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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• RNCohort2022Using path analysis to model the process of change in HbA1c among African Americans and Latinos in a community health worker diabetes intervention.Patient education and counselingAfter 6 months of community health worker-led diabetes classes, home visits and accompanied clinic visits, HbA1c fell by 0.7% on average. Group classes were linked to better knowledge and lower distress.
• RNRCT2022Efficacy of a language-concordant health coaching intervention for latinx with diabetes.Patient education and counselingSpanish-speaking adults with poorly controlled diabetes who received nurse-led Spanish-language coaching plus usual diabetes care had lower HbA1c than usual care alone. Depression and anxiety fell and confidence in managing diabetes rose, but HbA1c remained uncontrolled.
• RNSurvey2022Study on the relationship between sarcopenia and its components and anorexia in elderly maintenance haemodialysis patients.Nursing open52.7% of older dialysis patients had sarcopenia and 25.9% had anorexia. Severe sarcopenia and slower walking were more common with anorexia, so nurses may need to check appetite alongside mobility.
• RNOther2022Dispersion of daily physical activity behaviors in school-age children: A novel approach to measure patterns of physical activity.Journal for specialists in pediatric nursing : JSPNA new way to measure how spread out a child's movement is during the day correlated with their total activity minutes. It did not correlate with how much time they spent sitting. This method is not yet validated for clinical use.
• RNQualitative2022When a child is hospitalized in a Covid-19 ward: An emotional roller coaster for parents.Journal of pediatric nursingParents of hospitalized children with Covid-19 felt fear, stress, shame and boredom, but many moved toward acceptance and trust in staff. Parents' accounts point to clear explanations and shared decisions.
• PTOTSLPRNMeta-Analysis2022Clinical Features of COVID-19 Patients in the First Year of Pandemic: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Biological research for nursingAcross 132,647 patients, fever (76.2%) and cough (60.4%) were the most common symptoms. Fatigue (33.6%) and shortness of breath (26.2%) were also frequent, but prevalence varied significantly by continent and study quality.
• RNOther2022Age-related differences in self-report and objective measures of cognitive function in older patients prior to chemotherapy.Nursing openAround the start of chemotherapy, patients aged ≥70 took longer on a task-switching test than patients aged 60-69, while other cognitive scores were similar. Age alone did not separate groups on most measures.
• RNSystematic Review2022What evidence supports the use of Body Worn Cameras in mental health inpatient wards? A systematic review and narrative synthesis of the effects of Body Worn Cameras in public sector services.International journal of mental health nursingThere is no generalisable evidence that body worn cameras reduce patient violence against staff in mental health wards. Existing mental health studies are low quality and show mixed results, with some wards reporting increased verbal abuse and violence alongside decreases in restraint.
• RNQualitative2021Strategies to facilitate effective caring for patients in primary health care clinics.CurationisProposed strategies for nurses in South African primary care clinics focus on maintaining empowering experiences, addressing disempowering behaviours like absenteeism and discrimination, and managing system issues such as long queues and resource shortages.
• RNSurveyWorry About the Future Health Issues of Smoking and Intention to Screen for Lung Cancer With Low-Dose Computed Tomography.Cancer nursingAmong 152 eligible adult smokers, those moderately or very worried about future smoking-related health problems were more likely to say they would undergo low-dose CT lung cancer screening if recommended.
• RNSurvey2022Direct and opportunity costs related to utilizing maternity waiting homes in rural Zambia.MidwiferyAmong 3796 women staying in rural Zambian maternity waiting homes, most paid for food, while most did not pay for transport. Many also reported lost income from farming and household work.
• RNOther2022Health System Success in Delivering Bamlanivimab Within Post-acute and Long-Term Care Facilities.Journal of the American Medical Directors Association87 residents in 12 care facilities received on-site bamlanivimab or casirivimab/imdevimab infusions in the first 6 weeks. The median time from positive test to infusion was 3 days. This does not show the treatment prevented hospitalization or death.
• RNOther2022Reliability and Validity of the Cornell Scale for Depression in Dementia and Invariance Between Black Versus White Residents in Nursing Homes.Journal of the American Medical Directors AssociationNursing home residents' Cornell depression ratings were consistent overall, but the scale may fit White residents better than Black residents. In severe dementia, look for observable signs such as irritability rather than relying only on total scores.
