title: The evidence for nursing interventions in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.
abstract: In this paper, Patriek Mistiaen, Else Poot, Sophie Hickox, and Cordula Wagner describe how they conducted a search of the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews in order to explore the evidence for nursing interventions. They identify the number of studies, the number of participants, and the conclusions of systematic reviews concerning nursing interventions. They conclude that the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews is a valuable source of evidence about nursing interventions, and can be used as a means of developing a research agenda in the case of inconclusive reviews.
authors.affiliation: NIVEL, Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research, Utrecht.
authors.forename: Patriek
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mistiaen
authors.forename: Else
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Poot
authors.forename: Sophie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hickox
authors.forename: Cordula
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wagner
mesh_terms: D015706:Bibliometrics; D016206:Databases, Bibliographic / Q000592:standards*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D007255:Information Services / Q000592:standards; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic / Q000592:standards; D012107:Research Design / Q000592:standards; D012196:Review Literature as Topic