Subscribe
Log In More

Log in via Institution
Log in via OpenAthens

Log in using your username and password
For personal accounts OR managers of institutional accounts

Username *

Password *

Forgot your log in details?Register a new account?
Forgot your user name or password?
Basket
Search More

Search for this keyword

Advanced search

Close More
Main menu

Latest content

Current issue

Archive

Write for Us

About

EBN Blog
Subscribe
Log in More

Log in via Institution
Log in via OpenAthens

Log in using your username and password
For personal accounts OR managers of institutional accounts

Username *

Password *

Forgot your log in details?Register a new account?
Forgot your user name or password?
BMJ Journals

Table of contents

April 2013 - Volume 16 - 2

Evidence Based Nursing: 16 (2)

Editorial

Exciting times ahead for EBN (8 March, 2013)
Alison Twycross

Research made simple

Hypothesis testing and p values: how to interpret results and reach the right conclusions (16 February, 2013) Free
Allison Shorten, Brett Shorten

Women's health

Cohort study: Overweight and obese middle-aged women have increased risk of venous thromboembolism, particularly following surgery (2 November, 2012)
Simon McRae

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 (25 September, 2011)
Susan McDonald
Systematic review and meta-analysis: Diet and physical activity interventions reduce pregnancy weight gain compared with control, with dietary interventions having the greatest effect (25 October, 2012)
Nicola Heslehurst
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 (25 October, 2012)
Rebecca M Reynolds

Mental health

Randomised controlled trial: Tailoring and targeting interventions for women with heart disease: the need for gender-based approaches (6 October, 2011)
Patricia M Davidson

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 (9 November, 2012)
Brett Thombs
Randomised controlled trial: A three-step critical pathway for community-acquired pneumonia reduces duration of hospital stay and intravenous antibiotic use by 2 days (25 October, 2012)
Paula Peyrani

Child health

Systematic review with meta-analysis: Essential information about patterns of victimisation among children with disabilities (19 January, 2013) Free
Sherry Hamby, John Grych
Case–control study: Sleep position does not appear to influence the risk of extreme cardiorespiratory events in vulnerable infants (25 October, 2012)
Dawn E Elder

Health promotion

Randomised controlled trial: In smokers who lapse during nicotine patch treatment, continued patch use increases the likelihood of recovering abstinence (25 October, 2012)
Tim Coleman

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 (9 November, 2012)
Sonia Butalia, Alexander A Leung
Systematic review with meta-analysis: Orlistat reduces weight but its cost–effectiveness remains unclear (24 November, 2012)
Lennert Veerman

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 (25 October, 2012)
William Paul McKay

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 (2 November, 2012) Free
Mary van Soeren
Systematic review: One-on-one education and client reminders increase uptake of colorectal, breast and cervical cancer screening (31 October, 2012)
Kathleen Griffith
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 (9 November, 2012)
Steven A Frost, Evan Alexandrou
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 (9 November, 2012)
Terrah L Foster, Verna L Hendricks-Ferguson

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 (2 November, 2012)
Thomas O Obisesan
Systematic review and meta-analysis: Community-based non-pharmacological interventions delivered by family caregivers reduce behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (30 November, 2012)
Ann M Kolanowski, Nikki Lynn Hill

Correction

Correction (31 July, 2011) Free

Issue Information