Experiences and perceptions of emergency department nurses regarding people who present with mental health issues : a systematic review of qualitative evidence. | Mary Brigid Quirke | quirkemb@tcd.ie | No | Trinity Centre Practice & Healthcare Innovation, Trinity College Dublin: A Joanna Briggs Institute Affiliated Group | 09/11/2018 | 09/11/2018 | Non-mental health trained registered nurses in all hospital based emergency departments. Phenomena of interest:
The experiences and perceptions of non-mental health trained ED nurses in relation to people who present with mental health issues. Nurses’ experiences and perceptions of people who present with mental health issues at emergency departments in all hospital settings |
Impact of the prenatal education program given by midwifes to optimize the development of the labor, delivery and postpartum of primiparous women in hospital attention: A quantitative association review. | Ligia Patricia Rojas Valenciano | ligiarojas7@gmail.com | No | Costa Rican Evidence-Based Nursing Research Collaboration Program | 22/08/2018 | 22/08/2018 | Primiparous women prenatal education programs taught by midwifes. hospital care. To optimize the development of the labor, delivery and postpartum in hospital attention. Measurements: a) studies in which the general effect of prenatal education programs on primiparous women in labor is measured, b) studies in which the impact of prenatal education programs on the development of the labor, delivery and postpartum of primiparous women is measured. |
A comparison of psychotropic medications to antihypertensives with respect to the incidence of falls among community dwelling elderly patients : a systematic review of quantitative evidence. | Marina Vernaya | mvernaya@msmu.edu | No | UCSF Evidence Synthesis & Implementation: A Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence | 20/06/2018 | 18/12/2018 | This review will consider studies that include elderly patients residing in the community and receiving psychotropic medications. This review will evaluate elderly patients receiving psychotropic medications. Elderly patients receiving antihypertensive(s). This review will consider studies that include the following outcome measure: the incidence of fall(s). |
A systematic review of the palliative care to decrease the anxiety and depression of cancer patients : a systematic review of quantitative evidence. | Chang Yu-Min | angle_07_15@yahoo.com.tw | No | JBI | 08/01/2019 | 08/01/2019 | Terminal patient, cancer early palliative care Quantitative- effectiveness, telephone interview a week to a month.
Using tool of HADS, Zung self-rating scale.
The degree of anxiety and depression decreased significantly and was significantly better than the control group (ρ<.005; ρ<.001).
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A systematic review of the incidence, risk factors, screening tools, and clinical outcomes for adult critically ill patients with post extubation dysphagia: a systematic review of quantitative evidence | Tim Chimunda - Bendigo Health | TCHIMUNDA@bendigohealth.org.au | No | JBI | 17/12/2018 | 17/12/2018 | Adult critically ill patients. Patients will be >18 years, < 100 years. Patients who have undergone a period of endotracheal intubation No comparator (qualitative review) Primary:
To identify and evaluate the risk factors for developing post extubation dysphagia (PED)
Secondary:
To define the incidence of PED
To identify and evaluate screening tools available for PED
To define clinical outcome measures related to PED
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A systematic review of workplace factors associated with PTSD among nurses in psychiatric in-patient settings : a comprehensive systematic review. | N. Zoe Hilton - Centre: Waypoint Research Institute and The Royal Ottawa Health Care Group | zhilton@waypointcentre.ca | No | JBI | 12/02/2019 | 12/02/2019 | P=Hospital nurses, psychiatric hospital nurses
The large majority of psychiatric unit staff are nurses, and we expect the most useful research to be about nurses (broadly defined to include registered nurses, ancillary nursing staff, etc.). We expect only a small amount of literature on psychiatric hospital nurses specifically, so we are extending the search to include other hospital nurses and plan to examine the sub-set of literature on psychiatric nurses.
Our focus is to identify literature on workplace factors specifically, and we consider factors related to the organization, environment, and worker to all be parts of the workplace. O=Post-traumatic stress disorder and symptoms
Our definition of PTSD includes clinical diagnoses or validated self-report measures, and we are concerned with the literature measuring any level of PTSD symptomatology. Trauma symptoms will be included if measured by a structured clinical interview for DSM5 (SCID), or tools such as the PTSD Checklist Civilian-Version (PCL) or Impact of Event Scale (IES) validated with a SCID. Other tools will be considered if they have concurrent validity with the PCL, IES or clinical diagnosis. Self-reported diagnoses by clinicians may also be considered.
We will not exclude studies that include other mental health problems as well as PTSD.
We expect that the potentially traumatic events occurring in psychiatric hospitals will be more similar to those in other hospital environments than to those occurring in the community.
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Adapting to Climate Change – Effects of Air Conditioning on Hospitalised Patients: A scoping review | Benedikt Lenzer - Arbeitsbereich ambulante Pneumologie, Klinik für Infektiologie und Pneumologie, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin | benedikt.lenzer@charite.de | No | JBI | 08/01/2019 | 08/01/2019 | Hospitalised patients including patients of intensive care units. Pregnant women or newborns and small children will be excluded Air conditioning, room ventilation, use of an electric fan or other devices to control the room temperature in hospitals/ patient rooms.
Use of these intervention particularly on hot days, but also with regular weather conditions.
1. Therapeutic effects/health related outcomes: Morbidity, mortality, patient satisfaction, sleep, treatment adherence and compliance, respiratory function tests, vital signs, renal function/osmoregulation, length of stay, patient readmission;
2. Possible harms: Infections, drug interactions, side effects, complications;
3. Integration in currently existing nationally and globally heatwave plans
4. Preventive use for inpatients
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Alterations in extracellular vesicles (exosomes) levels during aging with special regard to the female reproductive physiological phenomena and fertility: a comprehensive systematic review. | Fariba Pashazadeh | Fpmedlib@gmail.com | No | Iranian EBM Centre: A Joanna Briggs Institute Affiliated Group | 11/05/2018 | 11/05/2018 | aged female groups Intervention & Phenomena of Interest:
Extracellular Vesicles (EXOSOMEs) Exosomes are cell-based vesicles which contain variety of bioactive molecules affecting physiological and pathological phenomena through transfer of their cargo from one cell to another. These small functioning modulators have been demonstrated to alter a broad spectrum of cellular functions, biochemical composition and signaling pathways of the recipient cells. Therapeutic dimensions of exosomes have been explored considerably. Alteration in levels of exosomes were reported during cellular senescence and in patients with the most common age-related diseases (ARDs). Exosomal role in the maternal-embryo crosstalk for the recognition and maintenance of a pregnancy during maternal aging is well documented. The primary outcome of this study is
age-related alterations in the exosomal content and functions that can influence the reproductive performance in human and animals as conveyors of senescence signals outside the cells.
The secondary outcome is
exosomes capability in carrying developmental signaling molecules like proteins, coding and non-coding RNA cargos, influencing gene expressions and affecting growth and regulation of embryo during pregnancy. Identification of extracellular vesicles in genital fluids express their role as a marker for pregnancy and fecundity-related pathologies. These raised the possibility that endogenous exosomes may play a significant role in modulating fertility, growth and maturity of germ cells and early embryonic development. |
Altered leptin levels in patients with endometriosis: a systematic review of quantitative evidence | Fariba Pashazadeh | Fariba_Pashazadeh@yahoo.com | No | Iranian EBM Centre: A Joanna Briggs Institute Affiliated Group | 08/02/2018 | 08/02/2018 | women Exposure:
Increased leptin level endometriosis |
Association between the frequency of NK cells and preeclampsia | Fariba Pashazadeh | Fariba_pashazadeh@yahoo.com | No | Iranian EBM Centre: A Joanna Briggs Institute Affiliated Group | 09/02/2018 | 09/02/2018 | Pregnant women Exposure:
Increased NK cell Preeclampsia (Preeclampsia (PE), as a pregnancy-specific syndrome, characterized by hypertension, significant proteinuria, and an excessive maternal systemic inflammatory response which is occurred after 20 weeks.) |
Association of Serum Testosterone Concentration with Depression in Men: a systematic review | See Chee Keong | see.cheekeong@adelaide.edu.au | No | JBI | 19/09/2018 | 19/09/2018 | The review will consider studies involving men at any age conducted in a non-acute or non-critical care setting. The participants should not be on testosterone replacement therapy and multiple hormonal replacement therapy (i.e thyroxine, hydrocortisone, desmopressin). Studies with participants suffering hypopituitarism from pituitary surgery or has traumatic brain injury will be excluded. None Comparator: None This review will consider studies that include depression or incident depression outcomes. Depression or incident depression can be defined according to:
1. A diagnosis of depression according to a recognized and standardized clinical criteria such as a structured clinical interview based on Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) III-TR, IV or V criteria or International Classification of Disease criteria M(2, 3) or a diagnosis made by a qualified professional in medical records (e.g. psychiatrist, general physician). Depression will be considered as any MDD or dysthymia or other depression disorder.
2. A validated self-administered depression questionnaire such as the Becks Depression Inventory-IA or II(BDI-IA or BDI-II), Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale (HADS), Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS), Centre for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) (41)
3. Composite of (1) and (2)
Definition of depression in each study included will be assessed and evaluated during critical appraisal and data analysis. |
Barriers and facilitators to diagnosis, commencement and completion of treatment among First Peoples living with hepatitis C: a systematic review | Emily Phillips | phil0470@flinders.edu.au | No | JBI | 05/07/2018 | 05/07/2018 | First Peoples in Canada, the United States, Australia and New Zealand, over age 18 who have been diagnosed with hepatitis C Exposure:
A formal diagnosis of hepatitis C infection No comparator (qualitative review) Patient-identified structural, financial, social and personal barriers and facilitators to hepatitis C diagnosis and treatment |
Barriers and facilitators to early mobilization in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit: a comprehensive systematic review | Eunice Lim Ya Ping | eunice9205@gmail.com | No | Singapore National University Hospital (NUH) Centre for Evidence-Based Nursing: A Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence | 19/09/2018 | 19/09/2018 | Patients who are admitted to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, including bedbound patients Comparator: None
Context: Pediatric Intensive Care Unit |
Barriers and facilitators to physical activity among ethnic Chinese children: a comprehensive systematic review | Haiquan Wang | Haiquan.Wang@nottingham.ac.uk | No | The Nottingham Centre for Evidence-Based Healthcare: A Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence | 27/03/2018 | 27/03/2018 | Ethnic Chinese children and their parents and teachers. Phenomena of interest:
Barriers and facilitators to physical activity among ethnic Chinese children (as experienced and perceived by them and by their parents and teachers). No comparator (qualitative review): N/A Homes, communities and schools throughout the world. |
Barriers and facilitators to physical activity participation in adults living with type 1 diabetes. A scoping review | Marian Brennan | marian.brennan@postgrad.curtin.edu.au | No | The Western Australian Group for Evidence Informed Healthcare Practice: A Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence | 14/02/2019 | 14/02/2019 | The population under review are adults living with T1D, male or female who have been living with T1D for any length of time.
The key concepts to this review will be PA, barriers to PA, facilitators of PA and strategies used to increase PA participation. The context of the review will be open to all care settings, globally |
Building Capacity among nurses working in long-term care: a systematic review of qualitative evidence. | Roslyn Maree Compton - College of Nursing, University of Saskatchewan | roslyn.compton@usask.ca | No | JBI | 05/12/2018 | 05/12/2018 | nurses working in long-term care with older adults 65 years and over Push and pull factors that influence nurses working or discontinuing their work in long-term care Long-term care for older adults 65 years and over |
Cancer survivors’ experiences with financial toxicity : a systematic review of qualitative evidence. | Weijie Xing | xingweijie@fudan.edu.cn | No | Fudan University Centre for Evidence-based Nursing: A Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence | 14/02/2019 | 14/02/2019 | Adult cancer survivors who were undergoing or finished treatments Phenomena of interest (qualitative)
Cancer survivors’ experiences with and coping strategies for financial toxicity
Any type of settings, including but not limited to home care, community, out-patient and in-hospital palliative care, were eligible for inclusion |
Characteristics of care strategies and interventions for the adult living with frailty in primary health care: A scoping review | Marie-Elaine Delvin | marie.delvin@queensu.ca | No | Queen's Collaboration for Health Care Quality: A Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence | 23/05/2018 | 23/05/2018 | The scoping review will consider studies that include adults living with frailty aged 65 years and over. Frailty being a relatively new concept in the literature, studies including adults aged 65 years and over, and facing multiple chronic diseases and/or social isolation will also be considered. Adults of all gender will be included. Studies conducted in all countries will be considered. Intervention & Phenomena of Interest:
The scoping review will consider studies discussing characteristics and care processes supporting interventions and strategies for the care provision of the older adult living with frailty in primary health care. Within primary health care delivery model, interventions and strategies have evolve to meet the care needs of adults living with frailty. These interventions and strategies will be the focus of interest of the scoping review where their characteristics and care processes will be outlined.
Both primary care and primary health care will be initially included as the two terms are often used interchangeably. Primary care represents to first point entry into the health care system where primary health care encompass multiple sectors. Primary care includes various type of organizations where patient can access primary care providers, as well as emergency room. The establishment of collaborative team-based models engaging in a primary health care approach has been central to recent health reforms. The scoping review will focus on interventions and strategies found exclusively in collaborative team-based models and will exclude context such as emergency department.