• RNCohort2022Short and long-term complications due to standard and extended prone position cycles in CoViD-19 patients.Intensive & critical care nursingExtended prone cycles in ventilated COVID-19 patients were associated with more pressure sores (51% versus 32%), but no increase in other recorded complications. At three months, no pressure sore problems or overall muscle-strength differences were reported.
• RNSystematic Review2022Influence of provider type on chronic pain prescribing patterns A systematic review.Journal of the American Association of Nurse PractitionersAcross 17 U.S. primary care studies, opioid prescribing patterns were similar between physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants. Differences were inconsistent, and no study assessed nonpharmacologic strategies by provider type.
• RNQualitative2022Online video games and patient-staff power relations. A qualitative study of care and custody in forensic psychiatry.Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursingIn a forensic ward, playing video games together let patients and staff relate as equal players. Staff still held all power over rules and treatment goals. This split allowed connection without surrendering clinical control or safety.
• RNSurvey2022Multimorbidity and healthcare utilization among Black Americans: A cross-sectional study.Nursing openBlack American adults with multimorbidity were over seven times more likely to visit a doctor and five times more likely to see a specialist than those without. However, having multiple conditions was not associated with visiting a dentist. Employment reduced the odds of doctor visits.
• RNOther2022A Novel Collaborative Care Program to Augment Nursing Home Care During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic.Journal of the American Medical Directors AssociationNursing home primary care teams used virtual specialist consults, a nurse navigator, rapid labs and imaging. Uptake was uneven, and the program was not tested for resident transfer or death outcomes.
• RNSurvey2022Association of social support, spirituality with psychological factors in Iranian breast cancer survivors: An evidence from a cross-sectional study.Nursing openAmong Iranian breast cancer survivors, higher perceived social support was associated with lower depression and anxiety scores. Spirituality showed no clear association, and after accounting for other factors neither was associated with fatigue.
• PTRNNarrative Review2022Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome: A conundrum for patients and healthcare providers.The Nurse practitionerPOTS is diagnosed by a sustained standing heart-rate rise of at least 30 beats/minute without hypotension. Care is symptom-focused: fluids, salt, compression, graduated recumbent exercise, off-label medications, and suicide screening.
• RNCohort2022Symptoms of depression in parents after discharge from NICU associated with family-centred care.Journal of advanced nursingParents of preterm infants who experienced more family-centred care in NICUs reported fewer depressive symptoms at discharge and later. This was an association, not proof that changing care prevents depression.
• RNSurvey2022Which factors influence the prevalence of institution-acquired falls? Results from an international, multi-center, cross-sectional survey.Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of NursingAcross five countries, 3.9% of hospital patients and 11.9% of nursing home residents had fallen in the institution in the last 30 days. A fall in the previous year was strongly linked to a recent fall.
• RNCohort2022The COVID-19 pandemic as experienced by adults with congenital heart disease from Belgium, Norway, and South Korea: impact on life domains, patient-reported outcomes, and experiences with care.European journal of cardiovascular nursingMeasured mental health, stigma, and care-experience scores changed negligibly before and during the pandemic in adults with congenital heart disease, despite many reporting negative impacts on social life, mental health, and work. Ask each patient how they are coping.
• PTOTRNCohort2021Frailty and sociodemographic and health factors, and social support network in the brazilian elderly: A longitudinal study.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S POver 10 years, frailty rose in older adults living at home, and it was linked to worsening independence, more depressive symptoms, and more illnesses. Social support fell, but it was not linked to frailty.
• RNOther2022Factors associated with timely initiation of antenatal care among pregnant women in Bahir Dar city, Northwest Ethiopia: Cross-sectional study.Nursing openOnly 44.2% of 804 pregnant women booked first antenatal care by 12 weeks. Knowing the correct timing, secondary education, and first pregnancy after age 18 were associated with earlier booking.
• RNMeta-Analysis2022A systematic review and metanalysis of diagnostic yield of BAL for detection of SARS-CoV-2.Heart & lung : the journal of critical careAmong patients with negative nose or throat swabs, bronchoalveolar lavage found SARS-CoV-2 in 11% of specimens across 17 studies. The estimate was very uncertain because studies varied widely, so it may not apply to every patient.
