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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• OTCohort2020Predictors of Residential Care Admission in Community-Dwelling Older People With Dementia.Journal of the American Medical Directors AssociationIn older people with dementia, the person or relative saying they would be better off living elsewhere was the strongest factor associated with later residential care. Lower cognition, depression, and living alone raised risk.
• RNSurvey2020Prevalence and Correlates of Cost-Related Medication Nonadherence to Immunosuppressive Drugs After Heart Transplantation: The International Multicenter Cross-sectional Bright Study.The Journal of cardiovascular nursingCost-related nonadherence to immunosuppressants is rare overall but high in Australia, Canada, and the US. Patients who feel financially burdened, see cost as a barrier, or are single are most at risk. Ask about these factors during follow-up.
• RNQualitative2020Positive psychological constructs and health behavior adherence in heart failure: A qualitative research study.Nursing & health sciencesMost heart failure patients described gratitude, acceptance, connectedness and faith. They said hope, determination and pride were linked to eating right, taking medicines and being active, and that feelings and behaviors reinforced each other.
• RNOther2020The Development and Implementation of a Cardiac Home Hospice Program: Results of a RE-AIM Analysis.The American journal of hospice & palliative careHeart failure hospice enrollment rose from 7.9% to 9.5% after a specialized cardiac home hospice program began. Nurses reported interdisciplinary support helped manage patients at home.
• RNQualitative2020A Theoretically Grounded Exploration of Individual and Family Self-Management of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome in Adolescents.Comprehensive child and adolescent nursingAdolescents with PCOS and their parents described self-management as shaped by symptoms, delayed diagnosis, stigma, culture, and emotional distress. Parents feared long-term risks, while teens focused on daily life and fitting in.
• PTCohort2020Walking Speed and Muscle Mass Estimated by the D3-Creatine Dilution Method Are Important Components of Sarcopenia Associated With Incident Mobility Disability in Older Men: A Classification and Regression Tree Analysis.Journal of the American Medical Directors AssociationIn older men, walking speed under 0.88 m/s was the most important predictor of later mobility disability. Estimated muscle mass and chair stand speed also predicted it. Grip strength and DXA lean mass did not.
• RNSurvey2020Cardiovascular Risk Factor Knowledge and Behaviors Among Low-Income Urban Women in Mysore, India.The Journal of cardiovascular nursingNearly half of 607 low-income urban women had poor cardiovascular risk factor knowledge, and 60% were not thinking about changing heart-health behaviors.
• RNQualitative2020"It's Like a Death Sentence but It Really Isn't" What Patients and Families Want to Know About Hospice Care When Making End-of-Life Decisions.The American journal of hospice & palliative carePatients and families said they needed clear answers about what hospice is, how it helps, where care happens, and who pays. Many feared hospice meant giving up or dying soon.
• RNCohort2020Renal Replacement Therapy in Patients With Stage IV Cancer Admitted to the Intensive Care Unit With Acute Kidney Injury at a Comprehensive Cancer Center Was Not Associated With Survival.The American journal of hospice & palliative careFor stage IV cancer patients in the ICU with acute kidney injury, starting dialysis did not improve survival compared to not starting it. Median survival after discharge was 41 days for those who received dialysis and 42 days for those who did not.
• RNQualitative2020Caregiver-Reported Barriers to Quality End-of-Life Care in Dementia With Lewy Bodies: A Qualitative Analysis.The American journal of hospice & palliative careFamily caregivers of people who died with Lewy body dementia described end-of-life barriers: delayed diagnosis, staff unawareness, antipsychotic reaction concerns, poor coordination, cost, and hospice eligibility delays.
• RNCohort2020The Association Between Patient Outcomes and the Initial Emergency Severity Index Triage Score in Patients With Suspected Acute Coronary Syndrome.The Journal of cardiovascular nursingIn ambulance-arrived patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome, ESI triage scores poorly identified major adverse cardiac events. Supplementing ESI with a modified HEAR/T score without troponin reclassified many patients mis-triaged by ESI.
• RNNarrative ReviewEvidence-Based Care of Children With Tracheostomies: Hospitalization to Home Care.Rehabilitation nursing : the official journal of the Association of Rehabilitation NursesChildren with tracheostomies need tailored suctioning, tube replacement, tie checks, and stoma care. Family teaching and standardized care are recommended for safe transition home, but many practices rest on expert consensus.