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Characteristics of the Collaborative Learning Unit practice education model for undergraduate nursing students: A scoping review protocol | Lenora Marcellus | lenoram@uvic.ca | No | The University of Victoria (UVic) Centre for Evidence-Informed Nursing and Healthcare (CEiNHC): A Joanna Briggs Institute Affiliated Group | 12/07/2018 | 12/07/2018 | Undergraduate nursing students Phenomena of interest:
Collaborative Learning Unit model of practice education Health system and community settings |
Comparative Efficacy of Anti IL-4, IL-5 and IL-13 Drugs for Treatment of Eosinophilic Asthma: A Network Meta-analysis | IMRAN IFTIKHAR | IMRAN.HASAN.IFTIKHAR@EMORY.EDU | No | JBI | 01/08/2018 | 01/08/2018 | Adult patients with asthma Benralizumab, dupilumab, lebrikizumab, mepolizumab, reslizumab and tralokinumab Comparator:
Placebo in randomized controlled trials. (1) Forced Expiratory Volume – 1 second, (2) Asthma Control Test (ACT) score, (3) Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire (AQLQ) score |
Comparison of Magnetic activated cell sorting, density gradient centrifugation and Swim-up techniques effect on sperm aneuploidy, DNA fragmentation and pregnancy rate. | Fariba Pashazadeh | Fpmedlib@gmail.com | No | Iranian EBM Centre: A Joanna Briggs Institute Affiliated Group | 11/05/2018 | 11/05/2018 | Infertile male Magnetic activated cell sorting (MACS) Comparison:
Density gradient centrifugation (DGC), Swim-up (SU) Primary Outcomes:
Pregnancy rate, Implantation rate, Miscarriage rate
Secondary Outcomes:
DNA fragmentation, Aneuploidy |
Correlation between sperm DNA fragmentation and aneuploidy: a systematic review of quantitative evidence | Fariba Pashazadeh | Fariba_Pashazadeh@yahoo.co | No | Iranian EBM Centre: A Joanna Briggs Institute Affiliated Group | 08/02/2018 | 08/02/2018 | Men Exposure:
Aneuploidy Sperm DNA fragmentation |
Countries experiences in formalizing Community health workers providing maternal and child health services in Sub Saharan Africa : a systematic review of qualitative evidence. | Gumi Abdallah Mrisho - Ifakara Health Institute,Tanzania | gabdallah@ihi.or.tz | No | JBI | 18/12/2018 | 18/12/2018 | Community health workers Phenomena of interest (qualitative)
Experiences and steps taken by to formalize Community health workers
No comparator (qualitative review) Africa |
Dendritic-cell (DC) Therapy with Wilms’ tumor 1 antigen-targeted dendritic cell vaccination in patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML):A Systematic Review of quantitative evidence | Fariba Pashazadeh | Fariba_pashazadeh@yahoo.com | No | Iranian EBM Centre: A Joanna Briggs Institute Affiliated Group | 09/02/2018 | 09/02/2018 | Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia(AML) Dendritic-cell (DC) Therapy with Wilms’ tumor 1 antigen-targeted dendritic cell vaccination Comparator:
Standard therapy or no control group Complete or partial remission, The function of CD8+ T cells |
Descriptions of occupational therapy interventions in mental health: a systematic review of qualitative evidence. | Katrina Bannigan | katrina.bannigan@plymouth.ac.uk | No | The University of Plymouth Centre for Innovations in Health and Social Care: A Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence | 21/02/2018 | 21/02/2018 | This systematic review will consider literature regarding adults with mental ill health aged 18/+ but is not limited to a specific mental health diagnosis. Phenomena of interest:
The phenomena of interest are interventions used in mental health settings by occupational therapists, i.e. occupational therapy interventions that are either occupation-based and/or occupation-focused Papers will be considered for review if they discuss interventions for adult mental health that have not been evaluated or grounded in empirical evidence. Mental Health is a key priority for modern health and social services. This is because approximately one in four people, at some point in their lives experience a mental health disorder and this is higher for people experiencing chronic physical disability or illness. Aside from economic costs of mental illness, which are estimated, in England for example, at £105.2 billion each year including service cost, mental illness reduces quality of life and productivity at work. Occupational therapists are obliged to implement interventions to increase people’s participation in everyday life by improving occupational performance in activities of daily living. To understand whether an intervention is effective it is imperative that interventions in mental health are evaluated. There are interventions currently being used by occupational therapists in practice that have yet to be tested. Therefore, the aim of this systematic review is to identify descriptions of occupational therapy interventions for adults aged 18/+ with mental illness that have not been evaluated by occupational therapists, or grounded in empirical evidence and to ascertain if they are amenable to being researched. |
Determinants of Adolescent Reproductive Health Service Utilization in Ethiopia : a systematic review of quantitative evidence. | Gelila Abraham Tefera | abrahamgelila7@gmail.com | No | Ethiopian Evidenced Based Healthcare and Development Centre: A Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence | 11/04/2018 | 11/04/2018 | Adolescents whose age group are 10-19 years Phenomena of interest:
Experiences related to the deterrents of reproductive health services utilisation among adolescents. Quantitative studies reporting experience of adolescents living in Ethiopia; on utilising reproductive health services. |
Dietary Intake Influences Metabolites in Infants: A Scoping Review | Mara Leimanis of Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital | mara.leimanis@spectrumhealth.org | No | JBI | 11/12/2018 | 11/12/2018 | Infants <12 months old; full-term, previously healthy; excluding pre-term infants Diet: formula vs. breast-fed, vs. mixed-diet. Original research studies from peer-reviewed journals, grey literature (White papers from government and industry); -Databases included: Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed, Embase, and Food Studies Online
Phenomena of interest (qualitative)
Dates: Jan 1, 2008-Jan 1, 2018; -international sites (all); - Biofluids (plasma, serum, stool, urine, breastmilk; -Study design: RCT’s, cohort, observational, ex vivo; -techniques: HPLC/GC-MS, HPLC/MS-MS; HPLC/LC-MS, ELISA, NMR, HRMS
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Dust control measures for preventing lung disease in coal miners : a comprehensive systematic review | Gunther Paul | gunther.paul@jcu.edu.au | No | JBI | 14/01/2019 | 14/01/2019 | We will include any study involving coal mine workers, of any age. We will include studies that have evaluated the effectiveness of any dust control measure in the workplace Comparator
We will compare to populations who have not had any intervention, or controlled before and after studies, and interrupted time series studies. Primary:
1. Incidence of Coal Mine Dust Lung Disease as defined by authors
Secondary:
1. measure of dust exposure, by any method
2. Adverse events
3. Cost effectiveness analysis
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Early prediction of pre-eclampsia using blood fetal-placental endocrine axis biomarkers : a systematic review of quantitative evidence. | Reza Piri | dr.reza.piri@gmail.com | No | Iranian EBM Centre: A Joanna Briggs Institute Affiliated Group | 21/05/2018 | 21/05/2018 | Pregnant women. Phenomena of interest:
Blood levels of Alfa-fetoprotein, Beta-human chorionic gonadotropin, Placental protein-13, pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A, Inhibin A and Activin A. Comparator:
Laboratory analysis. Pre-eclampsia: systolic blood pressure ≥ 140 mm Hg or diastolic blood pressure ≥ 90 mm Hg and proteinuria > 0.3 gr/ 24 hours or a dipstick result > 1+ equivalent to 0.3 mg/dl in a single urine test of new onset after 20 weeks of gestation. |
Effect of Astaxanthin supplementation on antioxidants and liver protection property : a systematic review of quantitative evidence. | Reza Parvan, Jalal Abdolalizadeh, Liela Jahangiry | jabdolalizadeh@gmail.com | No | Iranian EBM Centre: A Joanna Briggs Institute Affiliated Group | 13/02/2018 | 13/02/2018 | patients with different conditions (healthy volunteers, obese and smoking) Supplementation of Astaxanthin with different sources, forms and doses for at least 2 week Comparator:
Before and after treatment in treated group with before and after treatment in untreated group (placebo group or untreated) Quantitative levels of laboratory parameters consist of: Albumin, Total Bilirubin, Uric Acid, SGOT, SGPT and ALP. |
Effect of BMI on the risk of chronic kidney disease among adult population in low and middle income country : a systematic review of quantitative evidence. | ALEMAYEHU BELAY ALAMNEH | alexbsru@gmail.com | No | Ethiopian Evidenced Based Healthcare and Development Centre: A Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence | 13/02/2019 | 14/02/2019 | The population under review are adults living with T1D, male or female who have been living with T1D for any length of time.
The key concepts to this review will be PA, barriers to PA, facilitators of PA and strategies used to increase PA participation. The context of the review will be open to all care settings, globally |
Effect of maternal smoking during pregnancy on lung function and asthma in children: a systematic review of quantitative evidence. | Yana Xing | xingyana@bucm.edu.cn | No | The Beijing University of Chinese Medicine Centre for Evidence-based Nursing: A Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence | 19/06/2018 | 19/06/2018 | Infants and children aged 0-18 years old. Exposure:
Maternal smoking during pregnancy. Comparator:
Children who were not exposed to maternal smoking during pregnancy. Primary outcomes: The prevalence of wheezing and physician-diagnosed asthma, and lung function (Pulmonary Function Test): Peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR), Forced expiratory flow (FEF75), Forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1). |
Effect of sugammadex versus neostigmine on post-operative nausea and vomiting, in adult patients undergoing laparoscopic surgery, paralyzed with rocuronium bromide : a systematic review of quantitative evidence | Angela Jeanette Porch | aporc2@lsuhsc.edu | No | The Louisiana Centre for Promotion of Optimal Health Outcomes: A Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence | 21/05/2018 | 21/05/2018 | The review will consider studies that include adult surgical patients, who are over the age of 18, with an American Society of Anesthesiologist classification of I or II, undergoing general anesthesia for laparoscopic surgeries, paralyzed with rocuronium. This review will consider studies that will compare the use of sugammadex with the use of neostigmine, in the reversal of rocuronium in adult patients, undergoing laparoscopic procedures, and the occurrence of post-operative nausea and vomiting. Comparator:
This review will consider studies that compare the intervention to the use of neostigmine, to reverse the paralytic effects of rocuronium, and the occurrence of PONV, following laparoscopic surgery. This review will consider studies that include the following outcomes: The presence of PONV, the severity of PONV, and the need for rescue anti-emetics. Symptom severity outcome measures may include descriptive reports, standardized nausea vomiting scoring tools, and documented administration of any anti-emetics, used to treat the presence of PONV. |
Effective incident management across the continuum of care : a mapping review of the literature | Christina Godfrey | christina.godfrey@queensu.ca | No | Queen's Collaboration for Health Care Quality: A Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence | 21/08/2014 | 15/08/2018 | The problem that is the focus of this review is the management of patient safety incidents and how to address issues following a safety incident The problem that is the focus of this review is the management of patient safety incidents and how to address issues following a safety incident across the entire continuum of care. Outcomes of interest are the frameworks, models or tools proposed by researchers to guide the process of incident management. |
Effective retention incentives for health workers in rural and remote areas : a systematic review of quantitative evidence. | Sonia Hines | sonia.hines@flinders.edu.au | No | JBI | 29/06/2018 | 29/06/2018 | Health workers including medical doctors, nurses, pharmacists and all allied health professions. Any interventions, support measures or incentive programs designed to increase workforce length of employment or reduce turnover for health workers. Comparator:
Other intervention or no intervention. Primary outcomes are length of employment and staff turnover. Secondary outcomes are: intention to return, staff satisfaction. |
Effective strategies for preventing or reducing alcohol misuse in Australian Indigenous youth : a systematic review of quantitative evidence. | Tim Carey | tim.carey@flinders.edu.au | No | JBI | 03/07/2018 | 03/07/2018 | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people aged 10-25 years Public health interventions enacted by government bodies at any level designed to reduce or prevent alcohol and other substance misuse Comparator:
Comparison of no intervention or previous public health interventions Alcohol consumption rates, alcohol misuse, population rates of alcohol-related harm |
Effectiveness of Natural Killer Cell Immunotherapy in Acute Myeloid Leukemia(AML): a quantitative systematic review | Fariba Pashazadeh | fariba_pashazadeh@yahoo.com | No | Iranian EBM Centre: A Joanna Briggs Institute Affiliated Group | 09/03/2018 | 09/03/2018 | Patient with Acute Myeloid Leukemia(AML) Natural Killer Cell Immunotherapy Comparator
The situation before treatment
Clearance Leukemia, donor NK Cell expansion |
Effectiveness of a school and family-based intervention for preventing adolescent substance abuse : a systematic review of quantitative evidence. | Negussie Boti Sidemo | Hanehalid@gmail.com | No | Ethiopian Evidenced Based Healthcare and Development Centre: A Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence | 05/02/2019 | 05/02/2019 | This review will identify study conduct among adolescent age 10-19 years old and attend High school will be reviewed The review of this study will include only experimental study conduct either school based only, Family based only or composed interventions conducted in sub-Sahara Africa and published within last 10 years. Substance use, defined broadly to include tobacco (smoked or chewed), alcohol, marijuana, or “hard drugs” (e.g., cocaine, inhalants, etc.) and Khat chewing
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Effectiveness of Anti-CD19 Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T-cell Therapy in refractory diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma(DLBCL): a quantitative systematic review | Fariba Pashazadeh | fariba_pashazadeh@yahoo.com | No | Iranian EBM Centre: A Joanna Briggs Institute Affiliated Group | 09/03/2018 | 09/03/2018 | Patient with diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma Anti-CD19 Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T-cell Therapy Comparator:
The situation before treatment
Primary outcome:
Objective response rate( complete, partial) response
Secondary outcome:
cytokine release syndrome (CRS), neurologic events(NE) |
Effectiveness of chest pain protocols on early discharge in adults with symptoms of sca in emergency departments: a systematic review protocol | Misa Cadidé Duarte | misa.duarte@usp.br | No | The Brazilian Centre for Evidence-based Healthcare: A Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence | 16/03/2018 | 16/03/2018 | adult patients (>18 years) with complaints of chest pain suggestive of ACS treated in the emergency department (ED). application of the Chest pain protocols for early discharge in the ED. Comparator
the intervention to conventional treatment or other care protocols. early discharge from the ED within 6 hours, and MACE within 30 days after discharge from the ED. |
EFFECTIVENESS OF COMMUNITY-BASED HEALTHY LIFESTYLE INTERVENTIONS FOR PREVENTION OF TYPE 2 DIABETES: A COMPREHENSIVE SYSTEMATIC REVIEW | François Habiyaremye of Rwanda Center for Evidence Based Health Care, Rwanda Bio-Medical Center | francoishabiyaremye2040@gmail.com | No | JBI | 18/04/2018 | 18/04/2018 | Adults aged 18 years old or older This review will consider studies that evaluate Community Health Workers or Health Personnel involved in providing health education /promotion messages to change life styles (physical activity, eating balanced diet, diabetes knowledge, self-efficacy and psychological well-being,) in a community setting worldwide. Comparator:
Routine Care/Advanced care This review will consider studies that included the following proxy indicators of primary outcome like (1)change in the level of clinical /biometric measurements ( blood pressure, HBA1C, Serum lipids, insulin, , plasma glucose, cholesterol, BMI, waist circumference (2)healthy behaviors (initiating physical activity, diabetes knowledge, healthy eating, tobacco use cessation, reduce alcohol drink Prevention of type 2 diabetes (primary study outcome) will be measured based on changes in the above mentioned proxy variables |
Effectiveness of evidence based interventions at a systems level on reducing burnout among nurses: a quantitative systematic review protocol | Donna Poirier | dpoirier4@hotmail.com | No | The Northeast Institute for Evidence Synthesis and Translation (NEST): A Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence | 08/10/2015 | 08/12/2017 | All nurses, 18 years old or older, any ethnicity or race who work as a staff nurse in an acute care setting Conducting Systematic Review Protocol of the Quantitative Literature to identify successful interventions at a systems level for nurse burnout. Comparator:
The usual standard of care within an acute care setting
The null hypothesis is that the literature will demonstrate at least one successful intervention for reducing burnout among nurses. |
Effectiveness of interventions to reduce occupational stress among emergency department (ED) staff : a systematic review of quantitative evidence. | Xu, Hui (Grace) | Hui.xu1@uqconnect.edu.au | No | The Queensland Centre for Evidence Based Nursing and Midwifery: A Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence | 30/07/2018 | 30/07/2018 | The review will consider studies that include staff who work in the emergency department (ED). The definition of staff for this review includes all clinical staff who work in the ED and will include doctors, nurses and allied health staff. The review will evaluate any interventions used to reduce occupational stress. Interventions will include but not be limited to mindfulness-based interventions(s), cognitive-behavioral based intervention(s) and stress reduction intervention(s). Comparator:
Standard care or no comparator. The review will include, but not be limited to, studies with the following outcome measures: perceived or biological measures of occupational stress, such as: burnout, compassion fatigue, or other psychological measurements (e.g. anxiety, depression). For studies to be included in the review the occupational must be measured by a validated tool including but not limited to: the Perceived Stress Scale, the Mental Health Professionals Stress Scale, the Survey of Recent Life Experiences, Maslach Burnout Inventory, the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale, and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. |
Effectiveness of mobile technology for control of hypertension in low- and middle-income countries : a comprehensive systematic review. | Ermias Woldie | ermmias@gmail.com | No | Ethiopian Evidenced Based Healthcare and Development Centre: A Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence | 13/12/2018 | 13/12/2018 | Adult population who have diagnosed for hypertension and they use mobile technology Mobile technology Comparator (quantitative - effectiveness)
Not using mobile technology for support for hypertension control
Effectively controlled hypertension |
Effectiveness of nurse-led clinics for patients with coronary heart diseases: a systematic review of quantitative evidence. | Ainagul Alzhanova | a1727671@adelaide.edu.au | No | JBI | 05/11/2018 | 05/11/2018 | Patients 18 years old and above with existing or newly diagnosed coronary heart disease will be included in the review. Heart failure, cardiomyopathies, congenital heart diseases, arrhythmias, other cardiovascular diseases such as stroke, peripheral vascular diseases are excluded from the review. The intervention is nurse-led clinics for cardiac patients. Nurse led clinics are staffed and coordinated primarily by nurses under close supervision and collaboration of physicians, and deliver education, assessment, treatment and monitoring, consultation and referral to other health disciplines.