• RNPilot2022Pain coping skills training un-locks patient-centered pain care during the COVID- 19 lockdown.Pain management nursing : official journal of the American Society of Pain Management NursesEleven adults with chronic pain who completed a 6-week nurse-led telehealth pain coping skills program reported higher pain self-efficacy after training. Without a control group, this suggests feasibility and possible benefit, not proof the program works.
• RNSurvey2022As-Needed Prescribing and Administration of Psychotropic Medications in Assisted Living: A 7-State Study.Journal of the American Medical Directors AssociationIn assisted living, about one in ten residents had an as-needed psychotropic medication prescribed, but only 2.3% were given one in seven days. Anxiolytic/hypnotic drugs were most common, and residents with dementia were more likely to receive them.
• RNRCT2022Caring for a Relative With Dementia in Long-Term Care During COVID-19.Journal of the American Medical Directors AssociationFamily caregivers of long-term care residents with dementia described visiting restrictions, isolation, disrupted routines, infection fears, and missing day-to-day information as major burdens. They valued staff communication, infection control, and creative ways to maintain contact.
• RNOther2022Quality improvement and rapid PDSA cycles to maintain routine surveillance of pulmonary pathogens during the COVID-19 pandemic in a pediatric cystic fibrosis clinic.Journal of pediatric nursingCurbside visits and mailed culture kits were used to continue cystic fibrosis sputum culture surveillance after telehealth began. 67 curbside and 66 returned mailed cultures were obtained; four patients required treatment based on results.
• RNSurvey2021Symptom Profiles of Adolescents and Young Adults in Active Cancer Treatment by Diagnostic Groups.Cancer nursingAdolescents and young adults on chemotherapy reported many symptoms, with nausea, lack of energy and hair loss most common. For many symptoms, differences by age, sex and time since diagnosis were small, so ask each patient what bothers them.
• RNSurvey2021Factors related to patient adherence to the use of new oral anticoagulants.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PMost patients taking new oral anticoagulants reported good adherence. Longer use, working, lower income, and private clinic care were linked with lower self-reported adherence.
• RNOther2021The Influence of Sedentary Behavior on the Relationship Between Cognitive Function and Vascular Function in Older Adults with and without Chronic Kidney Disease.Nephrology nursing journal : journal of the American Nephrology Nurses' AssociationSedentary time and breaks did not show a clear link to how blood vessel stiffness or dilation related to cognitive test scores in older adults with and without chronic kidney disease. In those without kidney disease, one exploratory subgroup suggested a link.
• RNCohortKenyan HIV Clinics With Youth-Friendly Services and Trained Providers Have a Higher Prevalence of Viral Suppression Among Adolescents and Young Adults: Results From an Observational Study.The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care : JANACAmong adolescents and young adults in Kenyan HIV clinics with linked viral load results, 76% had viral suppression, but those starting ART as children were less likely to be suppressed than those starting later. Facilities with both youth-friendly services and trained providers had higher suppression.
• RNQualitativeLatinx Sexual Minority Men's Access to HIV and Behavioral Health Services in South Florida During COVID-19: A Qualitative Study of Barriers, Facilitators, and Innovations.The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care : JANACSome men described avoiding HIV testing and behavioral health care because clinics felt unsafe or confusing during COVID-19. Remote visits, home test kits, and longer medication refills were described as helpful, but privacy and insurance worries remained.
• RNOtherSocioeconomic, Psychosocial, and Clinical Factors Associated With Employment in Women With HIV in the United States: A Correlational Study.The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care : JANACEmployed women with or at risk for HIV reported better health, quality of life, and HIV care outcomes than unemployed women. Low income and lack of college education were strongly linked to unemployment. This study shows associations, not that employment caused better health.
• RNOtherRelationship Between Endoscopic and Clinical Disease Activity With Fatigue in Inflammatory Bowel Disease.Gastroenterology nursing : the official journal of the Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and AssociatesMost adults with inflammatory bowel disease reported fatigue, including many with no inflammation seen on scope. Symptoms and anxiety were more closely tied to fatigue than scope findings. Nurses should screen and assess other causes.
• RNSurvey2022Satisfaction with the quality of nursing care among older adults during acute hospitalization in Ghana.Nursing openMost older adults in public hospitals in Ghana were only moderately satisfied with nursing care. Only 49 of 206 reported high satisfaction. Satisfaction differed by hospital, with Tamale Central Hospital higher than Tamale Teaching Hospital.
