
• RNCohort2018Caregiver Reactions to Dementia Symptoms: Effects on Coping Repertoire and Mental Health.Issues in mental health nursingCaregivers who found depressive and disruptive symptoms most bothersome reported poorer mental health and fewer coping skills. Memory issues alone did not predict caregiver distress. Assess reactions to mood and behavior, not just memory loss, when supporting dementia families.
• RNSurvey2018Pain, Racial Discrimination, and Depressive Symptoms among African American Women.Pain management nursing : official journal of the American Society of Pain Management NursesIn African American women with osteoarthritis, racial discrimination was linked to higher pain scores, and depressive symptoms were linked to both discrimination and pain.
• OTRNQualitative2018Coming of Age With Cancer: Physical, Social, and Financial Barriers to Independence Among Emerging Adult Survivors.Oncology nursing forumEighteen young adults after HCT felt stuck between sick and well. Health setbacks made them depend on caregivers, strained friendships and partners, and made insurance and money feel like threats to independence.
• RNCohort2018Health Outcomes From Assisted Living Facilities: A Cohort Study of a Primary Care Practice.Journal of the American Medical Directors AssociationAssisted living residents were twice as likely to be hospitalized and more likely to die within a year compared with matched community dwellers. They also had more emergency visits and falls, and more residents had advance care documents.
• RNQualitative2018Caesarean section deliveries: Experiences of mothers of midwifery care at a public hospital in Nelson Mandela Bay.CurationisMothers after caesarean section described pain that limited breastfeeding, self-care and holding their babies. Some felt supported by midwives; others experienced neglect, disappointment and poor equipment. Pain relief helped some manage pain.
• RNCohort2018Changes over time in caregiving demand and difficulty in spousal caregivers of coronary artery bypass graft surgery patients.Applied nursing research : ANRSpousal caregivers of heart bypass patients found caregiving hardest early, especially social support, behavior problems, household tasks, symptom monitoring, and transportation. Demand and difficulty eased over six months, but finances became a top difficulty later.
• RNOther2018Cost-effectiveness of a Ceramide-Infused Skin Barrier Versus a Standard Barrier: Findings From a Long-Term Cost-effectiveness Analysis.Journal of wound, ostomy, and continence nursing : official publication of The Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses SocietyCeramide-infused ostomy barriers were projected to cost less, reduce peristomal skin complications, and give small quality-of-life gains over a modelled year in people with new fecal ostomies. This is an economic model, not a patient trial proving better skin outcomes.
• PTRNCohort2018Persistence of pain quality in community-dwelling older adults with chronic non-cancer pain.Geriatric nursing (New York, N.Y.)Older adults with chronic pain kept the same pain-quality descriptors over 18 months, especially sensory pain. Those reporting all three persistent categories had more widespread pain, but pain severity and interference did not change consistently.
• OTSurvey2018Gender Expression, Violence, and Bullying Victimization: Findings From Probability Samples of High School Students in 4 US School Districts.The Journal of school healthStudents perceived as more gender nonconforming reported more bullying, missing school because they felt unsafe, fighting, and weapon threats or injury. Risk patterns varied by sex, and some violence risks were also higher among highly gender conforming students.
• RNCohort2018Supporting Transitions in Care for Older Adults With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Obesity.Research in gerontological nursingAt 30 days, rehospitalization did not differ among older adults with diabetes and obesity in the three groups. At 90 days, education plus homecare had fewer rehospitalizations than usual care. A1C decreased with homecare. Groups were not randomized.
• RNCohort2018Association Between Enteral Feeding, Weight Status, and Mortality in a Medical Intensive Care Unit.American journal of critical care : an official publication, American Association of Critical-Care NursesIn ventilated medical ICU patients, an order for enteral feeding was linked to lower in-hospital mortality. BMI did not change the link, but this observational result does not prove feeding caused survival.
• RNCohort2018Association Between Psychiatric Disorders, Substance Use, and Sexual Risk Behaviors in Perinatally HIV-Exposed Youth.The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care : JANACSubstance use disorder and behavior disorders, not mood or anxiety disorders, were linked to sexual risk behaviors in perinatally HIV-exposed youth over time.
