title: The Joanna Briggs Institute Best Practice Information Sheet: Nurse-led interventions to reduce cardiac risk factors in adults.
abstract: This Best Practice Information Sheet updates and supersedes an earlier publication of the Joanna Briggs Institute in 2005. The information that is contained in this publication is based upon a systematic review of six randomized clinical trials. Additional information has been derived from a second systematic review; thus, in total, the information is derived from 22 randomized controlled trials. The original references can be sourced from the systematic reviews. Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the major cause of illness in Western society and it is becoming increasingly important to establish effective strategies in order to reduce the incidence of CHD. Nurse-led clinics are becoming more prominent in community settings and the importance of nurse interventions in the management of CHD and risk factor reduction is recognized in terms of improved health outcomes for patients. However, the variation in outcome measures and inconsistent findings between some studies make it difficult to draw firm conclusions.
authors: Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. jbi@adelaide.edu.au
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000451:nursing* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D055318:Evidence-Based Nursing; D006801:Humans; D024802:Nurse's Role; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D012196:Review Literature as Topic; D012307:Risk Factors; D040242:Risk Reduction Behavior