A nurse-led clinic is a regulated approach of healthcare provision that involves a nurse, supported by a multidisciplinary team, and a patient and their family. They are entirely managed by specialised nurses for patients’ support and monitoring chronic disease. Nurses, being the primary caregivers, provide care with respect to patients’ diseases, experiences, knowledge, self-management and compliance. They are well-trained and prepared to deliver patient-centred care in regards to disease prevention, health promotion and maintenance.
Nurse-led clinics deliver a range of secondary prevention programmes on lifestyle changes, including weight reduction, increased physical activity, encouragement in smoking cessation and diet advice, telehealth education after discharge, individual health education on risk management and treatment of risk management initiated in hospital and continued at home and regular follow-ups. Nurse-led clinics provide training courses on behaviour change models and promotion of therapy adherences, potentially improving patient compliance and controlling risk factors in cardiac patients.
As an expansion to the previous review, other terms that refer to nurse-led care such as nurse-initiated, nurse-managed, nurse-coordinated clinics that deliver preventive programmes and promote health will be used in this review update. Management of the condition is to be included, empowering them in shared decision-making and focus on self-management. Comparison: Non-nurse-led interventions will include those delivered by any other health care professional, such as GPs or hospital specialists.
Comparator:
Non-nurse-led interventions will include those delivered by any other health care professional, such as GPs or hospital specialists. Readmission to hospital
Reduction of risk factors
Self-management
Compliance (treatment adherence according to evidence-based practice)
Mortality Length of stay
Health related quality of life
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Effectiveness of nurse-led community based program in the community dwelling adults: a comprehensive systematic review. | Yu LiLi | li_li_yu@nuhs.edu.sg | No | Singapore National University Hospital (NUH) Centre for Evidence-Based Nursing: A Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence | 13/07/2018 | 13/07/2018 | community dwelling adults with chronic disease, 40 years old and above, male and female Health promotion programme Comparator:
No health promotion programme for community dwelling adults 1. Well self-management of chronic illness such as Diabetes Mellitus, Hypertension (High Blood Pressure) and Lipid disorders (e.g. high blood cholesterol).
2. Evaluate the effectiveness of community-based health promotion interventions on community dwelling adults based on patient satisfaction, quality of life and self-efficacy. |
Effectiveness of parenting education in expectant primiparous women in Asia Pacific region: a systematic review of quantitative evidence. | Emi Mori | mori@faculty.chiba-u.jp | No | The Chiba University Centre for Evidence Based Practice: A Joanna Briggs Institute Affiliated Group | 31/07/2018 | 31/07/2018 | The review will consider studies that include expectant primiparous women and/or couples who receive antenatal parenting education. All ages and will be included. Ethnicities will be limited in those of Asia Pacific region so that the review will inform Japanese primiparous women and their partners. This review will consider studies that evaluate antenatal parenting education for expectant primiparous women and/or couples. Studies will be included if interventions start during pregnancy and do not continue after birth. Antenatal parenting education includes any intervention provided with the purpose of helping people to prepare for parenthood. All interventions must have been provided by qualified professionals, such as registered nurses, midwives or certified antenatal teachers. Interventions should have been provided in either birthing facilities (hospital, clinic, or midwifery clinic) or in the community, but the frequency and intensity may vary. Studies will be excluded if interventions are designed exclusively to cover specific issues such as alcohol, smoking, infection, nutrition, breast-feeding, adolescence, analgesia, or cesarean section. Comparator:
This review will include studies that compare the intervention to usual care. This is defined as either no intervention, standard antenatal care or other types of antenatal educational program that are generally available. This review will consider studies that include parenting stress, maternal depressive symptoms, and maternal confidence as outcomes. Outcome measures will include but are not limited to: 1. Parenting stress, self-reported using forms such as the Parenting Stress Index (PSI) the Parenting Stress Index-short form (PSI-SF), the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), or the Swedish Parenting Stress Questionnaire (SPSQ). 2. Maternal depressive symptoms, self-reported using forms such as the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS), the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D), the Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology (IDS), the Postnatal Depression Screening Scale (PDSS), the Zung Self-rating Depression Scale (Zung SDS) and the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ). 3. Maternal confidence, self-reported using forms such as the Maternal Confidence Questionnaire (MCQ), the Parenting Sense of Competence Scale (PSOC), Karitane Parenting Confidence Scale (KPCS), What Being the Parent of a New Baby is Like-Revised (WPL-R), the Parent Expectations Survey (PES), and the Postpartum Maternal Confidence Scale and the Postpartum Maternal Satisfaction Scale. |
Effectiveness of post anaesthesia discharge (PAD) scores to shorten postoperative spinal anaesthesia patients’ stay at post-anaesthesia care unit (PACU): a comprehensive systematic review. | Shang Dingli | amey.shang@gmail.com | No | Singapore National University Hospital (NUH) Centre for Evidence-Based Nursing: A Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence | 02/08/2018 | 02/08/2018 | Post-operation adult patient under spinal anesthesia PAD score assessment of post-operative spinal anesthesia patients Comparator:
PAD score and sensory reach to umbilical level and toes movement. Safety of discharge patient from PACU to wards;
shorten the post-operative patient stay at PACU.
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ENGAGING THE ARTS IN HEALTH COMMUNICATION AND WELL BEING: A SCOPING REVIEW | Kelley Sams - University of Florida Center for Arts in Medicine | ksams@arts.ufl.edu | No | JBI | 08/01/2019 | 08/01/2019 | USA (50 states) and community health level (outside of a clinical setting) Creative arts (broadly defined, not diagrams, infographics) for health communication Increase in knowledge or change in health beliefs/attitude/risk perception or reduce stigma or cultural acceptance or improved awareness or behavior change or improved wellbeing
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Equity oriented frameworks to Inform Responses to Opioid overdoses: a JBI Scoping Review | Karen MacKinnon | kamackin@uvic.ca | No | The University of Victoria (UVic) Centre for Evidence-Informed Nursing and Healthcare (CEiNHC): A Joanna Briggs Institute Affiliated Group | 30/04/2018 | 30/04/2018 | People who are at risk for harms, such as stigma or overdose, because of using illicit or street drugs or from prescription misuse. Concept:
Social justice or health equity frameworks, guidelines or principles that incorporate at least one of the following: cultural safety, harm reduction or violence/trauma informed care. Canadian and global opioid overdose crisis. |
EVALUATION OF THE IMPACT OF LITERACY ON HEALTH IN SCHOOL CHILDREN: A SCOPING REVIEW | Hélia Maria da Silva Dias | helia.dias@essaude.ipsantarem.pt | No | JBI | 12/06/2018 | 12/06/2018 | Young people of both male and female genders between the ages of 11 and 18 years old Concepts:
Healthy Lifestyle, Sexuality, Alcohol and Tobacco Use. Basic Schools Non Applicable (scoping review). |
Experiences of advance care planning for community-dwelling older people : a systematic review of qualitative evidence. | Mina Ishimaru | ishimaru@chiba-u.jp | No | The Chiba University Centre for Evidence Based Practice: A Joanna Briggs Institute Affiliated Group | 07/01/2019 | 07/01/2019 | People over the age of 60 dwelling in the community. Phenomena of interest (qualitative)
Community older people’s experiences with advance care planning from healthcare professionals in the community setting.
Any community-dwelling older people who access to ACP from healthcare professionals in the community. |
Experiences of Nurses Caring for Maternal Immigrant and Refugee Women: A Qualitative Systematic Review | Shahin Kassam | shahin.kassam@shaw.ca | No | The University of Victoria (UVic) Centre for Evidence-Informed Nursing and Healthcare (CEiNHC): A Joanna Briggs Institute Affiliated Group | 14/12/2018 | 14/12/2018 | Nurses who work in various healthcare environments and care for pregnant and/or mothering immigrant and refugee .women Phenomena of interest (qualitative)
The experience of caring for pregnant and/or mothering immigrant and refugee women
Various healthcare contexts |
Experiences of primary caregivers in terminal patients : a systematic review of qualitative evidence. | Yuxuan Zhu&Tong Li - Wuhan University | 2013302280072@whu.edu.cn | No | JBI | 16/01/2019 | 16/01/2019 | Long-term caregivers of terminal patients(non-employed caregivers). Phenomena of interest (qualitative)
The real in-depth experience, psychological needs, and social needs of long-term care for terminal patient caregivers.
The terminal patients are cared by their families in hospital, in the community or at home. |
Exploring the literature to define the concept of early palliative care among populations diagnosed with a life-limiting chronic illness: A scoping review | Colleen McLoughlin | 8cem14@queensu.ca | No | Queen's Collaboration for Health Care Quality: A Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence | 29/01/2019 | 29/01/2019 | Adults diagnosed with chronic conditions requiring palliative care. (eg. COPD, Cancer, HF, HIV, Organ failure) Concept:
Early Palliative Care Academic and grey literature |
Factors Influencing Recruitment/Retention of Female and Male First Responder Workforce : a comprehensive systematic review. | Helen Frazer | helen.frazer@adelaide.edu.au | No | JBI | 29/01/2019 | 29/01/2019 | The quantitative and qualitative components of this review will consider studies that include male or female first responder adult participants (aged 18 years or over). Intervention & Phenomena of Interest (comprehensive)
The quantitative component of this review will consider studies, which evaluate the effectiveness of recruitment/retention strategies in the first responder workforce. In addition, any studies/literature examining the benefits/barriers of working as a first responder will be considered, including any literature identifying gender issues/barriers within this workforce. Interventions may include workplace initiatives, modifications such as psychological interventions for male and or female first responders delivered as part of a multi or single component study. Comparator interventions will be compared with no interventions (true control) in the workplace for either gender. The qualitative component of this review will consider studies that evaluate the experience of first responders in relation to recruitment/retention in the emergency services workforce. This will include their experiences in relation to participation, satisfaction, engagement with the workforce and what type of factors impact these areas. Further information on barriers encountered by female first responders in the areas of recruitment and retention will also be examined as part of this review. Positive and negative attitudes/experiences of first responders of both genders will provide the basis of this review. A qualitative analysis of these positive and negative experiences and any barriers to recruitment and retention of both genders will also be considered. It is expected a large proportion of literature will be available regarding male first responders. Female first responders are often quoted as a statistic in these studies given the smaller number of females compared to males. Comparator:
This project will examine which factors influence the recruitment and retention of females compared to males in the first responder workforce. Data will be collected to examine the effect of various competing issues impacting first responders such as trauma exposure, families, relationships, violence, bullying, gender differences and workforce issues. The aim is to inform early identification and intervention strategies within this population, to support and increase recruitment and retention of females into this workforce.
Outcome & COntext (comprehensive)
Context: It is only over the past few decades, that women have increasingly entered male-dominated first responder workplaces such as police, fire and ambulance (Perrott 2016). The exception is nursing, where the vast majority of nurses are female, with males making up 10% of this population (Commonwealth of Australia 2014). A review of first responder information (police, fire, ambulance) describes female population percentages varying from 4 – 32% (Davey 2016; Irving 2009; Paramedics Australasia 2011). Nursing consists of a 90% female population (Commonwealth of Australia 2014) with nurses working in first responder roles e.g. flight nurses, rural/remote area nurses and emergency departments. As female cohorts are much smaller in the first responder groups (police, fire ambulance), they are frequently identified as a percentage only with further gender specific impacts not explored. This may be due in part, to the low numbers of females in the studies, with subsequent high risk of subject identification. There is minimal research available specifically examining what factors influence recruitment and retention of females in the first responder workforce.
Outcomes: The quantitative component of this review will consider studies that include the following outcome measures – primary outcome : job satisfaction – any objective validated measure of employee contentedness (e.g. Quality of Life Scales, Contentment with Life Assessment Scales); secondary outcome: job burnout – any validated measure of burnout – Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI), numeric rating scale/visual analogue scale; adverse effects; psychological health – measured using standard scales e.g. anxiety/depression scales, contacts with Human Resources, Employee Assistance Programs, help lines or health professionals.
The qualitative component of the review will consider studies that focus on qualitative data including, but not limited to, designs much as phenomenology, grounded theory, ethnography, action research and feminist research. In the absence of research studies, other text such as opinion papers and reports will be considered. The textual component of the review will consider expert opinion, discussion papers, position papers and other text. Studies adopting a mixed methods approach where data and findings of a qualitative nature are reported, will be included in this review. Equally, in mixed methods where quantitative data and results are reported for the quantitative component, these will be included in the integration of findings.
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Family experiences during the period of untreated psychosis : a systematic review of qualitative evidence. | Gráinne Donohue | donohuga@tcd.ie | No | Trinity Centre Practice & Healthcare Innovation, Trinity College Dublin: A Joanna Briggs Institute Affiliated Group | 20/12/2018 | 20/12/2018 | This review considers studies that have been conducted among family members of people who have experienced psychosis in the period before accessing services. Phenomena of interest (qualitative)
Family member experiences of a relative with a psychosis from the period of initial symptoms and prior to seeking help from formal sources of support. The family member is defined as a key person(s) who lives with, or who was in close contact with the person experiencing psychosis. The caregivers could be parents, siblings, spouses, children or other relatives.
This review considers studies that have been conducted among family members of people who have experienced psychosis in the period before accessing services. Family member experiences of people with first episode psychosis living in hospital or community settings. |
Flow Science, Theory, and Application - A Scoping Review | Cameron Norsworthy | cameron@theflowcentre.com | No | JBI | 19/10/2018 | 08/01/2019 | Terminal patient, cancer early palliative care Quantitative- effectiveness, telephone interview a week to a month.
Using tool of HADS, Zung self-rating scale.
The degree of anxiety and depression decreased significantly and was significantly better than the control group (ρ<.005; ρ<.001).
