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Table of contents

October 2013 - Volume 16 - 4

Evidence Based Nursing: 16 (4)

Editorial

Patient and public involvement in the implementation of evidence into practice (12 August, 2013)
Sophie Staniszewska, Victoria Thomas, Kate Seers

Research made simple

Understanding triangulation in research (13 August, 2013) Free
Roberta Heale, Dorothy Forbes

Midwifery

Cohort study: Cohort study finds newborn respiratory complications less common when mothers of babies with fetal lung immaturity at 34–37 weeks’ gestation given antenatal steroids (14 February, 2013)
Beena D Kamath-Rayne, Emily A DeFranco

Adult nursing

Systematic review and meta-analysis: Exercise improves fatigue during and after breast and prostate cancer treatment, with benefits seen for aerobic exercise (28 February, 2013)
Theresa Pluth Yeo

Child health

Cohort study: Contact with dogs during the first year of life is associated with decreased risk of respiratory illness (8 December, 2012) Free
Cornelis K van der Ent, Anne C van der Gugten
Quantitative study—other: For vulnerable families, continued postnatal care, provided by family midwives, is associated with improved maternal care and parent–child relationship (15 January, 2013)
Anne Lazenbatt
Quantitative – other: Vitamin D concentration in newborn cord blood is correlated with maternal intake of supplemental vitamin D, and lower levels are associated with increased risk of the infant developing eczema (2 March, 2013)
Edward M Zoratti, Ganesa Wegienka

Health promotion

Systematic review and meta-analysis: Sunbed use increases risk of melanoma; risk increases with greater number of sessions and first use at younger age (15 January, 2013)
Veronique Bataille
Systematic review and meta-analysis: Mobile phone-based smoking cessation interventions increase long-term quit rates compared with control programmes, but effects of the interventions are heterogeneous (6 February, 2013)
William Riley, Erik M Augustson

Primary health care

Quantitative study—other: People with diabetes and self-reported severe hypoglycaemia have increased mortality risk over 5 years (20 December, 2012) Free
Samuel Dagogo-Jack
Systematic review and meta-analysis: General health checks may not reduce morbidity or mortality but do increase the number of new diagnoses (24 January, 2013)
Azeem Majeed, Ricky Banarsee
Randomised control trial: Compared to standard physician care for diabetes, nurse specialists provide similar care in terms of quality of life (22 February, 2013)
Michelle L Litchman
Systematic review and meta-analysis: Updated systematic review suggests that cranberry juice is not effective at preventing urinary tract infection (19 April, 2013) Free
Amy B Howell

Pain management

Quantitative study—other: Movement pain, resting pain and depression prior to total knee replacement predict postoperative pain (16 February, 2013)
James A Browne

Nursing issues

Quantitative study—other: Scientific nursing journals over 25 years: most studies continue to focus on adults and psychological variables, with a decline in theory-testing-based studies and an increase in qualitative studies (21 December, 2012)
Marilyn H Oermann, Coretta Melissa Jenerette
Cohort study: US Medicare data show incidence of hospital-acquired pressure ulcers is 4.5%, and they are associated with longer hospital stay and higher risk of death (15 January, 2013)
Zena Moore
Cross-sectional study: Hospital nursing units in the USA: government ownership, Magnet designation, unit population age group and higher skill mix are associated with lower nursing turnover (16 February, 2013)
Patricia A Patrician
Systematic review: Cochrane reviews allow firm conclusions to be made about the effectiveness of various local and systemic treatments for wounds and ulcers (28 February, 2013)
Katherine R Jones

Care of older people

PostScript

Letter of response to the commentary written by Dr Howell (19 April, 2013)
Ruth Jepson

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