• RNPilotRural-Urban Differences in Neuroimmune Biomarkers and Health Status Among Women Living With Breast Cancer.Cancer nursingRural breast cancer survivors had higher evening inflammation markers than urban survivors, but most health perception scores and other stress hormone patterns showed no significant differences between the two groups.
• RNOther2021The Dutch Individualised Care Scale for patients and nurses - a psychometric validation study.Scandinavian journal of caring sciencesPatients and nurses answered questions about individualised nursing care consistently, but the Dutch version of the scale did not fit the original structure on every test.
• PTRNSystematic Review2021Interventions that prevent or reduce obesity in children from birth to five years of age: A systematic review.Journal of child health care : for professionals working with children in the hospital and communitySome home, childcare and clinic programmes lowered BMI or improved feeding in children under five, but effects were inconsistent and often faded. The evidence does not show a reliable long-term obesity prevention programme.
• RNQualitative2021The Role of Culture in Shaping Health Perceptions and Behaviors of Resettled Karen Refugees.Journal of transcultural nursing : official journal of the Transcultural Nursing SocietyKaren refugee women described health as being able to work, keep family stable, and rely on community and prayer. Poor health meant inability to do and 'thinking too much'. Ask about work, family, and support before assuming biomedical goals match theirs.
• RNSystematic Review2020Incidence of and Risk Factors for Lactational Mastitis: A Systematic Review.Journal of human lactation : official journal of International Lactation Consultant AssociationLactational mastitis is common, affecting roughly one in four women breastfeeding up to 25 weeks postpartum in high-income settings. Cracked nipples, blocked ducts, and prior mastitis are consistently linked to higher risk, but no intervention is proven to prevent it.
• RNCohort2020Time trends of delirium rates in the intensive care unit.Heart & lung : the journal of critical careICU delirium rates fell from 23% to 10% over five years, but benzodiazepine orders did not change and the study cannot prove why. Mechanical ventilation, renal failure, low albumin and benzodiazepine exposure were linked to more delirium.
• RNOther2020Cancer Pain in Relation to Metropolitan Area Segregation and Nursing Home Racial and Ethnic Composition.Journal of the American Medical Directors AssociationPain documentation was lower among nursing home residents with cancer in more segregated metropolitan areas and in mostly Black or mostly Hispanic homes. This pattern appeared for Black, Hispanic, and White residents, not only minority residents.
• PTOTRNRCT2020Vitamin D Supplementation Improves Health-Related Quality of Life and Physical Performance in Children with Sickle Cell Disease and in Healthy Children.Journal of pediatric health care : official publication of National Association of Pediatric Nurse Associates & PractitionersTwelve weeks of high-dose vitamin D lowered reported pain, fatigue and depressive symptoms in children with sickle cell disease; healthy children also had less fatigue and better upper-extremity function. No placebo group was included.
• RNSurvey2020The Impact of Varying Levels of Advance Care Planning Engagement on Perceptions of the End-of-Life Experience Among Caregivers of Deceased Patients With Cancer.The American journal of hospice & palliative careFor caregivers of people who died of cancer, having all three parts of advance care planning was linked to the most positive views of the death; having some parts was still linked to more positive views than none.
• RNSurvey2020Race and Ethnicity and Satisfaction With Communication in the Intensive Care Unit.The American journal of hospice & palliative careCaregivers rated ICU communication highly and did not differ by patient race or ethnicity. Overall, 73.2% could not answer whether doctors discussed how long the patient might live. End-of-life communication was not measured well enough to compare by race or ethnicity.
• RNQualitative2020Patients' Perspectives and Advice on How to Discuss Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Sexual Health in Oncology Clinics.The American journal of hospice & palliative careCancer patients said providers rarely bring up sex, gender identity or sexual health. They suggested first asking comfort level, using plain words, and building trust.
• RNNarrative Review2020Patients' understanding of oncology clinical endpoints: A literature review.Patient education and counselingMost cancer patients do not hear terms like progression-free survival from their doctors, and those who do often misunderstand them. Many believe non-curative treatments will cure their cancer. Clinicians should check patient understanding of treatment goals rather than assuming technical terms are clear.
• RNPilot2020A Modified Alcohol SBI for Use among Older Adults Living with HIV.Western journal of nursing researchOlder men living with HIV found an adapted alcohol risk tool and report easy to understand, but some felt judged or already knew the risks. It flagged more risk items without classifying more people as at-risk.