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Frequency and ratio of TH1/TH2 in women with recurrence pregnancy loss (RPL):a systematic review of quantitative evidence | Fariba Pashazadeh | Fpmedlib@gmail.com | No | Iranian EBM Centre: A Joanna Briggs Institute Affiliated Group | 08/02/2018 | 08/02/2018 | women with recurrence pregnancy loss (RPL) TH1 increased, TH2 decreased, TH1/TH2 increased |
Health and wellness strategies reflecting traditional Indigenous perspectives: A scoping review protocol | Ziwa Yu | ziwa.yu@dal.ca | No | Aligning Health Needs and Evidence for Transformative Change: A Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence | 16/07/2018 | 16/07/2018 | This review will consider literature that include Indigenous peoples as study participants or the focus of interest. When non-Indigenous populations are involved, such as non-Indigenous health practitioners, the literature can be considered for inclusion if the research aim or phenomenon of interest is closely related to the wellness of Indigenous peoples. No limitations will be put on age of participants. Concepts: Studies will be included if they describe health and wellness strategies which reflect traditional Indigenous perspectives. Strategies in this review refer to any attempt to promote the wholistic well-being of Indigenous peoples, which may include health services, program delivery, traditional healing practices, scientific research, current policies and more to be identified in the literature. Traditional Indigenous perspectives as used in this review pertain to any beliefs, values, principles, worldviews and philosophies derived from traditional knowledge systems characteristic of Indigenous cultures. This review will include health and wellness strategies situated in Canada, the United States of America, Russia, Nordic countries, Australia, New Zealand and other geographical regions with known Indigenous populations. Priority will be given to northern Canada, Alaska, Greenland and Siberia as these circumpolar regions are more relevant with Inuit populations. Health and wellness strategies delivered in all healthcare settings, including acute care, primary care and communities, are eligible for inclusion. |
Health consequences of polypharmacy among adults in South Asia – a systematic review | Nusrat Khan | nusrat.khan@nottingham.ac.uk | No | The Nottingham Centre for Evidence-Based Healthcare: A Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence | 16/02/2018 | 16/02/2018 | Adults (aged ≥18 years) residing in any of these South Asian countries- Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Maldives, Pakistan and Sri Lanka Exposure:
Polypharmacy
Health consequences of polypharmacy |
How Maternal Social support helps mothers to use PNC in Africa?: a systematic review of qualitative evidence | Abebe Mamo | abema24@yahoo.com; abemam24@gmail.com | No | Ethiopian Evidenced Based Healthcare and Development Centre: A Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence | 14/09/2018 | 14/09/2018 | Population: Mothers who use PNC Intervention: None Context: African Countries
Complications following childbirth are more common and aggravated in developing countries. In poor settings particularly in Africa where traditional and patriarchal societies able to restrict on a woman’s freedom of movement and contact with unrelated men, the influence of social environment towards utilization of MCH cares, particularly postnatal cares may be an important factor in determining whether such care is received. Outcome: Complications following childbirth are more common and aggravated in developing countries. In poor settings particularly in Africa where traditional and patriarchal societies able to restrict on a woman’s freedom of movement and contact with unrelated men, the influence of social environment towards utilization of MCH cares, particularly postnatal cares may be an important factor in determining whether such care is received. |
Identifying effective non-pharmacologic interventions for Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS): A systematic review protocol. | Rosemary Wilson | rosemary.wilson@queensu.ca | No | Queen's Collaboration for Health Care Quality: A Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence | 08/03/2016 | 17/10/2017 | Neonates with documented NAS and substance exposure. Inclusion criteria: documented symptoms of NAS and substance exposure. Any non-pharmacologic intervention used to influence NAS outcomes. Interventions can include infant feeding method, swaddling, rooming-in etc. Comparison: Neonates who did not receive non-pharmacologic interventions or who had an alternate intervention (e.g., breastfed exclusively versus partially breastfed versus exclusively formula fed; rooming-in versus nursery care etc.). NAS outcomes may include the severity of symptoms (e.g., peak score), duration of NAS symptoms in days, need for pharmacologic treatment, length of pharmacologic treatment in days, and length of stay in complex care in days. |
Impact of sexual and gender based violence on institutional delivery in low income countries : a systematic review of quantitative evidence. | Alobo Gasthony. | gasthonya@gmail.com | No | Ethiopian Evidenced Based Healthcare and Development Centre: A Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence | 27/04/2018 | 27/04/2018 | women in low income countries sexual and gender based violence Comparator:
women who have not experienced sexual and gender based violence number of women who deliver in health facilities after experiencing sexual and gender based violence (primary outcome).
maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality (secondary outcome)
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In-hospital interventions targeting the effective management of patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) : a comprehensive systematic review | Amal Chakraborty - The REMIT-2-D Project; SA Academic Health Science and Translation Centre | amal.chakraborty@sahmri.com | No | JBI | 18/06/2018 | 18/06/2018 | This systematic review will include studies that have included any population group (i.e. Indigenous, non-Indigenous, migrants, and people with culturally and ethnically diverse background) of age 18 years and over receiving in-hospital care for T2DM. Interventions of interest for this review are those that are designed for management and improvement of clinical care and health and well-being outcomes of hospital patients with T2DM. The intent is that the intervention as a process, will be initiated within the hospital setting, take place for the duration of hospital admission culminating in what occurs following discharge. For the purposes of this review, in-hospital intervention could include control of diabetes-specific risk factors, administration of medication, and identification of mortality risk – for example, the identification of patients suitable for bariatric surgery. The nature of interventions may also involve the assessment and evaluation of co-morbidities and multi-morbidity in addition to the patients’ diabetes-specific care requirements at time of admission to hospital. This review will consider post-discharge linkages that are determined during hospital admission which may include establishment of a GP management plan, on-going coordination/communication between tertiary and primary health care service providers, enrolment in healthy lifestyle programs (e.g., Weight Watchers) and linking patients with social services, such as housing. Specific examples of strategies include, but are not limited to, patient centered clinical care, continuous quality improvement initiatives, evidence-based practice, application of best practice guidelines and standards, and initiatives that promote improvement and effectiveness in access and delivery of health care services and services that address the social determinants of health. Comparator:
The comparator in quantitative effectiveness studies, including randomized control trials, case control studies and health economic analyses, is usual in-hospital care. There is no comparator for quantitative and qualitative studies of association.
Context:
In this review, studies will be assessed for inclusion if they meet the criteria of patients receiving care in a tertiary hospital setting in any country. Tertiary hospital setting is defined as in-patient and out-patient clinical care provided through government, community-controlled, and privately-run hospital medical facilities in an urban or rural environment. Outcomes of interest are: (1) features of cost effective in-hospital interventions for people identified as having diabetes mellitus that leads to improvements in care, i.e. both clinical outcomes and patient reported outcomes, reductions in hospital re-admission, and shorter duration of admission; (2) in-hospital interventions for patients with type 2 diabetes, that directly target social determinants of health outcomes by different mechanisms; (3) association between in-hospital intervention types and their outcomes. |
Incidence, risk factors and clinical outcomes for the neonate with neural tube defects in low and middle income countries : a systematic review of quantitative evidence. | Abera Mersha | mershaabera@gmail.com | No | Ethiopian Evidenced Based Healthcare and Development Centre: A Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence | 29/01/2019 | 29/01/2019 | All newborn babies Exposure (quantitative - association)
Risk factors for neural tube defects
Comparator (quantitative - effectiveness)
Newborns without neural tube defects
Incidence, risk factors and clinical outcomes |
Influential factors on Academic Research Productivity amongst Medical Students : a comprehensive systematic review. | Vatsal Akhilesh Chhaya | vatsal.icri@gmail.com | No | Centre for Health Policy in India: A Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence | 05/11/2018 | 05/11/2018 | This review will consider the studies and textual materials on undergraduate and post graduate medical students. The clinical dissertation topic’s uniqueness and novelty seems a topic of least interest amongst medical students of LMIC countries. This could be attributable to factors like clinical indulgement, lack of protected time for research, mediocre guidance from senior faculties etc. Several educational interventions like workshops, journal club may inculcate the spirit of research in them Medical Colleges of LMIC countries The outcomes could be considered in terms of :
Amount of publications,
demand of capacity building workshops
quantity and quality of research proposal submissions to the ethics committee
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Innovative approaches to improve TB detection rate in low income countries: a scoping review protocol | Kalkidan Hassen | newewi333@gmail.com | No | Ethiopian Evidenced Based Healthcare and Development Centre: A Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence | 20/02/2018 | 20/02/2018 | Adults living in low income countries Innovative approaches to enhance TB detection TB detection rate |
Instruments for the identification of patients in need of palliative care: a systematic review protocol of measurement properties | Fabienne Teike Lüthi | Fabienne.Teike-luethi@chuv.ch | No | Bureau d’Echange des Savoirs pour des praTiques exemplaires de soins (BEST): A Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence | 01/02/2019 | 01/02/2019 | Palliative care adult patients (>18 yrs), all pathologies, all care settings excepted ICU and emergency Instruments:
Instruments for the identification of patient in need of palliative care
We want to review the psychometrics properties of instruments that help healthcare professionals to early identifying adult patients in need of palliative care. We will looking for instruments designed for patients with oncological and non-oncological pathologies and for patients in all care settings excluded emergency and ICU.
Construct:
Identification of patients in need of palliative care.
No comparator for this review of psychometrics properties of instruments
Measurement properties
We will use the COSMIN methodology to evaluate the measurement properties
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Instruments to assess pain in patients with cognitive impairment: A systematic review protocol of measurement properties | Vanesa Cantón Habas | n92cahav@uco.es | No | Portugal Centre for Evidence Based Practice: A Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence | 25/05/2018 | 25/05/2018 | Adults aged 65 and over with cognitive impairment, regardless of the type or stage of the disease. Construct of interest:
pain
Type of study:
Quantitative studies that reported the development of a measurement instrument or the evaluation of one or more of its measurement properties. Type of measurement instrument of interest:
self-report questionnaires and scales based on direct observation of the person's behavior
Validity and reliability |
Instruments to self-report pain in stroke patients with communication problems : a systematic review of qualitative evidence. | Janet H. Davis | Janet.Davis@pnw.edu | No | Indiana Center for Evidence Based Nursing Practice: A Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence | 12/02/2019 | 12/02/2019 | Male and female adults; aged 18-90, with medically diagnosed stroke who have communication problems affecting their speech or understanding of languages (including aphasia, dysarthria, oral apraxia). Phenomena of interest (qualitative)
Clinical assessment instruments used for self-report of pain Communication problems; impaired level of consciousness; impaired level of cognition; ability to self-report; pain |
Is khat risk for people with mental illness relapse? : a comprehensive systematic review. | Addis Birhanu | addisbirhanu94@yahoo.com | No | JBI | 09/11/2018 | 09/11/2018 | All people with severe mental illness. Exposure (quantitative - association)
Khat chewing risk
Comparator (quantitative - effectiveness)
None khat chewer
Developing or not developing relapse |
Life experience of adult patient with advanced lung cancer: A systematic review and meta-synthesis | YI-CHEN LEE | annelee7412@gw.cgust.edu.tw | No | Taiwan Evidence Based Practice Centre: A Joanna Briggs Centre of Excellence | 23/01/2019 | 23/01/2019 | advanced lung cancer
The third and fourth stage of lung cancer patients, aged (>35 years old including women and men).
Phenomena of interest (qualitative)
life experience after diagnosis of lung cancer
Return home life |
Life Experiences of Patients with Type 1 Diabetes from Late Adolescence to Early Adulthood: Meta-synthesis | Yueh-Tao Chiang | nurs2004@gmail.com | No | JBI | 10/01/2019 | 10/01/2019 | Patients with Type 1 Diabetes from Late Adolescence to Early Adulthood Phenomena of interest (qualitative)
Transition life experiences
The Chinese and English literature published before June 2016 in the databases such as MEDLINE, CINAHL, PsycINFO, PubMed, Cochrance library and ProQuest Medical Library were systematically retrieved. Three researchers carried out a rigorous literature review in order to screen the literature.
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Lived experience of anterior resection syndrome in post-op rectal cancer patients : a systematic review of qualitative evidence. | Ling-Chun, Lu | linjane0@gmail.com | No | Taiwan Evidence Based Practice Centre: A Joanna Briggs Centre of Excellence | 21/01/2019 | 21/01/2019 | Post-op rectal cancer patients Lived experience of anterior resection syndrome Colo-rectal clinic in hospital or Community |
Location monitoring of physical activity and participation in community dwelling older people : a comprehensive systematic review. | Claire Gough | Claire.gough@flinders.edu.au | No | JBI | 13/04/2018 | 13/04/2018 | Physically active older adults living in the community (study mean age over 50 years). Personal location monitoring using quantitative measures specifically Global positioning System (GPS). Comparator:
The different methodological uses of GPS for location monitoring, and a comparison of the different devices used and their effectiveness. Outcome & COntext: Primary outcome 1) To determine how and why quantitative location monitoring has been used with an older population. 2) To determine which devices have been used to monitor location, and their effectiveness. Secondary outcome 1) To review the importance of combining qualitative measures with GPS location monitoring. 2) To direct future research with the aim of using these findings to develop interventions to increase physical activity and improve health of the older population. |
Mapping nurse and midwife’s attitudes toward interventions performed to women victims of intimate partner violence at emergency department: a scoping review protocol | Margarida Sim-Sim | msimsim@uevora.pt | No | Portugal Centre for Evidence Based Practice: A Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence | 31/07/2018 | 31/07/2018 | This scoping review considers studies conducted with nurses/midwives who work at emergency/urgency services, where women who are victims of intimate partner violence are assisted. Concepts:
This review will consider studies that include the following concepts: Nurses/midwives' attitudes towards the IPV victim are a comprehensive, multidimensional concept and thus, the purpose of the current mapping is to clarify the aforementioned aspects. This review will consider studies that describe the attitudes of nurses/midwives regarding the assistance they provide to women victims of intimate partner violence; Description of interventions performed by nurses/midwives when caring, in the emergency department, female victims of intimate partner violence; Description of the kind of attitudes reported by nurses/midwives when caring, in the emergency department, female victims of intimate partner violence; Report of cognitive, affective and behavioral components of attitudes, regarding the assistance carried by nurses, in the emergency department, when caring female victims of intimate partner violence This scoping review considers studies conducted in emergency/urgency services in the circumstance of care women victims of IPV. |
Mapping the global distribution of Buruli ulcer through a systematic review with an evidence consensus approach : a systematic review of qualitative evidence. | Hope Simpson - London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine | hope.simpson@lshtm.ac.uk | No | JBI | 09/11/2018 | 09/11/2018 | Cases of Buruli ulcer (BU) disease of all ages and from any country were included. We also included instances of M. ulcerans detection in animal and environmental samples
Cases and positive results for M. ulcerans were aggregated to their location of origin; thus, the unit of interest was geographical locations (site level or defined unit areas).
Phenomena of interest (qualitative)
We did not extract data on interventions or exposures, but identified the geographical location of cases or M. ulcerans sampling locations.
If the geographic coordinates were provided in the publication, these were extracted. Otherwise, point locations were georeferenced remotely. Point locations that could not be remotely georeferenced were linked to the lowest administrative level provided in the publication. Polygon areas corresponding to first and second administrative divisions were linked to units defined in the Database of Global Administrative Areas.
