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BMJ Journals

Table of contents

April 2012 - Volume 15 - 2

Evidence Based Nursing: 15 (2)

Editorial

What is a p value and what does it mean? (12 March, 2012) Free
Dorothy Anne Forbes

Research made simple

Don't keep blaming nurse education ….. (12 March, 2012) Free
Alison Twycross

Adult nursing

Randomised controlled trial: Motivational interviewing improves patients' mood and reduces mortality 12 months poststroke (25 September, 2011)
David R Thompson
Systematic review: Age, comorbidity and functional status influence end-of-life decisions in critical illness, while nationality, ethnicity and clinician experience influence the agressiveness of medical care (3 January, 2012) Free
Ronald L Hickman
Qualitative-other: Women's experience of intimacy following their partner's first myocardial infarction reveals three common themes: perceived responsibility and limited life space; sense of life loss; and finding another dimension of life (22 November, 2011)
Kelsey L Hegarty
Cohort study: Childhood onset and duration of obesity are significant risk factors for type 2 diabetes in mid-adulthood (13 February, 2012)
Charlotte M Boney

Pain management

Survey: Pain prevalence at a Swedish university hospital: 65% of inpatients reported pain in the past 24 h (22 November, 2011) Free
Gareth Parsons
Systematic review: Review of internet-based interventions for pain finds some evidence to support the effectiveness of cognitive and behavioural interventions, but further quality study is needed to assess the effect of peer support and social networking programmes (20 December, 2011)
David A Williams
Survey: Concerns about medication and medication adherence in patients with chronic pain recruited from general practice (22 November, 2011)
Susan Broekmans, Steven Vanderschueren

Child health

Randomised controlled trial: Two-year findings of an implementation intention intervention for teenage women show reduced consultations for emergency contraception or pregnancy testing and a trend towards reduced pregnancy rates (20 December, 2011)
Nicola Hobbs, Falko F Sniehotta
Randomised controlled trial: Power of peer leaders in improving self-management skills among adolescents with asthma (20 December, 2011)
Nihaya Al-Sheyab
Systematic review: Are antiemetics still contraindicated for gastroenteritis in children? Solid evidence now supports the safe use of ondansetron (3 January, 2012)
James E Colletti
Cross-sectional study: UK survey finds that 69% of a sample of teenage schoolgirls have some degree of iodine deficiency (22 December, 2011)
Steven Boyages
Randomised controlled trial: Over 12 months, an immunisation navigator programme for urban adolescents increased immunisation rates by approximately 13% compared with control (19 October, 2011)
Regena Spratling

Midwifery

Cohort study: Prenatal exposure to second hand smoke and adverse perinatal outcomes (28 October, 2011)
Kristin B Ashford
Cohort study: The impact of gestational weight loss on maternal and neonatal outcomes (20 December, 2011)
Deborah K Steward

Nursing issues

Discourse analysis: Changes in patient outcomes coincide with increased nursing hours (28 October, 2011)
Adrian MacKenzie, Gail Tomblin Murphy
Quantitative study – other: Does certification of staff nurses improve patient outcomes? (20 December, 2011)
Mary A Blegen
Case study: Advanced practice nurses use role modelling, teaching, clinical problem solving and change facilitation to promote evidence-based practice among clinical staff nurses (20 December, 2011)
Lynn Gallagher-Ford

Primary health care

Randomised controlled trial: People with hyperlipidaemia who followed a dietary portfolio of cholesterol-lowering foods achieved a greater reduction in LDL cholesterol over 6 months than those who received advice to follow a low-saturated fat diet (22 November, 2011)
Lynne T Braun

Care of the older person

Cross-sectional study: Delirium superimposed on dementia is pervasive and associated with restraint use among older adults residing in long-term care (22 November, 2011)
Donna Marie Fick
Randomised controlled trial: Residential care facilities providing multidisciplinary integrated care for older people achieve higher scores on 32 risk-adjusted quality of care indicators than facilities providing usual care (21 December, 2011)
Adeline Cooney, Declan Devane
Cohart Study: Malnutrition and cognitive impairment among people aged 60 years and above living in regular housing or in special housing in Sweden: a population-based cohort study (3 January, 2012)
Bart Geurden
Quantitative study - other: Nurses trained in the use of the ROSIER tool can assess signs and symptoms of stroke with comparable accuracy to doctors performing standard neurological assessment. (3 January, 2012)
Holli A DeVon, Patricia Zrelak

Electronic page

Purpose and procedure (13 March, 2012)

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