[Clinical trials in nursing journals].
BACKGROUND
Clinical trials are pivotal for the development of nursing knowledge.


OBJECTIVE
To describe the clinical trials published in nursing journals in the last two years and propose some general reflections on nursing research.


METHODS
A search with the key-word trial was done on PubMed (2009-2013) on Cancer Nursing, European Journal of Oncology Nursing, International Journal of Nursing Studies, Journal of Advanced Nursing, Journal of Clinical Nursing and Nursing Research.


RESULTS
Of 228 trials identified, 104 (45.8%) were published in the last 2 years. Nurses from Asian countries published the larger number of trials. Educational and supportive interventions were the most studied (61/104 trials), followed by clinical interventions (33/104). Samples were limited and most trials are monocentric.


CONCLUSIONS
A growing number of trials is published, on issues relevant for the nursing profession, however larger samples and multicentric studies would be necessary.
Paola
P
Di Giulio
Sara
S
Campagna
Valerio
V
Dimonte
D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D015399:Nursing Research; D010506:Periodicals as Topic; D011643:Publishing