No comparator (qualitative review) The main outcome of interest was evidence of occurrence of Buruli ulcer or M. ulcerans in any country and at any time. Suspect, clinical, and laboratory-confirmed cases were all included, as were instances of BU antibody detection in the absence of clinical signs. |
Maternal Exposure to Agrochemicals and the Occurrence of Congenital Malformations: Quantitative Review | Vanessa Gama Freitas de Matos | gamavanessa92@gmail.com | No | The Brazilian Centre for Evidence-based Healthcare: A Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence | 15/06/2018 | 15/06/2018 | Women who were exposed to pesticides before and during gestation. No restriction of age, parity, ethnicity and schooling Phenomena of interest:
Maternal exposure to pesticides, without restriction of exposure time and the types of pesticides most used and their toxicological classification. Development of individuals with congenital malformation or without congenital malformation (primary outcome).
And the types of pesticides most used, toxicological classification and environmental classification (secondary outcome). |
Meaningful and culturally appropriate palliative care for Chinese immigrants with a terminal condition: a systematic review of qualitative evidence | Li Wei | r.wei@murdoch.edu.au | No | The Western Australian Group for Evidence Informed Healthcare Practice: A Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence | 14/05/2018 | 14/05/2018 | Chinese immigrants aged over 18 years who have received or are receiving palliative care in their current country of residence Phenomena of interest:
The experiences and perceptions of Chinese immigrants who have interacted with palliative care services, either as a patient or a family carer, and the impact of their cultural beliefs on palliative care decision-making and service delivery. Health service |
Medication Errors Associated with the use of Information Technology in the Ambulatory Care Setting: a systematic review of quantitative evidence. | Sherri Elms | 63se@queensu.ca | No | Queen's Collaboration for Health Care Quality: A Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence | 09/05/2018 | 09/05/2018 | Medication errors in the ambulatory care setting Intervention: The computerization of prescribing, transmission, and dispensing of medications. Comparator: None – the aim is not to compare rates of errors, but to identify novel errors The identification and description of medication errors associated with the use of information technology in the ambulatory care setting. |
Midwifery students’ experiences in clinical practice : a systematic review of qualitative evidence. | Zhihui Yang ,Xinxin Li, Lili Zhang, Ning Wang | yzhatgz@163.com | No | PR China Southern Centre for Evidence Based Nursing and Midwifery Practice: A Joanna Briggs Institute Affiliated Group | 16/01/2019 | 16/01/2019 | midwifery students in all degrees and no limitations regarding age, gender or ethnicity Phenomena of interest (qualitative)
midwifery students’ experiences and perceptions in clinical practice
any settings identified as a clinical practice, including clinical placement or internship. |
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Interventions in Hospitals: Systematic Review on Job Engagement | Frank Resch | f_resch@yahoo.com | No | Queen's Collaboration for Health Care Quality: A Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence | 19/09/2018 | 19/09/2018 | The review will consider studies that include healthcare professionals in hospitals. Healthcare professionals will be defined as hospital staff that work as physicians, nurses, pharmacists, medical technologists and physiotherapists. Interventions included in the systematic review were workplace designed MBSR programs implemented over up to a thirty-six week period, which included a wait list control group and a pre/post psychometric analysis. Comparator: The comparator is a wait list group that will not undergo the intervention but be tested at the same time intervals as the test group. The comparator group consists of a similar population demographics when participants are randomly assigned. The psychometric scored professional outcome on work engagement of observational longitudinal quantitative studies designed for workplace MBSR interventions |
Models of primary care for community dwelling adults with long term conditions - A scoping review | Samantha Whiting | sam.whiting@plymouth.ac.uk | No | The University of Plymouth Centre for Innovations in Health and Social Care: A Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence | 17/08/2018 | 02/10/2018 | The population of the scoping review will be those with long term, chronic conditions who live in the community. Long term conditions are defined by the World Health Organisation as conditions that require ongoing management over a period of years or decades. People who live within community care facilities such as nursing or residential homes will be excluded. The concept being mapped within this scoping review will be primary care intervention models that have a multidisciplinary approach, which will be defined as two or more health professionals involved in the application of the model. This review will examine primary care interventions globally. A preliminary review of the literature has demonstrated that the development of primary care models will be of worldwide interest. |
Monoclonal Antibodies base Immunotherapy for Alzheimer's disease: a systematic review of quantitative evidence. | Sanam Dolati | Sanam.dolati@gmail.com | No | Iranian EBM Centre: A Joanna Briggs Institute Affiliated Group | 23/04/2018 | 23/04/2018 | Patients with Alzheimer's disease Monoclonal Antibodies: Amyloid-β (Aβ) peptide; Bapineuzumab, Solanezumab, Gantenerumab, Crenezumab, Ponezumab, BAN2401, Aducanumab, and Tau protein; BMS-986168 (IPN007), RG7345(RO6926496), C2N 8E12 (ABBV-8E12), RO 7105705 (RG 6100) with any possible dose Comparator:
Placebo or no treatment cognitive outcomes evaluating by Mini–Mental State Examination (MMSE), Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale-Cognitive Subscale (ADAS-cog), Activities of Daily Living (ADL) and clinical dementia rating evaluating by clinical Dementia Rating Scale–Sum of Boxes (CDR–SB) |
Nature and extent of research about the health-related quality of life in children with neurodevelopmental disabilities based on generic preference-based health-related quality of life instruments: a scoping review | Ramesh Lamsal- University of Toronto | ramesh.lamsal@mail.utoronto.ca | No | JBI | 06/02/2019 | 06/02/2019 | Children and adolescents aged 0 to 18 years old with the neurodevelopmental disorder(s) The exposure of interest is neurodevelopmental disorders. There is no primary outcome of interest.
This review will describe the type of preference-based health-related quality of life used in children with neurodevelopmental disorder(s), psychometric evidence of selected instruments, authors’ justification for selection of instrument(s) and the types of the respondent used (self and proxy respondents) to complete these instruments, and mean health state valuations specific to children with NDD. |
Nurse leaders’ experience of upwards violence in the workplace: A Systematic review protocol of qualitative evidence | Alice Gaudine | agaudine@mun.ca | No | Memorial University School of Nursing Collaboration for Evidenced-Based Nursing and Primary Health Care: A Joanna Briggs Institute Affiliated Group | 12/02/2018 | 12/02/2018 | This review will include studies with participants who are nurses who have said they experienced upwards violence in nursing workplaces. Phenomena of interest (qualitative); The concept is upwards violence in nursing workplaces, which is violence directed towards nurses who have authority based on their organizational role over the person who directed the violence towards them. The context is nurses supervising other adults in the workplace who direct violence towards them. No comparator (qualitative review) |
Nurses Role in Advancing Quality in Healthcare : An Umbrella Review | Kim Sears | searsk@queensu.ca | No | Queen's Collaboration for Health Care Quality: A Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence | 20/07/2018 | 20/07/2018 | The population will include registered nurses. Registered nurses will be of any age, gender and demographic. Advancement in the quality of healthcare delivery on a system level. Comparator:
The level of care delivered prior to the improvement. Quality outcomes include patient, provider and health indicators on a system level. |
Oral Health Outcomes for People with Cerebral Palsy: A Scoping Review to Inform Future Research and Oral Health Policy. | Karen Lansdown | karen.lansdown@sydney.edu.au | No | JBI | 26/06/2018 | 26/06/2018 | People with Cerebral Palsy (all age groups) Phenomena of interest:
Reported Oral Health Concerns This review will include all studies conducted in dental clinics, dental hospitals/hospitals, health care settings, acute care, primary care, special care, community or in the home-care environment that evaluate oral health or report on the oral health concerns of people with CP. |
Organizational strategies for optimizing women’s safety during labour and birth: a scoping review protocol | Margaret McCormick | m.mccormick@student.unimelb.edu.au | No | JBI | 05/04/2018 | 05/04/2018 | Women during labour and birth. Labour and birth refers to all three stages of labour including the birth of the baby, whether by vaginal or caesarean section. Concept:
Safety - for the purpose of this scoping review, safety will be defined as the: “avoidance, prevention and amelioration of adverse outcomes or injuries stemming from the provision of health care Organizations that provide care to women during labour and birth. These include: hospitals, maternity services, free standing birthing units, health care facilities, birth centers and homebirth programs affiliated with a hospital or health care facility. |
Outcome measurement and reporting in childhood epilepsy treated with ketogenic diet therapy: a scoping review | Jennifer Carroll | Jennifer.carroll@plymouth.ac.uk | No | The University of Plymouth Centre for Innovations in Health and Social Care: A Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence | 18/05/2018 | 18/05/2018 | The scoping review will consider studies that include male and female children with epilepsy aged 18 years or under treated with ketogenic diet therapy (KDT) for at least 1 month. Children treated with KDT for diagnosis' other than childhood epilepsy will be excluded (for example; neuro-oncology and metabolic disorders). A single intervention: ketogenic diet therapy is under investigation. A ketogenic diet is defined as a high fat, very low carbohydrate and adequate protein diet. Ketogenic diet therapy encompasses all types of ketogenic diet used in clinical trials and practice namely; classical KD, medium chain triglyceride (MCT) KD, the Modified Atkins diet, modified ketogenic diet therapy and low glycaemic index treatment (LGIT). Participants may be treated with other medical therapies or surgery in conjunction with KDT. The context of this review will be settings with paediatric patients undertaking ketogenic diet therapy for intractable epilepsy. The scoping review will list the outcomes and map the associated components including, intervention (type of KDT), definition (if used) of outcome, the tool or indicators used to measure the outcome, validity and reliability of tool used, the time to measurement of the outcome after the intervention commenced and the reporting of the outcome. |
Paediatric to Adult Transition as Experienced by Young Adults with Complex Care Needs: A Scoping Review | Monique Cassidy | monique.cassidy@unb.ca | No | The University of New Brunswick (UNB) Saint John Collaboration for Evidence-Informed Healthcare: A Joanna Briggs Institute Affiliated Group | 07/01/2019 | 07/01/2019 | The population focus is on the transition experiences of young adults with any complex care needs aged 18-25 whom have recently transitioned from the paediatric system to the adult system. The review will not be specific to any condition, sex, ethnicity, or other demographic variable. Concept: The main concept is Young Adulthood (YA) with complex care needs (CCN). YA will be defined as aged 18-25 whom have recently transitioned from their paediatric care provider to the adult system. The secondary concept is transition experience. “Transition” to adulthood from the paediatric system is defined as, “a one-time event that occurs when a youth is transferred out of the child health system and into the adult care system,” and their experience is “the understanding (knowledge) and value to each person's situation and history; evolved from sharing stories and direct communication” (CAPHC, 2016). For the purposes of this review, transition experience refers to the medical, structural, psychological, sociological and/or relationship outcome knowledge produced as a result of the research literature's’ intended qualitative and quantitative goals. The review will consider transition experiences of young adults with complex care needs in all settings, such as hospital, clinic, or community-based and across all sectors (health, education and social services). There will not be any geographic or complex care need specific type of exclusion limitations placed on this review as the intent is to explore transition experiences in all settings and locations. The scoping review will consider all study designs including qualitative studies (i.e. phenomenology, grounded theory, ethnography, and qualitative description). In addition, systematic reviews will be considered. Other literature, such as unpublished papers and/or evaluation reports, will also be considered for inclusion in this scoping review. |
Peer support for people living with HIV and complex needs: A scoping review | Andrew D. Eaton | andrew.eaton@utoronto.ca | No | JBI | 23/07/2018 | 23/07/2018 | People living with HIV who have complex needs, defined as more than one medical and/or more than one psychosocial issue, and who have participated in a ‘peer’ intervention. Medical issues can include: poor medication adherence, polypharmacy, health comorbidities, and mental health diagnoses. Psychosocial issues can include substance use, homelessness, social isolation, unemployment, and food insecurity. Prior to commencing the review, we will survey healthcare professionals about the most pressing medical and psychosocial issues amongst their HIV-positive clients to determine the exact criteria for this review. This registration will then be updated accordingly. Phenomena of interest:
Peer’ interventions are provided by trained community members who share traits (e.g., HIV-positive) and/or experiences (e.g., medication adherence challenges) with clients. This review will seek to examine and map the range of peer-based interventions, evaluated by health organizations (hospitals, clinics and/or community agencies), for people living with HIV who are facing medically and/or psychosocially complex issues. This review will be helpful for researchers, healthcare practitioners, and community members who are planning peer-based interventions to help a complex subgroup of people living with HIV. |
Perceptions of danger signs in pregnancy among teenage pregnant women in Sub-Saharan Africa : a systematic review of qualitative evidence. | Alobo Gasthony | gasthonya@gmail.com | No | Ethiopian Evidenced Based Healthcare and Development Centre: A Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence | 27/04/2018 | 27/04/2018 | teenage pregnant women Phenomena of interest:
perceptions of danger signs in pregnancy Sub-Saharan Africa |
Perceptions of self-management and educational interactions for adolescents and young adults with asthma : a systematic review of qualitative evidence. | Karen McTague | mctaguka@tcd.ie | No | Trinity Centre Practice & Healthcare Innovation, Trinity College Dublin: A Joanna Briggs Institute Affiliated Group | 22/05/2018 | 22/05/2018 | Adolescents and young people aged between 15 and 24 years (as defined by the United Nations) with a diagnosis of asthma. Phenomena of interest:
To explore the perceptions of self-management and educational interactions targeted at adolescents and young adults with asthma. Patient, parent, carer and healthcare staff perceptions of self-management and educational interactions targeted at adolescents and young adults with asthma in all healthcare settings. |
Perceptions of women about the quality of perinatal care provided in health facilities in Sub Saharan Africa: a systematic review of qualitative evidence. | JANET MAMBULASA | jmambulasa@kcn.unima.mw | No | Ethiopian Evidenced Based Healthcare and Development Centre: A Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence | 01/05/2018 | 01/05/2018 | Women of child bearing age (18-49) who received perinatal care at a health facility during pregnancy Phenomena of interest:
The perception of women about the quality of perinatal care they received during pregnancy Health care facilities of Sub Saharan African countries such as hospitals, health centers, clinics and other healthcare facilities. |
Physical assessment skills taught in nursing curricula: a scoping review protocol | Sherry Morrell | morrells@uwindsor.ca | No | Queen's Collaboration for Health Care Quality: A Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence | 10/07/2018 | 10/07/2018 | Nursing students will include any undergraduate nursing students in any year of a university or college nursing program that leads to a Diploma of Nursing, Bachelor of Nursing (BN), or Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BScN) Physical assessment skills taught to nursing students in nursing programs worldwide The context is any nursing curricula globally. The review will consider studies that include physical assessments skills taught to students in a two to four-year nursing program that prepares students to become registered nurses. Physical assessments will include techniques or skills taught. |
Policy options to combat microbial resistance: review of text and opinion | Neda Kabiri | ne.kabiry@gmil.com | No | Iranian EBM Centre: A Joanna Briggs Institute Affiliated Group | 12/02/2018 | 12/02/2018 | The review will consider studies that include patients using antibiotics, and health care providers prescribing antibiotics. Phenomena of interest:
This review will consider studies that describe policies to combat microbial resistance.