• RNQualitative2018Desire for Patient-Centered HIV Care Among Inconsistently Engaged Racial and Ethnic Minority People Living With HIV.The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care : JANACLow-income Black and Hispanic people with HIV who were inconsistently engaged in care valued providers who showed genuine concern and included them in medication decisions. Feeling heard and respected was described as key to trusting their clinician and continuing antiretroviral therapy.
• OTNarrative Review2018Parents' Executive Functioning and Involvement in Their Child's Education: An Integrated Literature Review.The Journal of school healthParental executive function may affect school involvement through working memory, planning, inhibition, and flexibility. Sleep, stress, mood, and age can change it. The review proposes brief, concrete, routine, stepwise school communication supports.
• RNQualitative2018Adaptation and delivery of a motivational interviewing-based counseling program for persons acutely infected with HIV in Malawi: Implementation and lessons learned.Patient education and counselingCounselors and people with acute HIV found topic choice and goal setting useful; rating importance and confidence often produced uniformly high answers and did not open discussion about barriers.
• RNOther2018Differences in Sensory Pain, Expectation, and Satisfaction Reported by Outpatients with Cancer or Sickle Cell Disease.Pain management nursing : official journal of the American Society of Pain Management NursesOutpatients with sickle cell disease reported more pain locations, more complex pain quality and pattern, but less severe recent pain than African American cancer outpatients. Pain assessment should capture all of these.
• PTNarrative Review2018The AVPR1A Gene and Its Single Nucleotide Polymorphism rs10877969: A Literature Review of Associations with Health Conditions and Pain.Pain management nursing : official journal of the American Society of Pain Management NursesAVPR1A variants, including rs10877969, were reported in limited studies as linked to pain, social behavior, and sickle cell disease, but the evidence is too limited to guide patient care.
• RNCohort2018Patterns of heart failure symptoms are associated with self-care behaviors over 6 months.European journal of cardiovascular nursingSustained high heart failure symptoms were associated with higher self-care maintenance and management over 6 months; sustained low symptoms were associated with persistently lower self-care.
• RNOther2018An expanded framework to define and measure shared decision-making in dialogue: A 'top-down' and 'bottom-up' approach.Patient education and counselingEmotional support, understandable explanations, and recommendation talk were added to a shared decision-making framework from 55 pediatric surgical consultations. Clinicians gave recommendations in all but one visit and did not actively check parent understanding.
• RNNarrative Review2018Assessment and Treatment Considerations for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder at End of Life.The American journal of hospice & palliative careEnd-of-life PTSD can appear or worsen near death and be missed as dementia, delirium, pain, or normal dying. The review recommends brief screening, avoiding triggers, and stepped, tailored care.
• RNCohort2018Restorative activities among bereaved caregivers of nursing home patients.Geriatric nursing (New York, N.Y.)Bereaved caregivers who felt more prepared for their loved one's death reported doing more pleasurable activities afterward. Activity level did not clearly lower complicated grief after other factors were considered.
• RNOther2018Antimicrobial Efficacy of a New Chlorhexidine-based Device Against Staphylococcus aureus Colonization of Venous Catheters.Journal of infusion nursing : the official publication of the Infusion Nurses SocietyA chlorhexidine lock connector lowered Staphylococcus aureus bacterial counts in lab solutions and pig catheters, especially with saline. Heparin or citrate needed longer contact. It was not tested in patients.
• RNQualitative2018Qualitative study of challenges of caring for a person with heart failure.Geriatric nursing (New York, N.Y.)Caregivers of people with heart failure described the patient's irritability, refusal of help, memory problems, and other illnesses as major challenges. They also reported lost time, work strain, poor support, and damaged relationships.
• RNOther2018The Relationship of Age and Postoperative Pain in Women after Surgery for Breast Cancer.Pain management nursing : official journal of the American Society of Pain Management NursesAfter breast cancer surgery, women 70+ reported higher pain and received more opioids than younger groups. They also had less postoperative nausea and vomiting. Anxiety scores were similar across age groups.
• RNQualitative2018Descriptions of the Pain Experience in Adults and Adolescents with Cystic Fibrosis.Pain management nursing : official journal of the American Society of Pain Management NursesPeople with cystic fibrosis described CF pain as distinct from ordinary pain. Adults reported persistent pain, emotional pain, and stigma when asking for relief; adolescents reported episodic pain and feeling supported.