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Contents: January 2008, Volume 11, Number 1   [Index by Author]       Other Issues:

Purpose and procedure        Glossary        EBN notebook        Treatment        Assessment (screening or diagnosis)        Causation        Quality improvement        Qualitative

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Purpose and procedure:

Purpose and procedure

Evid Based Nurs 2008; 11: 1-2. doi:10.1136/ebn.11.1.1 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions] [Other articles noted: January 2008]  

Glossary:

Glossary

Evid Based Nurs 2008; 11: 1. doi:10.1136/ebn.11.1.1-a [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

EBN notebook:

New Year—New Look!

Donna Ciliska
Evid Based Nurs 2008; 11: 3. doi:10.1136/ebn.11.1.3 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

The use of qualitative evidence in clinical care

Lena Nordgren, Margareta Asp, and Ingegerd Fagerberg
Evid Based Nurs 2008; 11: 4-5. doi:10.1136/ebn.11.1.4 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Putting evidence into context: some advice for guideline writers

Jonathan Dartnell, Mary Hemming, Joe Collier, and Guenter Ollenschlaeger
Evid Based Nurs 2008; 11: 6-8. doi:10.1136/ebn.11.1.6 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Treatment:

Review: sexual abstinence only programmes do not affect STIs or HIV risk behaviours in high-income countries

Grace Getty (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2008; 11: 9. doi:10.1136/ebn.11.1.9 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Starting oral contraceptives immediately or during next menses did not differ for continued contraceptive use or pregnancy at 6 months

Karen Moore Schaefer (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2008; 11: 10. doi:10.1136/ebn.11.1.10 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review: vaccines against human papillomavirus prevent cervical cancer precursors in young women

Jacqueline Muresan (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2008; 11: 11. doi:10.1136/ebn.11.1.11 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sequential counselling that targeted individual health behaviours did not differ from simultaneous counselling that targeted multiple behaviours

Judith Haber (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2008; 11: 12. doi:10.1136/ebn.11.1.12 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A tailored internet intervention did not increase physical activity more than a tailored print intervention or publicly available web sites

Janet D Allan (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2008; 11: 13. doi:10.1136/ebn.11.1.13 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review: dietary restriction, with or without aerobic exercise, promotes weight loss in postpartum women

Kathryn Weaver (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2008; 11: 14. doi:10.1136/ebn.11.1.14 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review: regular brisk walking improves cardiovascular risk factors in healthy sedentary adults

Ralph Maddison (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2008; 11: 15. doi:10.1136/ebn.11.1.15 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

An intensive lifestyle intervention reduced weight and cardiovascular disease risk factors in overweight and obese people with type 2 diabetes

Deborah Chyun (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2008; 11: 16. doi:10.1136/ebn.11.1.16 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review: moderate weight loss reduces functional disability but does not reduce pain in obese patients with knee osteoarthritis

Donna Ciliska (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2008; 11: 17. doi:10.1136/ebn.11.1.17 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review: intensive behavioural counselling interventions are effective for smoking cessation in patients admitted to hospital

Karen Chalmers (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2008; 11: 18. doi:10.1136/ebn.11.1.18 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review: effectiveness of intensive case management for severe mental illness depends on baseline hospital use and organisation

Lynda Slimmer (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2008; 11: 19. doi:10.1136/ebn.11.1.19 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review: patients in nursing-led units are better prepared for discharge than those receiving usual care

Cindy Doucette (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2008; 11: 20. doi:10.1136/ebn.11.1.20 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review: several interventions reduce fear of falling in older people living in the community

Deborah C Messecar (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2008; 11: 21. doi:10.1136/ebn.11.1.21 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

In-home palliative care increased patient satisfaction and reduced use and costs of medical services

Michelle Acorn (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2008; 11: 22. doi:10.1136/ebn.11.1.22 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Assessment (screening or diagnosis):

Review: some screening tests for dementia are accurate and practical for use in primary care

Sharon Kaasalainen (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2008; 11: 23. doi:10.1136/ebn.11.1.23 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Causation:

Children who consumed sugar-sweetened beverages between meals 4–6 times/week at 2.5–4.5 years of age were more likely to be overweight at 4.5 years of age

Linda O'Mara (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2008; 11: 24. doi:10.1136/ebn.11.1.24 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Quality improvement:

Cleaning of the perineal/genital area before urine collection from toilet-trained children prevented sample contamination

Donna Moralejo (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2008; 11: 25. doi:10.1136/ebn.11.1.25 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Patient education after inguinal hernia surgery did not differ from routine information for pain at rest at 7 days

Gareth Parsons (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2008; 11: 26. doi:10.1136/ebn.11.1.26 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Qualitative:

Smoking cessation was difficult for adolescents because of daily life stressors and the need for major lifestyle changes

Rebecca J Haines (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2008; 11: 27. doi:10.1136/ebn.11.1.27 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

The experience of injecting drugs in public spaces was characterised by urgency, a need for privacy, hygienic concerns, and a sense of shame

Jennifer Mitton (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2008; 11: 28. doi:10.1136/ebn.11.1.28 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Staring, tone of voice, anxiety, mumbling, and pacing in the ED were cues for violence toward nurses

Colleen Varcoe (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2008; 11: 29. doi:10.1136/ebn.11.1.29 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Inpatients with cerebral palsy and complex communication needs identified barriers to communicating with nurses

Heather L McDonald (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2008; 11: 30. doi:10.1136/ebn.11.1.30 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Women’s experiences of myocardial infarction were described in terms of gradual onset, not having chest pain, and responding to symptoms

Patricia H Caldwell (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2008; 11: 31. doi:10.1136/ebn.11.1.31 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Middle-aged people with chronic heart failure experienced the frustrations of living with an unpredictable and failing body

Karen Spilsbury (commentator)
Evid Based Nurs 2008; 11: 32. doi:10.1136/ebn.11.1.32 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]