The context in this review include the whole countries of the world. The primary outcome in this review is:
Policies that have reduced microbial resistance.
Secondary outcomes of this review include:
Policies that have had the greatest impact in relation to:
a) Changes in behaviors of health care providers in prescribing unnecessary antibiotics.
b) Change in cultural practices related to reducing use of unnecessary antibiotics.
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Prevalence and prescription pattern of polypharmacy among adults in South Asia – a systematic review | Nusrat Khan | nusrat.khan@nottingham.ac.uk | No | The Nottingham Centre for Evidence-Based Healthcare: A Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence | 16/02/2018 | 16/02/2018 | Adults (aged ≥18 years)
Condition:
Prevalence and prescription pattern of polypharmacy
Context:
South Asia (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Maldives, Pakistan and Sri Lanka) |
Prevalence of chemotherapy- induced taste alterations in adult cancer patients: A systematic review protocol | Marleen Corremans | marleen.corremans@kdg.be | No | Belgian Interuniversity Collaboration for Evidence-based Practice (BICEP): A Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence | 26/09/2018 | 26/09/2018 | The review will consider studies that include adult cancer patients who are receiving or have received chemotherapy as a treatment for an oncologic problem. Age limits are set at 18-65 years. Taste changes are described as a side effect of normal ageing. Therefor an upper limit on age has been defined. Exposure: Condition: This review will include studies that investigate the prevalence of chemotherapy-induced taste changes that are assessed objectively or subjectively. Objectively, taste (alterations) can be assessed by electrogustometry, liquid tastants or filter paper. Subjectively, several validated questionnaires are developed: i.e. Chemosensory Questionnaire, Swedish and US questionnaire, taste and smell survey, Italian Chemotherapy induced taste alteration scale (CiTAS). Eligible studies must report on one or more specific taste change such as aguesia, hypoguesia, dysguesia or phantoguesia. These taste changes must be described as a specific side effect of chemotherapy treatment. Furthermore, studies will be excluded if diagnosis of taste change is not based on validated instruments. COntext: The review will consider in and outpatient studies. Curative as well as palliative contexts will be included. Chemotherapy as a treatment for cancer. Chemotherapy is often given in combination with different drugs (immunotherapy or targeted therapy) or with radiation therapy. Studies that consider the prevalence of the taste changes of these patients will be excluded except where there is a clear distinction between groups of patients. The group of patients with chemotherapy only, will be included. |
Prevention of acute mountain sickness with Ibuprofen : a systematic review of quantitative evidence. | Aban Krishna Gautam | drabangtm@gmail.com | No | The University of Plymouth Centre for Innovations in Health and Social Care: A Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence | 09/05/2018 | 09/05/2018 | Travelers to altitudes 2500 meters (8,000 feet) Ibuprofen Comparator:
Placebo or other drugs Prevention of altitude sickness |
Professional Identity in Nursing: a systematic review of qualitative evidence. | Kathryn Halverson | 14klh4@queensu.ca | No | Queen's Collaboration for Health Care Quality: A Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence | 20/05/2016 | 17/10/2017 | Nursing students and nurses (international). Phenomena of interest: According to the National League for Nursing1, professional identity involves the internalization of values and ideas understood to be integral to nursing. Professional identity is defined by Johnson, Cowin, Wilson, and Young2 as a sense of self derived and perceived from the role we take on in the work that we do. COntext: The review will consider professional identity in nursing on an international level including all nursing students and registered or licensed nurses in any educational or practice setting. |
Psychometric tools assessing human perception, valuing, and use of animals and animal products: A scoping review | Alexa Hayley - Deakin University | halexa@deakin.edu.au | No | JBI | 12/02/2019 | 12/02/2019 | Given the exploratory nature of the research question, the population of interest is, broadly, ‘humans’. Consideration will be given to whether psychometric tools are designed for use by, or have been applied for use by, different subpopulations (e.g., adults, children, professionals). Concept:
The concept of interest within the review question is ‘what psychometric tools exist to measure how humans perceive, value, and use non-human animals and their products’. The aim is to compile an inventory of such measures for use by human-animal interaction researchers and similar.
The context is broad, and requires only that identified tools be (i) developed by research experts and published in peer reviewed journals, (ii) ‘psychometric’ in the sense that they provide insight into and measurement of specified human cognitions and behaviours (identified in ‘Concept’), and so include quantitative, qualitative, and observational approaches to empirical measurement; and (iii) clearly defined, with potential for replicable application and results. Given the cross- disciplinary nature of the research question, relevant tools are anticipated to be drawn from multiple disciplines such as social psychology, health psychology, medicine, environmental science, sociology, and animal husbandry. |
Quality of life of individuals with a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) as destination therapy (DT) : a systematic review of quantitative evidence | Anna Marrocco | marrocc@uwindsor.ca | No | Queen's Collaboration for Health Care Quality: A Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence | 22/06/2018 | 22/06/2018 | The population of interest are adults 18 years of age and older in advanced heart failure that have received a left ventricular assist device as destination therapy The intervention of interest is the implantation of a left ventricular assist device as destination therapy. Comparator:
The review will compare the quality of life of adults with advanced heart failure after the placement of a left ventricular assist device as destination therapy with their preimplantation quality of life. This review will consider studies that measure the quality of life in individuals implanted with left ventricular assist devices as destination therapy. The data will primarily be derived from patient reported outcome measure instruments such as: the Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire (MLHFQ) and the Quality of Life in Severe Heart Failure Questionnaire (QLQ-SHF) to name a few. |
Risk factors of polypharmacy among adults in South Asia – a systematic review | Nusrat Khan | nusrat.khan@nottingham.ac.uk | No | The Nottingham Centre for Evidence-Based Healthcare: A Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence | 16/02/2018 | 16/02/2018 | Adults (aged ≥18 years) residing in any of these South Asian countries- Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Maldives, Pakistan and Sri Lanka Exposure:
Risk factors of polypharmacy, for example:
Non-modifiable risk factors e.g. age, sex, ethnicity
Lifestyle factors e.g. smoking, alcohol intake, diet, physical activity, weight
Environmental factors e.g. occupation, housing, water and sanitation
Health conditions e.g. cardiovascular diseases, mental health disorders, cancer, endocrine disorders
Occurrence of polypharmacy |
Scoping review of mobile-based applications for health and traffic safety | Hossain Aghayari | aghayarih@tbzmed.ac.ir | No | Iranian EBM Centre: A Joanna Briggs Institute Affiliated Group | 08/03/2018 | 08/03/2018 | mobile-based applications for health and traffic, Articles Classification of mobile-based applications for health and traffic - Defining content and determining the type of intervention leading to the prevention of accidents in mobile applications - Determining the information and communication technology used in mobile applications - Determining the application cycle of information resources of the mobile application |
Spiritual aspects of the family caregivers’ experience when caring a community-dwelling adult with severe mental illness: a qualitative systematic review protocol | Tiago Filipe Cardoso de Oliveira Casaleiro | tcasaleiro@gmail.com | No | Portugal Centre for Evidence Based Practice: A Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence | 28/02/2018 | 28/02/2018 | Family caregivers of an adult relative with severe mental illness, regardless of the support given, time or circumstances of care. In this review, family caregivers are individuals providing unpaid care to a relative. Relatives with neurodevelopment disorders, substance-use disorder and dementia will be excluded. Phenomena of interest: Spiritual aspects of family caregivers’ experience when caring for the relative having severe mental illness. home or day care centers. |
Strategies to improve health care professional compliance with health facility patient record documentation: a systematic review protocol | Jeanette Bunting | jeanette1959@live.com.au | No | JBI | 21/06/2018 | 21/06/2018 | Clinicians, doctors, nurses and allied health professionals working in primary care facilities, hospitals, residential care, palliative care or community care Any strategies to improve health care professional compliance with health facility patient record documentation Comparator:
Usual practice The outcome will be changes in documentation compliance as measured by percentage change in compliance pre and post intervention or percentage change in compliance between the control and the intervention groups, as documented in the results section of a quantitative research study. |
Study of Leukemia Inhibitory Factor (LIF) gene Polymorphism in women with Infertility a systematic review of quantitative evidence | Fariba Pashazadeh | Fariba_pashazadeh@Yahoo.com | No | Iranian EBM Centre: A Joanna Briggs Institute Affiliated Group | 08/02/2018 | 08/02/2018 | Females Exposure:
LIF gene polymorphism Infertility |
Systematic review of risk factors for Toxoplasma gondii infection among pregnant women in sub-Saharan Africa | Hailelule Aleme Yizengaw | leule@rocketmail.com | No | Ethiopian Evidenced Based Healthcare and Development Centre: A Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence | 27/04/2018 | 27/04/2018 | This review will focus on all pregnant women in Africa. It will include studies that explain Toxoplasma infection in pregnant women and risk factors associated with it so as to address the research question; what are the main risk factors for T. gondii Infection among Pregnant Women in Africa? EXPOSURE:
In this current review, risk factors that predispose pregnant women for
Toxoplasma infection will be examined in detail. These risk factors that may be derived from this systematic review may include (but not limited to) poor hand hygiene, consumption of raw or under cooked meat, eating of unwashed fruits or vegetables, drinking unpasteurized milk, gardening or handling soil (contact with soil), contact with cats, working with animals, age, presence of other infection. Understanding the impact of the risk factors on the outcome of infection is based on the detection of T.gondii infection in pregnant women using serological and/or molecular diagnostic tests. |
The anti-tumor activity of cytokine-induced killer cells in relapse of hematological malignancies after allogeneic stem cell transplantation a systematic review of quantitative evidence | Fariba Pashazadeh | Fariba_pashazadeh@yahoo.com | No | Iranian EBM Centre: A Joanna Briggs Institute Affiliated Group | 08/02/2018 | 08/02/2018 | patients with haematological malignancies who experience relapse after allogeneic Stem cell transplantation Cytokine induced killer (CIK) cells therapy after relapse of hematological malignancies following geological stem cell transplantation (with/without other treatments) Comparator:
Standard treatment Clinical improvement and safety |
The contribution of Women’s Development Army (WHDA) (female community volunteers) to the Ethiopian Health Development : a comprehensive systematic review. | Kiddus Yitbarek | kiddus.yitbarek@yahoo.com | No | Ethiopian Evidenced Based Healthcare and Development Centre: A Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence | 13/04/2018 | 13/04/2018 | People leaving in Ethiopia of both sexes in all age groups Women’s development army will be considered as intervention as well as the phenomena of interest. The review includes qualitative and quantitative association studies Change in utilization of health service; Implementation of hygiene and environmental sanitation packages; Change in morbidity and mortality; and Change in knowledge of community members about health services and personal and family health in Ethiopia. |
The effect of child spacing on infant and/or childhood mortality in low- and middle-income countries. : a systematic review of quantitative evidence. | Sabit Ababor | sabitababor32@gmail.com | No | Ethiopian Evidenced Based Healthcare and Development Centre: A Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence | 29/01/2019 | 29/01/2019 | Women of childbearing age (15 to 49 years) who gave birth in low- and middle-income countries. Women who space their children for more than or equal to two years will be taken as an intervention group irrespective of their Race, Ethnicity, and any other difference Comparator:
Women, whose children’s birth interval is less than two years Infant and/or Childhood death. Any non-Couse specific death of infant and/or children will be considered as an outcome. |
The effect of Digital Technology to support Tuberculosis Medication Adherence in Low & Middle Income Countries : a systematic review of quantitative evidence | Mr. Zelalem Kebede | welzol@yahoo.com | No | Ethiopian Evidenced Based Healthcare and Development Centre: A Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence | 30/11/2018 | 30/11/2018 | All patients on Tuberculosis medication Digital Technology Support Tools including Short Message Service (SMS), Medication Event Monitoring System (MEMS) and Video Supported Treatment for TB (VOT) Comparator:
Directly Observed Short course Chemotherapy (DOTS) Tuberculosis treatment completion rate, Adverse Effects, Loss to follow-up, etc |
The effect of Oxidative Stress on Preeclampsia in Women: a systematic review of quantitative evidence | Fariba Pashazadeh | Fariba_Pashazadeh@yahoo.com | No | Iranian EBM Centre: A Joanna Briggs Institute Affiliated Group | 08/02/2018 | 08/02/2018 | Pregnant women Exposure
Oxidative Stress Increase Risk of Pre-eclampsia |
The effect of perioperative esmolol infusions on postoperative pain reduction in adult patients undergoing laparoscopic abdominal surgeries : a systematic review of quantitative evidence. | Jamie M. Herndon | jhernd@lsuhsc.edu | No | The Louisiana Centre for Promotion of Optimal Health Outcomes: A Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence | 27/04/2018 | 27/04/2018 | The review will consider studies that include adult patients, aged 18 years or older, who have been treated with esmolol infusions in the perioperative setting as an adjunct for perioperative pain management and underwent laparoscopic abdominal surgeries. Studies that include patients with substance use disorder, chronic pain, history of supraventricular tachycardia, or who are already on a beta-adrenergic receptor blocker will be excluded from this review. Additionally, laparoscopic robotic procedures or patients treated with regional nerve blocks for postoperative pain management will also be excluded from this review. This review will consider studies that evaluate the analgesic effectiveness of esmolol infusion administered in the perioperative setting in patients undergoing laparoscopic abdominal surgeries. Comparator:
This review will compare the studies that evaluate patients who were treated using esmolol infusions in the perioperative setting for the purpose of pain reduction to those who were treated with traditional opioid (including but not limited to the use of fentanyl, morphine, dilaudid, alfentanil and remifentanil) and nonopioid analgesics. This review will consider studies that include the following outcomes: intraoperative and postoperative opioid consumption and postoperative pain relief. These outcomes will be measured by time to first request for postoperative pain medication and via numerical pain scale ratings as reported by patients until discharge from the PACU. |
The effect of vaginal progesterone on the prevention of preterm birth among high-risk women : a comprehensive systematic review. | Alemu Zenebe Tesema | alemuzenebe@gmail.com | No | Ethiopian Evidenced Based Healthcare and Development Centre: A Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence | 12/02/2019 | 12/02/2019 | preterm high risk pregnant women Administering vaginal progesterone Comparator: Usual care Prevention of preterm birth |
The effectiveness of activity based interventions in the management of overweight and obesity in children: a systematic review protocol : a systematic review of quantitative evidence | Chibuzo Ezenwugo | chi_chiezenwugo@yahoo.com | No | The Wits-JBI Centre for Evidenced-Based Practice: A Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence | 19/09/2018 | 19/09/2018 | This review will consider studies that include overweight and obese primary school children aged 6 -12 years. Participants that have confounders that could affect the reduction in overweight or obesity (e.g. eating disorders, metabolic syndromes) will not be included. This review will consider studies that evaluate purposeful physical activity (and dietary interventions) aimed at reducing overweight and obesity administered for a minimum of 12 weeks. Included studies must assess both baseline and post-intervention measures. Studies that sustained activity interventions beyond a 12 months period and those that documented parents/family involvement will be of specific interest.
Definitions
• Activity interventions are defined as all purposeful physical movement of the body to manage weight.