• RNOther2022Proactive Geriatric Comanagement of Nursing Home Patients by a New Hospital-Based Liaison Geriatric Unit: A New Model for the Future.Journal of the American Medical Directors AssociationA hospital geriatric liaison unit with advanced nurses assessed 521 nursing home residents in 3 months, changed treatment in 57% of outpatient cases, and staff reported high satisfaction; the paper reports activity and staff views.
• RNCohort2022State Regulations and Hospice Utilization in Assisted Living During the Last Month of Life.Journal of the American Medical Directors AssociationDying residents in assisted living were more likely to receive hospice care when state regulations explicitly allowed it. This link held even after accounting for patient age, dementia, and local hospital patterns, suggesting regulatory clarity helps patients access end-of-life services in their homes.
• PTOTSLPRNQualitative2022One size does not fit all: A qualitative study exploring preferences and barriers towards the design of a loneliness reduction intervention in patients with coronary heart disease.Nursing openPatients with coronary heart disease who felt lonely preferred peer support over involving family or friends. They worried that asking relatives for help would burden them and disrupt existing relationships. Peers allowed them to speak frankly about recovery struggles without fear of judgment.
• RNCohort2022Ketamine for Monitored Anesthesia Care During Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement.Journal of perianesthesia nursing : official journal of the American Society of PeriAnesthesia NursesKetamine use was linked to lower 30-day mortality and intraoperative cardiac arrest in TAVR patients, but the paper did not report its stated main outcome of needing fewer other sedatives, and the events were rare.
• RNCohort2022Accuracy of delirium risk factors in adult intensive care unit patients.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S PIn an adult ICU, infection, severe illness, dehydration, low albumin, multiple invasive devices, bladder catheters, proton-pump inhibitors, and analgesics were linked to delirium. Absence of mechanical ventilation or transfusion made delirium unlikely.
• RNOther2022A study on accuracy and precision of fluid volume measurements by nurses, patients and healthy persons in a clinical setting.Nursing openFluid volume estimates in a hospital setting were inaccurate and highly variable. Nurses met the 10% error margin for only 50% of estimates of fluid removed or left, while patients met it for none.
• RNOther2022Comparison of quality, birth outcomes, and service utilization between health facilities with and without maternity waiting homes in Liberia.MidwiferyHealth facilities with open maternity waiting homes did not show better overall quality, birth outcomes, or service use than those without. They had more soap, sharps boxes, drugs for hemorrhage, and assisted vaginal delivery capability, but this did not translate into better outcomes.
• RNQualitative2022Sleep Disturbance and Self-management in Adults With Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: A Qualitative Study.Clinical nursing researchWithin three months after subarachnoid hemorrhage, survivors described sleep problems linked to anxiety and used varied self-management strategies, but some were cautious about exercise because safe intensity was unclear.
• RNRCT2022Resourcefulness Intervention Efficacy for Parent Caregivers of Technology-Dependent Children: A Randomized Trial.Western journal of nursing researchParents of children using home medical technology who received resourcefulness training reported fewer negative thoughts and better physical health over 6 months. Depressive symptoms and family functioning showed no clear improvement. The training included several components, so a single part cannot be credited.
• RNSystematic Review2022The Needs of Incarcerated Pregnant Women: A Systematic Review of Literature.International journal of community based nursing and midwiferyRecurring needs included prenatal care, delivery care, postpartum care, education, support, counseling, nutrition, and substance abuse management. In 31 studies, nurses can anticipate high-risk pregnancy, infant separation, and continuity after release.
• RNOther2021Exploring Reasons for Delayed Start-of-Care Nursing Visits in Home Health Care: Algorithm Development and Data Science Study.JMIR nursingStructured fields captured reasons for only 19.1% of late home health nursing visits. Free-text notes showed unreachable patients, family postponement, and scheduling problems, but the study did not test whether fixing these reduces delays.
• RNQualitativeHIV Treatment Adherence Strategies Among Virally Suppressed Black Sexual Minority Men in Baltimore, Maryland, and Los Angeles, California: A Theory-Based Qualitative Study.The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care : JANACBlack sexual minority men living with HIV who were virally suppressed described daily pill routines, phone reminders, trusted clinicians, peer check-ins, and taking meds before drinking or drug use. These are reported strategies, not proof they caused suppression.