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April 2013, Volume 16, Issue 2

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  1. Editorial
  2. Research made simple
  3. Women's health
  4. Midwifery
  5. Mental health
  6. Adult nursing
  7. Child health
  8. Health promotion
  9. Primary healthcare
  10. Pain management
  11. Nursing issues
  12. Care of older people
  13. Correction
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Editorial

  • Exciting times ahead for EBN

    • Alison Twycross
    Evid Based Nurs 2013;16:2 35 doi:10.1136/eb-2013-101270

Research made simple

  • Hypothesis testing and p values: how to interpret results and reach the right conclusions

    • Allison Shorten,
    • Brett Shorten
    Evid Based Nurs 2013;16:2 36-37 Published Online First: 16 February 2013 doi:10.1136/eb-2013-101255
    Editor's Choice

Women's health

  • Cohort study: Overweight and obese middle-aged women have increased risk of venous thromboembolism, particularly following surgery

    • Simon McRae
    Evid Based Nurs 2013;16:2 38-39 Published Online First: 2 November 2012 doi:10.1136/eb-2012-100841

Midwifery

  • Systematic review: Women who receive continuous support during labour have reduced risk of caesarean, instrumental delivery or need for analgesia compared to usual care

    • Susan McDonald
    Evid Based Nurs 2013;16:2 40-41 Published Online First: 25 September 2011 doi:10.1136/ebn.2011.100194

  • Systematic review and meta-analysis: Diet and physical activity interventions reduce pregnancy weight gain compared with control, with dietary interventions having the greatest effect

    • Nicola Heslehurst
    Evid Based Nurs 2013;16:2 41-42 Published Online First: 25 October 2012 doi:10.1136/eb-2012-100889

  • Cohort study: Excess maternal weight gain during pregnancy is associated with overweight/obesity in offspring at age 16 years, but maternal pre-pregnancy obesity has a greater effect

    • Rebecca M Reynolds
    Evid Based Nurs 2013;16:2 43-44 Published Online First: 25 October 2012 doi:10.1136/eb-2012-100888

Mental health

  • Randomised controlled trial: Tailoring and targeting interventions for women with heart disease: the need for gender-based approaches

    • Patricia M Davidson
    Evid Based Nurs 2013;16:2 45-46 Published Online First: 6 October 2011 doi:10.1136/ebn.2011-100102

Adult nursing

  • Quantitative—other: A depression screening tool finds that 54% of acute cardiac patients are at risk of depression; use of the tool improves documentation and referral

    • Brett Thombs
    Evid Based Nurs 2013;16:2 47-48 Published Online First: 9 November 2012 doi:10.1136/eb-2012-101053

  • Randomised controlled trial: A three-step critical pathway for community-acquired pneumonia reduces duration of hospital stay and intravenous antibiotic use by 2 days

    • Paula Peyrani
    Evid Based Nurs 2013;16:2 48-49 Published Online First: 25 October 2012 doi:10.1136/eb-2012-101000

Child health

  • Systematic review with meta-analysis: Essential information about patterns of victimisation among children with disabilities

    • Sherry Hamby,
    • John Grych
    Evid Based Nurs 2013;16:2 50-51 Published Online First: 19 January 2013 doi:10.1136/eb-2012-101106
    Editor's Choice

  • Case–control study: Sleep position does not appear to influence the risk of extreme cardiorespiratory events in vulnerable infants

    • Dawn E Elder
    Evid Based Nurs 2013;16:2 51-52 Published Online First: 25 October 2012 doi:10.1136/eb-2012-101003

Health promotion

  • Randomised controlled trial: In smokers who lapse during nicotine patch treatment, continued patch use increases the likelihood of recovering abstinence

    • Tim Coleman
    Evid Based Nurs 2013;16:2 53-54 Published Online First: 25 October 2012 doi:10.1136/eb-2012-101001

Primary healthcare

  • Cohort study: Low-dose aspirin is associated with an increased risk of haemorrhage; but not in people with diabetes who have a high baseline rate of bleeding

    • Sonia Butalia,
    • Alexander A Leung
    Evid Based Nurs 2013;16:2 55-56 Published Online First: 9 November 2012 doi:10.1136/eb-2012-100951

  • Systematic review with meta-analysis: Orlistat reduces weight but its cost–effectiveness remains unclear

    • Lennert Veerman
    Evid Based Nurs 2013;16:2 56-57 Published Online First: 24 November 2012 doi:10.1136/eb-2012-100958

Pain management

  • Randomised controlled trial: Intravenous analgesia for out-of-hospital traumatic pain in adults: ketamine gives a greater reduction in pain than morphine but causes more adverse effects

    • William Paul McKay
    Evid Based Nurs 2013;16:2 58-59 Published Online First: 25 October 2012 doi:10.1136/eb-2012-100946

Nursing issues

  • Quantitative study—other: Study of 23 advanced-practice nurses suggest that their ability to facilitate evidence-based practice among frontline nurses is influenced by their personal attributes, relationships with stakeholders, responsibility and workload and organisational context

    • Mary van Soeren
    Evid Based Nurs 2013;16:2 60-61 Published Online First: 2 November 2012 doi:10.1136/eb-2012-100770
    Editor's Choice

  • Systematic review: One-on-one education and client reminders increase uptake of colorectal, breast and cervical cancer screening

    • Kathleen Griffith
    Evid Based Nurs 2013;16:2 61-62 Published Online First: 31 October 2012 doi:10.1136/eb-2012-101007

  • Quantitative study—other: Higher nurse staffing levels associated with reductions in unplanned readmissions to intensive care or operating theatre, and in postoperative in-hospital mortality in heart surgery patients

    • Steven A Frost,
    • Evan Alexandrou
    Evid Based Nurs 2013;16:2 62-63 Published Online First: 9 November 2012 doi:10.1136/eb-2012-100893

  • Cross sectional study: Asking next-of-kin of recently deceased cancer patients to take part in research: 11 of 20 surveyed found it a positive experience

    • Terrah L Foster,
    • Verna L Hendricks-Ferguson
    Evid Based Nurs 2013;16:2 64-65 Published Online First: 9 November 2012 doi:10.1136/eb-2012-100955

Care of older people

  • Cohort study: Among elderly men, feelings of loneliness are associated with increased 10-year mortality risk, independent of social isolation and medical and psychiatric conditions

    • Thomas O Obisesan
    Evid Based Nurs 2013;16:2 66-67 Published Online First: 2 November 2012 doi:10.1136/eb-2012-100892

  • Systematic review and meta-analysis: Community-based non-pharmacological interventions delivered by family caregivers reduce behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia

    • Ann M Kolanowski,
    • Nikki Lynn Hill
    Evid Based Nurs 2013;16:2 67-68 Published Online First: 30 November 2012 doi:10.1136/eb-2012-101113

Correction

  • Correction

    Evid Based Nurs 2013;16:2 68 Published Online First: 31 July 2011 doi:10.1136/ebn.2011-100095

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