• Parents/family are biological parents and/or caregivers that reside in the same household as the child.
• Long term refers to activities sustained beyond 12 months (Dombrowski et al., 2014) Comparators: This review will consider studies that display an improvement in the anthropometric measure of body fat that was assessed at the beginning of that study and/or lifestyle improvements. This review will consider studies that display an improvement in the anthropometric measure of body fat that was assessed at the beginning of that study and/or lifestyle improvements.
Primary outcome measures:
• body mass index (kg/m2)
• aerobic fitness (VO2)
• waist circumference (mm)
Secondary outcome measures:
• skin-fold measures (mm)
• percentage over ideal body weight (%)
• percentage body fat (%)
• quality of life questionnaire |
The effectiveness of discharge planning in acute healthcare organisations for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease : a systematic review of quantitative evidence. | Bianca Viljoen | biancanviljoen@gmail.com | No | The Queensland Centre for Evidence Based Nursing and Midwifery: A Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence | 19/06/2018 | 19/06/2018 | Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with access to acute health care services discharge planning to rehabilitation programs from acute health care organisations Comparator:
patients not receiving discharge planning to rehabilitation programs reduced presentation and readmission rates of COPD patients to acute health care organisations |
The effectiveness of injectable contraceptive interventions compared with the pill in reducing unintended pregnancy among reproductive-age women in East Africa? : a systematic review of quantitative evidence. | Samson Mideksa Legesse | samkmwmtj@gmail.com | No | Ethiopian Evidenced Based Healthcare and Development Centre: A Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence | 07/01/2019 | 07/01/2019 | Reproductive age women Injectable contraceptive interventions Comparator:
Pill contraceptive Unintended pregnancy |
The effects of heart failure educational interventions inclusive of family caregivers and individuals with heart failure on outcomes for both: A comprehensive systematic review protocol. | Margaret D. Sebern | Margaret.sebern@marquette.edu | No | The Center for Translational Research: A Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence | 18/03/2016 | 18/10/2017 | The population includes adults at least 18 years old, who are family caregivers of individuals with HF, and individuals with any level of HF severity. The family caregiver is a person, relative or a friend who acts like a relative, and who provides informal support to the individual with HF. Individuals with HF identify family caregivers as people providing assistance with care, who may reside with the person, or live close by. The population includes adults of any gender, all races, and all ethnic groups.
Exclusion criteria for the review are studies that did not include family caregivers for individuals with HF, and subjects who are less than 18 years old. The importance of including both caregivers and individuals with HF is that the primary focus of the review is on interventions that include both the family caregiver and individuals with HF. Together family caregivers and individuals with HF are called care partners.
HF is a syndrome characterized by either or both pulmonary and systemic venous congestion and/or inadequate peripheral oxygen delivery, at rest or during stress, caused by cardiac dysfunction. Symptoms associated with HF are, dyspnea at rest or on exertion, reduction in exercise capacity, orthopnea, paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea (PND) or nocturnal cough, edema, ascites or scrotal edema. Less specific symptoms are early satiety, nausea and vomiting, abdominal, discomfort, wheezing or cough unexplained fatigue, confusion/delirium, and depression/weakness (especially in the elderly). There are several classification systems for severity of HF including, New York Heart Association, Karnofskys functional status, and Seattle Heart Association scale.
This review will consider studies that evaluate educational interventions for family caregivers and dyadic interventions. Dyadic interventions are defined as strategies tailored to the needs of both care partners. Dyadic interventions of interest target HF self-care, palliative care, and/or social support. Dyadic interventions may include strategies to improve HF knowledge, self-care, and skills related to goal setting, communication, and shared decision-making. Interventions may include information related to prognosis, future planning, palliative care, adherence to medication, maintaining a healthy diet, daily weighing, reducing salt intake, limiting alcohol, smoking cessation, taking care of one self, and recognizing and appropriately responding to symptoms. The analytic and narrative component of the review will consider studies that tested any type of educational, psychosocial, skill building or palliative care interventions that targeted the caregiver or both care partners.
Education and psychosocial interventions have been shown to improve HF self-care, symptom management, quality of life, and reduce readmissions to hospitals. Self-care interventions includes information related to adherence to medication, maintaining a healthy diet, daily weighing, reducing salt intake, recognizing and reporting symptoms to a health professional, and palliative care planning.
Palliative care interventions are defined as a holistic approach to future care planning based on the care values and preferences regardless of prognosis (1). Central to palliative care is communication and shared decision making. Palliative care has been shown to improve symptom management and HF outcomes, as has social support from a family caregiver.
Due to the broad and multiple interventions being considered for this review, it is not desirable to limit the search to a specific comparator. However we will compare those exposed to the intervention against those who had not been exposed to the intervention, and dyadic interventions to caregiver only interventions when possible. Context for the review will be the home and community where care partners reside in or outpatient clinics. The geographic locations can be urban or rural. The phenomena of interest are the effects of educational interventions, which are inclusive of both family caregivers and individuals with HF, on outcomes for both. Relationship level outcomes are of specific interest. Relationship level outcomes are dyad congruence or incongruence, dyadic discrepancy, communication, shared decision-making, and reciprocity. Co-variates that may moderate the effects of educational interventions are also of interest. These co-variatate are configuration of the care partners’ age, gender, race, education, health literacy, marital status, socioeconomic status, co-morbidities, and knowledge.
This review will consider studies that evaluate educational interventions for family caregivers and dyadic interventions. Dyadic interventions are defined as strategies tailored to the needs of both care partners. Dyadic interventions of interest target HF self-care, palliative care, and/or social support. Dyadic interventions may include strategies to improve HF knowledge, self-care, and skills related to goal setting, communication, and shared decision-making. Interventions may include information related to prognosis, future planning, palliative care, adherence to medication, maintaining a healthy diet, daily weighing, reducing salt intake, limiting alcohol, smoking cessation, taking care of one self, and recognizing and appropriately responding to symptoms. The analytic and narrative component of the review will consider studies that tested any type of educational, psychosocial, skill building or palliative care interventions that targeted the caregiver or both care partners.
Education and psychosocial interventions have been shown to improve HF self-care, symptom management, quality of life, and reduce readmissions to hospitals. Self-care interventions includes information related to adherence to medication, maintaining a healthy diet, daily weighing, reducing salt intake, recognizing and reporting symptoms to a health professional, and palliative care planning.
Palliative care interventions are defined as a holistic approach to future care planning based on the care values and preferences regardless of prognosis (1). Central to palliative care is communication and shared decision making. Palliative care (1) has been shown to improve symptom management and HF outcomes, as has social support from a family caregiver (2).
Comparator/Context: Due to the broad and multiple interventions being considered for this review, it is not desirable to limit the search to a specific comparator. However we will compare those exposed to the intervention against those who had not been exposed to the intervention, and dyadic interventions to caregiver only interventions when possible. Context for the review will be the home and community where care partners reside in or outpatient clinics. The geographic locations can be urban or rural.
Outcome(s): This review is focused on the effects of dyadic interventions to enhance the outcomes of,
Primary Outcomes:
HF self-care includes complex skills and behaviors, such as monitoring and managing symptoms. Self-care is measured with a variety of valid and reliable tools. For example, self-care can be measured with the Self-care in HF index (SCHFI), HF Self-care behavior Scale (HFScBS), or European HF self-care Behavior Scale (EHFScBS). Self-care knowledge is necessary but not sufficient for self-care, can be measured with the Atlanta Heart Failure Knowledge Test (A-HFKT).
HF symptom management targets neurohormonal and circulatory abnormalities, usually resulting in characteristic symptoms such as fluid retention, shortness of breath, and fatigue, especially on exertion, and pain. HF symptom management can be measured with the Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire (KCCQ) or NYHA classification of HF.
Social support is defined as the provision and exchange of informational, instrumental, or emotional resources in response to the perception of another’s need, or a person’s perceptions of social resources available or actually provided by informal caregivers. Social support is dependent on the presences of an informal caregiver and the quality of their relationship.
The Patient Reported Outcome Measurement Information System (PROMIS) developed measures for four social support domains: companionship, emotional support, instrumental support, and informational support. Other social support measures are, Medical Outcome Study (MOS) Social Support Survey and the Social Support Questionnaire 6. The Shared Care Scale operationalized and measured social support as three relationship processes (i.e., communication, decision making, and reciprocity) used to exchange support.
Mental health is commonly defined in terms depressive symptoms and anxiety. Depressive symptoms are a state in which the mood is suppressed, causing sadness, melancholy, asthenia, deteriorated understanding, decreased concentration, sense of guilt, and physical symptoms including loss of appetite, insomnia, and headache. Depressive symptoms can be measured with the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CESD), Beck Depression Inventory-2 (BDI-II), and the PROMIS depressive symptoms measures.
Anxiety is defined as worry about past, current, and future events. Mood-anxiety can be measured with Spielberg State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), Brief Symptom Inventory-Anxiety (BSI), and the PROMIS anxiety measures.
Secondary Outcomes:
Physical health is defined as functional status, symptoms, and physiologic integrity. Physical health can be measured the Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire (KCCQ) or NYHA classification of HF, or the physical health scales included in the quality of life measures listed below.
Quality of life is defined as physical, social, emotional, economic, and spiritual well-being. Quality of life can be measured by Heart Failure specific questionnaires (i.e., KCCQ and Minnesota Living with HF). General population measures of quality of life will also be included like the PROMIS quality of life measures, and Short Form 36 (SF-36 or SF 12).
Relationship quality is defined as positive attributes of interpersonal relationships like feeling closer, improvements in patience, learning good things about self, and learning good things about others. Relationship quality involves a balance between positive relationship aspects (i.e., feeling closer) and negative aspects (i.e., feeling angry, depressed, resentful, and strain). Relationship quality can be measured with the Dyadic Relationship Scale. Relationship quality is also measured by the level of discrepancy or incongruence between care partners’ perceptions of caregiving relationship factors.
Burden is a factor associated with physical and mental health losses, but it is also associated with financial losses. Burden can be measured with the Oberst Caregiving Burden Scale. This scale measures perceived stress and burden of performing physical and emotional activities of caregiving.
Readmission to hospitals can be measured by instruments that count 30, 60, and 90 day hospital readmissions, unplanned medical visits, emergency room (ED) visits, length of stay, and the reasons for use.
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The Enablers and Barriers to Mental Health Service Uptake among Mentally ill patients in Ghana : a comprehensive systematic review. | Eric Badu | eric.badu@uon.edu.au | No | The University of Newcastle Centre for Evidence Based Healthcare Informing Research (CEBHIR): A Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence | 21/02/2018 | 21/02/2018 | The systematic review will include studies that focused on mentally ill patients, their families and caregivers and people working on mental health services, including health workers and health systems planners The systematic review will focus on studies that report on any existing mental health policies and laws; measures the prevalence and incidence of mental illness; explore the enablers and barriers of access to mental health care as well as the potentials or effectiveness of policies and care Primary outcome – the primary outcome will focus on studies that measures the number of people living with mental illness; the number of existing mental health policies and laws; the extent of mental health care uptake, for instance, the number of visits to out-patients or inpatients units at psychiatric hospitals or community psychiatric mental health facilities; the quality of mental health care, for instance, the extent of recovery from treatment after treatment and medications, the enablers to mental health care, for instance, the existing support services by health workers, family members and caregivers, the responsiveness of the health systems; the barriers to mental health care uptake, for instance, accessibility, availability of care, adequacy, awareness, acceptability, affordability, attitudinal.
Secondary outcome – The secondary outcome will focus on the potentials of existing policies and laws, for instance, the prioritization of policies by stakeholders, the effective monitoring measures, the inclusion of different age categories including children, adolescent and aged; the effectiveness of mental health care for patients; |
The experience and perceptions of adult survivors of the late effects of childhood cancers: a systematic review of qualitative evidence. | Larissa Cowpe | CowpeL1@cardiff.ac.uk | No | JBI | 15/05/2018 | 15/05/2018 | The review will consider participants aged over 18 who had an initial cancer diagnosis at the age of 18 or under. Therefore participants who received an initial diagnosis over the age of 18 will be excluded. Participants who have had any form of cancer treatment will be included. Phenomena of interest:
82% of children diagnosed with cancer survive for five years or more and the late effects of childhood cancer range significantly. There are some known late effects for adults who had cancer as a child but there is a gap in establishing comprehensively what these are, more so in relation to psychologically and socially. There is also a need to identify what care provision is available to meet the needs associated with the late effects of childhood cancer for adult survivors. This will be a review of all qualitative studies involving patients who have had cancer as a child (see population) and who received active treatment with curative intent. Studies published in English are included |
The experience of children growing up in military families where parental post traumatic stress disorder is present: a systematic review of qualitative evidence. | Heidi Cramm | heidi.cramm@queensu.ca | No | Queen's Collaboration for Health Care Quality: A Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence | 08/06/2016 | 17/10/2017 | Children 18 years old or younger Phenomena of interest: – Children 18 years old or younger Living in a military family or military connected family in which at least one parent has been formally diagnosed with post traumatic stress or PTSD Military families living in a country that is not actively engaged in internal conflict (such as Syria) or external conflict (such as Israel). No comparator (qualitative review): |
The experiences of community-dwelling older adults living with hearing loss: a systematic review of qualitative evidence | April Pike | aprilpike@mun.ca | No | Memorial University School of Nursing Collaboration for Evidenced-Based Nursing and Primary Health Care: A Joanna Briggs Institute Affiliated Group | 17/09/2018 | 17/09/2018 | The population of interest are men and women, aged 50 years and older, living with hearing loss in the community. No comparator: qualitative review The context of this review is any community worldwide where seniors with hearing loss live. Studies considered for this review will be those in which qualitative data can be gathered and analyzed on the phenomena of interest, including mixed methods research. |
The experiences of female refugees with HIV/AIDS seeking integration, nationalization, or resettlement: A qualitative systematic review | Donna Bulman | dbulman@unb.ca | No | JBI | 14/09/2018 | 14/09/2018 | Female refugees with HIV/AIDS Lived experience Comparator: None Going through the process of integration, nationalization, or resettlement |
The experiences of patients/health service users who have been involved in the education of undergraduate health care professionals : a systematic review of qualitative evidence | Odette Griscti. | odette_griscti@cbu.ca | No | Queen's Collaboration for Health Care Quality: A Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence | 29/11/2017 | 13/07/2018 | Individuals who had / still have acute or chronic illness and who required hospitalization or the need for other health care services, and who were involved in the education of undergraduate health care professionals’ education. Involvement may be at any level of undergraduate education from curriculum development, to teaching, assessing and/or evaluation of students. Studies involving patients/ health service users of all sexes above the age of 18 years, of any nationality, race or ethnicity will be included. Patients/ health service users involved in the health care sector, administration, decision and policy making will be excluded. Experiences of children/ adolescents below the age of 18 years will be excluded. Phenomena of interest (qualitative):
The experiences of patients/health service users who were involved in undergraduate health care professionals’ education. Experience relates to the personal knowledge or wisdom gained from having participated in this process. The experiences of patient/health service users who have been involved in undergraduate health care professional education in medicine, nursing and other allied health professions in university settings will be included.