• RNCohort2020Predicting Postpartum Hemorrhage After Vaginal Birth by Labor Phenotype.Journal of midwifery & women's healthLabor patterns predicted postpartum hemorrhage better than traditional risk factors alone. Women with uncomplicated inductions, nulliparity, or of Black or Hispanic ethnicity had higher hemorrhage odds even when classified as low risk. Most hemorrhages occurred in these lower-risk groups.
• RNOther2020Nursing intervention for preventing postpartum depressive symptoms among Chinese women in Japan.Japan journal of nursing science : JJNSAfter a class, conversation cards, and WeChat group added to routine maternity care for Chinese mothers in Japan, anxiety scores did not change and the proportion scoring over 10 stayed at 21.1%. All 38 completers reported positive postpartum appraisals, but there was no control group.
• RNSystematic Review2020The evidence supporting educational videos for patients and caregivers receiving hospice and palliative care: A systematic review.Patient education and counselingHospice and palliative care patients and caregivers often shifted preferences toward comfort care after videos, but advance care planning completion was not clearly better than written information. Pain and mood benefits were mixed and sometimes short-lived.
• PTOTRNCohort2020Risk of Hospitalized Falls and Hip Fractures in 22,103 Older Adults Receiving Mental Health Care vs 161,603 Controls: A Large Cohort Study.Journal of the American Medical Directors AssociationOlder adults using mental health services had twice the rate of hospitalized falls and 4 times the rate of hip fractures compared with local residents. Substance use, bipolar disorder, dementia, mild cognitive impairment, and delirium carried particularly high risk.
• RNOther2020The Reported Edmonton Frail Scale-Thai version: Development and Validation of a Culturally-Sensitive Instrument.Nursing & health sciencesA Thai frailty screening questionnaire for older hospital patients took about 6.5 min and was generally reliable, but its cognition item was weak. Use it to flag frailty risk, not to judge thinking alone.
• RNQualitative2020Strategies to facilitate shared decision-making in long-term care.International journal of older people nursingPersonal support workers, who provide most direct care, were often excluded from decision-making conversations with families. Residents and families relied heavily on nurses for information. Trust in staff determined how involved families felt they needed to be.
• RNQualitativeHow Healthcare Professionals in Cardiac Care Address Depressive Symptoms: Experiences of Patients With Cardiovascular Disease.The Journal of cardiovascular nursingPatients with cardiovascular disease and depressive symptoms often felt cardiac care staff addressed only the heart, not mood; many minimized symptoms and needed relatives, rehab, or their own initiative to get help.
• RNRCT2021Advance Care Planning for African American Caregivers of Relatives With Dementias: Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.The American journal of hospice & palliative careWritten end-of-life care plans did not differ between groups after education for African American caregivers, although knowledge and self-efficacy about CPR, ventilation, and tube feeding improved.
• RNOther2021Patterns of Parenting Confidence Among Infants With Medical Complexity: A Mixed-Methods Analysis.Advances in neonatal care : official journal of the National Association of Neonatal NursesParents of medically complex infants described confidence as a feeling or a behavior. Most interviewed parents reported stable-high or increasing confidence, and said nurse reassurance and engagement in care helped their confidence.
• PTOTSLPRNNarrative Review2021Important perioperative factors, guidelines and outcomes in the management of hip fracture.Journal of perioperative practiceThis review summarises perioperative care for hip fracture patients. It highlights the need for early surgery, prompt mobilisation, and awareness of physical and psychosocial complications. It notes that current risk prediction tools do not yet account for social factors.
• RNCohort2021Racial Disparities in Utilization of Palliative Care Among Patients Admitted With Advanced Solid Organ Malignancies.The American journal of hospice & palliative careAfter adjustment, there was no significant race difference in inpatient palliative care consultation overall. Among patients discharged alive, black and Hispanic patients were less likely to receive consultation than white patients.
• RNCohort2020The Transition From Spousal Caregiver to Widowhood: Quantitative Findings of a Mixed-Methods Study.Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses AssociationOlder women who had cared for husbands with dementia showed no significant rural-urban differences in depression, physical health, or mental health over 12 months. Rural women had higher depression scores and lower health scores, but these were not significant.
