The evidence for nursing interventions in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.
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.
Mistiaen
Patriek
P
NIVEL, Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research, Utrecht.
Poot
Else
E
Hickox
Sophie
S
Wagner
Cordula
C
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