Patient/health service users involved in off-campus and non-university affiliated settings will be excluded. Patients / health services users who were involved in undergraduate education in the clinical area will be excluded. |
The experiences of pregnant women during antenatal care attendance in health facilities : a systematic review of qualitative evidence. | Jenipher Twebaze Musoke | drjenipherbrac@gmail.com | No | Ethiopian Evidenced Based Healthcare and Development Centre: A Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence | 27/04/2018 | 27/04/2018 | pregnant women Phenomena of interest:
Experiences of women during antenatal care attendance, that may include challenges and difficulties such as patient provider interactions, transportation related barriers, cultural incompatibilities between the provider and the client. African Health facilities, that may include health center, hospital or clinics where pregnant women attend antenatal care |
The experiences of the pregnant with Gestational Diabetes from confirmed to end of the delivery : a systematic review of qualitative evidence. | Jing He - Wu Han University, China | jing26@whu.edu.cn | No | JBI | 22/01/2019 | 22/01/2019 | the pregnant women with Gestational Diabetes. Phenomena of interest (qualitative)
Real experiences in mental, physical, and family life
from confirmed to end of the delivery |
The experiences of transgender men in seeking gynecological and reproductive healthcare : a systematic review of qualitative evidence. | Julia Sbragia | jsbragia@pnw.edu | No | Indiana Center for Evidence Based Nursing Practice: A Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence | 27/09/2018 | 27/09/2018 | Phenomena of interest (qualitative): The experiences of trans-men seeking routine gynecological care, obstetrical care, fertility care, reproductive care, or emergency care for gynecological concerns No comparator (qualitative review) COntext (qulaitative): This review will consider the experiences of care received in clinics, physician offices, emergency departments, and obstetrical labor and delivery units of hospitals |
The frequency and ratio of TH17/Treg cells in women with recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) | Fariba Pashazadeh | Fariba_pashazadeh@yahoo.com | No | Iranian EBM Centre: A Joanna Briggs Institute Affiliated Group | 09/02/2018 | 09/02/2018 | all women Exposure:
Increased TH17 cells, decreased Treg cells, increased TH17/Treg ratio RPL; recurrent pregnancy loss: is commonly defined as the loss of three or more consecutive pregnancies before the 20 weeks of gestation. Genetic and chromosome abnormalities, uterine anomalies, infections or endocrine factors are among the underlying causes in about 50% of cases. It has been suggested that immunological reactions may account for the remained unexplained pregnancy losses. |
The frequency and ratio of Treg/Th17 cells in women with preeclampsia. | Fariba Pashazadeh | Fariba_pashazadeh@yahoo.com | No | Iranian EBM Centre: A Joanna Briggs Institute Affiliated Group | 09/02/2018 | 09/02/2018 | Pregnant women Exposure:
Treg and Th17 imbalance Comparator:
Healthy pregnant women Preeclampsia (a disorder of pregnancy characterized by the onset of high blood pressure and often a significant amount of protein in the urine after 20 weeks of pregnancy). |
The Impact of Patient Navigation Programs: A Scoping Review | Amy E Reid | areid2@unb.ca | No | The University of New Brunswick (UNB) Saint John Collaboration for Evidence-Informed Healthcare: A Joanna Briggs Institute Affiliated Group | 13/07/2018 | 13/07/2018 | The focus of our scoping review is on patient navigation programs for all populations. The review is not specific to any condition, sex, age, ethnicity, or other demographic variable. Intervention & Phenomena of Interest:
Concept:
The main concept is Patient Navigation. Patient Navigation will be defined as a partnership between a patient, family, or member(s) of the care team and a patient navigator (e.g. registered nurse or peer) who facilitates timely access to health and/or community services and resources and fosters self-management and autonomy through education and emotional support. This review will consider studies and other literature sources that reflect the evaluation of services and outcomes of patient navigation programs that fall under our definition of Patient Navigation The review will consider patient navigation programs in all settings, such as hospital, clinic, or community-based settings. |
The investigation of TH1 and TH2 ratio in women with preeclampsia | Fariba Pashazadeh | Fariba_pashazadeh@yahoo.com | No | Iranian EBM Centre: A Joanna Briggs Institute Affiliated Group | 09/02/2018 | 09/02/2018 | Pregnant women Exposure
TH1 and TH2 ratio Preeclampsia (described as gestational hypertension ≥ 140/90 mmHg with proteinuria of ≥ 300 mg/24 that observed after 20 weeks of pregnancy.) |
The men’s experiences of deciding about treatment for localized prostate cancer: a systematic review of qualitative evidence. | Matarese Maria | m.matarese@unicampus.it | No | CECRI Evidence-based practice group for Nursing Scholarship: A Joanna Briggs Institute Affiliated Group | 21/11/2018 | 21/11/2018 | The review will consider men aged 18 and over with a recent diagnosis of localized PCa. Phenomena of interest (qualitative)
The men’s experiences of deciding on the treatment after receiving the diagnosis of localized PCa. We will included all the treatment choices: radiotherapy, surgery, active surveillance, watchful waiting, and hormonotherapy. We considered the man’s experiences in the period between the communication of the diagnosis and the treatment decision.
Healthcare settings |
The needs of family members of adult patients in an intensive care unit : a systematic review of qualitative evidence. | Hui Wen, Su | wensu616@gmail.com | No | Taiwan Evidence Based Practice Centre: A Joanna Briggs Centre of Excellence | 12/02/2018 | 12/02/2018 | family members / family/ Families / family network of adult patients Phenomena of interest:
needs / demand an intensive care unit/ critical care setting |
The non-pharmacological interventions used in perioperative period to prevent anxiety in adolescents: a scoping review protocol | Márcia Noélia Pestana dos Santos | marcianpsantos@gmail.com | No | Portugal Centre for Evidence Based Practice: A Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence | 28/06/2018 | 28/06/2018 | Adolescents who are at risk of experience anxiety in perioperative period Concepts:
Non-pharmacological interventions delivered in perioperative period in order to prevent anxiety in adolescents. This interventions may include: psychological (cognitive or behavioral) interventions such as: distraction, cognitive tasks, hypnosis, virtual reality; environmental interventions: use of induction room, adolescent retains own clothing (especially underwear); social interventions such as: parental or support person presence, number of medical staff in the room at induction; nurse communication: tone of voice, language (neutral or positive). The context includes hospital departments where are delivered perioperative care, including but not limited to operating room and/or surgical wards. |
The perceptions and experiences of male nursing students : a systematic review of qualitative evidence. | Chad Ellis O’Lynn | colynn@chamberlain.edu | No | Chamberlain University: A Joanna Briggs Institute Affiliated Group | 24/05/2016 | 17/10/2017 | This review will consider qualitative studies that include men who discuss their perceptions and experiences as students enrolled in academic programs of nursing The perceptions and experiences of male nursing students. Enrollment in academic programs of nursing This review will examine qualitative outcomes related to the perceptions and experiences of male nursing students. |
The perceptions of lactating mothers on Kangaroo mother care for preterm neonates : a systematic review of qualitative evidence. | Pontius Bayo | pontiusby@gmail.com | No | Ethiopian Evidenced Based Healthcare and Development Centre: A Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence | 27/04/2018 | 27/04/2018 | Lactating mothers Perceptions on Kangaroo mother care for preterm neonates Low income Countries |
The preventative health work of vaccine-hesitant and refusing caregivers : a systematic review of qualitative evidence. | Christine Huel | chuel@uvic.ca | No | The University of Victoria (UVic) Centre for Evidence-Informed Nursing and Healthcare (CEiNHC): A Joanna Briggs Institute Affiliated Group | 09/11/2018 | 09/11/2018 | Parents or caregivers of infants and children who refuse vaccines or are vaccine-hesitant. Phenomena of interest (qualitative)
‘Preventative health work’ describes an array of decisions and actions caregivers/parents might consider and enact to protect their children from vaccine-preventable communicable disease. The word “work” refers to anything a person may do that takes time, effort, and intent, instead of the traditional definition of what one is paid to do (Smith, 2005).
Context for this review will be English speaking caregivers/parents from Canada, The United States, United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand.
Smith, D. E. (2005). Institutional Ethnography: A sociology for people. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
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The relationship between Metabolic syndrome and male infertility: a systematic review of quantitative evidence | Fariba Pashazadeh | Fariba_Pashazadeh@yahoo.com | No | Iranian EBM Centre: A Joanna Briggs Institute Affiliated Group | 08/02/2018 | 08/02/2018 | men Exposure:
Metabolic syndrome (a compilation of symptoms including central obesity, insulin resistance, dyslipidemia, and hypertension) serum total testosterone, free testosterone, and sex-hormone– binding globulin (SHBG) levels, with increased estradiol (E2) levels, reductions in sperm concentration, total sperm count, total motility |
The role of subtle to mild cognitive decline in delirium prediction for elderly elective surgery patients: A scoping review | Jessica Jebramek | jjebramek@deakin.edu.au | No | JBI | 19/09/2018 | 19/09/2018 | Elderly elective surgery patients. Age limit for inclusion will be ≥65 years. Delirium Prediction. Prediction of post-surgical delirium during pre-surgical assessment or screening. |
The use of essential oil in labor: a scoping review | Tatiane Herreira Trigueiro of Escola de Enfermagem da USP BRAZIL | tatiherreira@gmail.com | No | JBI | 02/08/2018 | 02/08/2018 | Parturition concept
Oils, Volatile Delivery Rooms |
The use of the historical method for the research of the nursing care process in armed conflicts: a scoping review | Dina Isabel do Coito Bernardino | enf.bernardino@hotmail.com | No | Portugal Centre for Evidence Based Practice: A Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence | 23/02/2018 | 23/02/2018 | This review considers nursing professionals in all domains of the nursing care. Concept - The historical method, methodological options, strategies and interventions used in historical studies regarding the approach of the nursing care process in armed conflicts. Three concepts: method, frameworks and outcomes will be mapped in this review. the nursing care process in armed conflicts. No comparator or outcome (scoping review). |
Treatment of anterior open bite in adult orthodontic patients using bone anchored devices versus other nonsurgical methods: a quantitative systematic review | Amirfarhang Miresmaeili | miresmaeili@umsha.ac.ir | No | Iranian EBM Centre: A Joanna Briggs Institute Affiliated Group | 07/05/2018 | 07/05/2018 | Orthodontic patients not younger than 14 y/o ,with overbite ≤ 0mm ,without any craniofacial syndromes or cleft lip and palate Zygomatic miniplates,lower posterior arch miniplates,miniscrews Different methods and treatments for nonsurgical correction of anterior openbite: ,intermaxillary rubber band,MAEW appliance,posterior bite plates,high pull headgear,anterior vertical elastics,extraction therapy,intrusion archwires Dental, skeletal and soft tissue measurements that has been collected from cephalometric radiographs, dental casts, and clinical assessments primary outcome=overbite secondary outcome= distance of maxillary teeth to reference planes, distance of mandibular teeth to reference planes, interincisal angle, occlusal plane to reference lines angle, angle of mandibular plane and palatal plane to reference planes, lower anterior facial height, anterior facial height to posterior facial height ratio. Others: overbite stability, complications and side effects, treatment time, etiology |
Understanding the factors that influence the use of restrictive practices in the forensic mental health inpatient setting: a systematic review. | Lesley Barr | Lesley.Barr@health.wa.gov.au | No | The Western Australian Group for Evidence Informed Healthcare Practice: A Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence | 19/11/2018 | 19/11/2018 | Forensic mental health nursing staff. Male & female. 18 years and above. Phenomena of interest (qualitative)
Restrictive practices, including seclusion and restraint
No comparator (qualitative review) The frequency and type of restrictive practices used in forensic mental health inpatient settings |
Understanding the family experience of an Autism Spectrum Disorder diagnostic conference : a systematic review of qualitative evidence. | Alexandra Jackman - University of Alberta | Alexandra.jackman@ualberta.ca | No | JBI | 19/12/2018 | 19/12/2018 | Families of children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder diagnosis. Families includes: Children with the diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder and/or their: parents, guardians, grandparents, other extended family, caregivers and siblings. Children ages 0-18 years diagnosed with an Autism Spectrum Disorder will be included. All sexes will be included. Autism Spectrum Disorder includes: Autistic disorder, Asperger’s syndrome, Pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified, Childhood disintegrative disorder. These diagnoses reflect historical terms for Autism Spectrum Disorder (before current Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder-V edition (DSM-V) diagnostic criteria) and aim to capture any relevant studies from before its publication in 2013. The experiences of: physicians, psychologists, nurses, allied health professionals and teachers will not be included. Phenomena of interest (qualitative)
Family experience of the Autism Spectrum Disorder diagnostic conference. The diagnostic conference is the meeting where parents, families and/or children are told that the child has Autism Spectrum Disorder. The family experience includes description, perception, attitude, insights and other views of pediatric patients and their family members regarding the diagnostic conference.
This study explores the health service context of an Autism Spectrum Disorder diagnostic conference. All settings where the diagnostic conference occurs will be included. This may include: community setting, secondary and tertiary level settings, inpatient setting, outpatient setting, school setting and others. There will be no limitation on setting or publication dates for inclusion, so long as other inclusion criteria are met.
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What are the policy options for preventing common gastrointestinal cancers? A qualitative systematic review | Neda Kabiri | ne.kabiry@gmail.com | No | Iranian EBM Centre: A Joanna Briggs Institute Affiliated Group | 03/07/2018 | 03/07/2018 | The review will consider studies which are about preventing and screening common gastrointestinal cancers. Phenomena of interest:
This review will consider studies that describe policies (at least one policy) for preventing common gastrointestinal cancers
The context in this review include the whole countries of the world. Policies that have prevented common gastrointestinal cancers. |
Women’s experiences of birth preparedness and complication readiness in low income countries in Africa : a systematic review of qualitative evidence. | Ellen Chirwa | embweza@kcn.unima.mw | No | Ethiopian Evidenced Based Healthcare and Development Centre: A Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence | 27/04/2018 | 27/04/2018 | Women in the child bearing age (18 -49) who have given birth within the past 2 years in a health facility. Phenomena of interest:
Birth prepared and complication readiness is safe motherhood strategy aimed at reducing pregnant women’s delays in seeking, reaching, and receiving care. Therefore, women are counselled to plan for normal delivery and anticipate actions needed in case of emergency. The elements include attending antenatal care, knowing danger signs, planning for birth attendants and place of delivery, arranging for transport, identifying blood donor and saving money in case of emergencies. What do women experience as they plan for normal delivery and anticipated actions in case of emergency? Low income African countries bear the burden of high maternal morbidity and mortality. Contributing factors include: low socioeconomic; cultural barriers, delayed access to health facilities due to long distance and poor road infrastructure. Hence the need for the birth prepared and complication readiness to reduce the delays in seeking, reaching, and receiving care. |
Wound management provided by nurse practitioners: a scoping review protocol | Sherry Morrell | morells@uwindsor.ca | No | Queen's Collaboration for Health Care Quality: A Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence | 10/07/2018 | 10/07/2018 | Licensed Nurse Practitioners of all ages and gender. Wound management provided by nurse practitioners. The scoping review will have a global perspective examining wound care provided by nurse practitioners in various settings and countries. |