• RNCohort2020Nursing home residents with advanced dementia and persistent vocalisations: Observations of surrounding context.International journal of older people nursingResidents with advanced dementia who vocalised repeatedly were often kept alone in rooms. Staff sometimes moved or cared for them without speaking first, and residents appeared startled or vocalised more. This describes context, not a tested treatment.
• RNQualitative2020A qualitative analysis of psychosocial needs and support impacts in families affected by young sudden cardiac death: The role of community and peer support.European journal of cardiovascular nursingFamilies bereaved by young sudden cardiac death described needing a safe haven from peers who share the loss, sensitive medical explanations to make sense of the death, and community networks to honour the deceased and prevent future deaths.
• RNOther2020Can You Catch It? Lessons Learned and Modification of ED Triage Symptom- and Travel-Screening Strategy.Journal of emergency nursingEmergency department exposure investigations dropped from 30 in 2018 to zero in 2019 after adding an electronic symptom and travel screen. This improvement relies on staff consistently asking screening questions at intake, not on automated detection alone.
• RNOther2020Communication about Sexual Health in Breast Cancer: What Can We Learn from Patients' Self-Report and Clinic Dialogue?Patient education and counselingQuestionnaires from 134 breast cancer visits did not match what was said in the room in 37 cases. Some patients missed sexual health talk that happened; some reported topics not explicitly discussed. Talk felt irrelevant was forgotten, and broad questions were read as specific concerns.
• RNCohort2020Behavioral Observation of Infants With Life-Threatening or Life-Limiting Illness in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.Nursing researchIn critically ill NICU infants, trained observer pain and distress scores did not match bedside nurses' N-PASS scores or mothers' symptom reports. Higher technology dependence was related to nurse scores and mother reports.
• RNRCT2020Effectiveness of the nurse-led Activate intervention in patients at risk of cardiovascular disease in primary care: a cluster-randomised controlled trial.European journal of cardiovascular nursingNurse-led consultations did not improve physical activity more than usual care over 6 months in patients at risk of cardiovascular disease. Subgroup hints for low baseline activity or low social support were not enough to prove benefit.
• RNOther2020Are clinicians' self-reported empathic concern and perspective-taking traits associated with their response to patient emotions?: Communication Studies.Patient education and counselingIn HIV visits, clinician empathy traits were not associated with the main emotional response categories. Higher empathic concern was associated with fewer patient emotional expressions and more information or advice.
• RNOther2020Racial disparities in clinician responses to patient emotions.Patient education and counselingIn HIV visits, clinicians were more likely to block emotional talk from African American patients and less likely to give them space to continue. White patients were more likely to raise emotions spontaneously and receive passive responses.
• RNSurvey2020Interest, Resources, and Preferences for Weight Loss Programs among Primary Care Patients with Obesity.Patient education and counselingMost surveyed primary care patients with obesity wanted a weight loss program. They preferred face-to-face individual or group support led by a nutritionist, not a registered nurse; phone-based group programs were least preferred.
• RNQualitative2020Characteristics for a tool for timely identification of palliative needs in heart failure: The views of Dutch patients, their families and healthcare professionals.European journal of cardiovascular nursingPeople with advanced heart failure and their families wanted a palliative care needs tool that uses carefully chosen words, adapts to disease stage and setting, and asks about family caregivers' information needs.
• RNSurvey2020To what extent does severity of loneliness vary among different mental health diagnostic groups: A cross-sectional study.International journal of mental health nursingAmong adults using mental health services, people with personality disorders and common mental disorders reported more loneliness than people with psychosis. Perceived discrimination and internalized stigma were linked with loneliness; social isolation was not.
• PTRNCohort2020Subjective reports of physical activity levels and sedentary time prior to hospital admission can predict utilization of hospital care and all-cause mortality among patients with cardiovascular disease.European journal of cardiovascular nursingCardiac ward patients who reported more everyday activity or less sitting before admission had shorter stays, fewer readmissions and lower mortality risk. Asking these habits may help flag risk. It does not prove activity change improves outcomes.
• RNCase Report2020Early manifestation of ARDS in COVID-19 infection in a 51- year-old man affected by Mounier-Kuhn syndrome.Heart & lung : the journal of critical careA patient with rare airway dilation developed early ARDS from COVID-19, then oxygen saturation fell, and he needed intubation, ICU care, ventilation, and tracheostomy before discharge after about two weeks. It is a case report, not a treatment effect.