title: Building the Evidence for Nursing Practice: Learning from a Structured Review of SIOP Abstracts, 2003-2012.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The focus of work submitted to an international conference can reflect the changing landscape of a specialty and prove important for identifying trends, uncovering gaps, and providing new directions for nurse-led research and clinical practice. We present an analysis of trends in presentations in the nursing program at the SIOP congress from 2003 to 2012 based on all accepted abstracts.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 462 abstracts were analyzed. A data extraction form was used to ensure consistency of data retrieved. Paired researchers were assigned 2 years of abstracts for assessment: approximately 80-100 abstracts each. Data were entered into REDCap data management software.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Most abstracts came from presenters affiliated with institutions in Europe and North America with a noticeably significant under-representation from developing countries. There was an equal representation of papers focused on empirical research with family members and clinical practice focused on the professional role, although this varied in some years. Analysis of research methodology revealed a predominance of surveys, with a recent increase in qualitative and mixed method studies. Out of all abstracts only 18% were subsequently published.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Gaps have been identified, such as the limited involvement of nurses in developing countries, and lack of studies self-reporting from children. Much needs to be done to promote a greater diversity of research frameworks and more dynamic research designs. The small percentage of abstracts from nurses that are eventually published may hinder translation of the findings into clinical practice.
authors.affiliation: Children and Young People's Cancer Care, Centre for Outcomes and Experiences Research in Children's Health, Illness, and Disability (ORCHID), Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust and London South Bank University, London, UK.
authors.forename: Faith
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gibson
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Health Research, University College London (UCL), London, UK.
authors.forename: Cecilia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vindrola-Padros
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing Research and Quality Outcomes, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC.
authors.forename: Pamela
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hinds
authors.affiliation: Queen Silvia Children's Hospital, Centrum for Children's Rights, Gothenburg, Sweden.
authors.forename: Margaretha J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Nolbris
authors.affiliation: Research and Innovation/RCN Chair of Nursing Research, School of Healthcare Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kelly
authors.affiliation: Child and Adolescent Nursing Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, and Midwifery Kings College London, Honorary Senior Research Associate Louis Dundas Centre for Children's Palliative Care University College London, London, UK.
authors.forename: Paula
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kelly
authors.affiliation: Division of Hematology, Oncology and Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, California.
authors.forename: Kathy
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ruccione
authors.affiliation: Teenage Cancer Trust Nurse Consultant for Adolescents and Young Adults, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Surrey, UK.
authors.forename: Louise
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Soanes
authors.affiliation: Canadian Institutes of Health Research Applied Chair in Reproductive, Child and Youth Health Services and Policy Research and Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, College of Nursing, University of Manitoba, Canada.
authors.forename: Roberta L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Woodgate
authors.affiliation: Clinical Research Nurse Practitioner-Pediatric Oncology, Cancer Clinical Trials Office, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California.
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Baggott
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003226:Congresses as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009729:Nursing; D009732:Nursing Care; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'
keywords: SIOP congress; nursing; published abstracts; review