Prevalence of frailty in senile osteoporosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: The growing aging population has resulted in a rise in the prevalence of frailty among senile osteoporosis (SOP) patients, with frailty predisposing SOP patients to a higher risk of adverse health outcomes.

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of frailty in SOP patients through a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Methods: A comprehensive search was performed in nine databases (Cochrane Library, PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, CINAHL, SinoMed, CNKI, VIP, and Wanfang) to identify relevant articles from inception to June 2023.

Summary of evidence on Traditional Chinese Medicine nursing interventions in hospice care for patients with advanced cancer.

Background: Patients with advanced cancer experience physical and psychological pain that affects their quality of life. This review aimed to systematically search, evaluate, and summarize the best evidence on Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) nursing interventions in hospice care for patients with advanced cancer and to provide an evidence-based foundation for clinical care. The time limit for the search was from 2010 to September 2024.

Factors influencing thirst in ICU patients: A mixed methods systematic review.

Objective: To systematically review the factors influencing thirst in ICU patients, providing a reference for effective management of thirst in ICU patients and the formulation of intervention measures.

Methods: A total of 12 electronic databases were searched from inception to July 2023. The synthesis method of JBI mixed methods research systematic review was used.

Experiences of the Older Adults After Being Abused: A Qualitative Meta-synthesis.

Elder abuse is a global public health problem with severe social costs. Research on elder abuse has gradually increased; however, less attention has been paid to older adults' perceptions and experiences of abuse. This review aimed to integrate older adults' perceptions and experiences of abuse to provide a theoretical basis for developing interventions that meet their authentic needs.

Moral courage level of nurses: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: Moral distress occurs in daily nursing work and plagues nurses. Improving the level of moral courage is one of the main strategies to reduce moral distress, and low levels of moral courage may lead to nurse burnout, increased turnover, and reduced quality of care.

Methods: Nine electronic databases in Chinese and English were searched for the level of moral courage among nurses, including PubMed, Web of Science, EMBASE, CINAHL, CNKI, Wan fang, Wei pu, CBM and Cochrane Library, for the period from the date of database creation to April 5, 2023.

Evidence-based practice attitudes, knowledge and skills of nursing students and nurses, a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Aim/objective: This study aims to carry out a meta-analysis of attitudes, knowledge, and skills level of nursing students and nurses in EBP, providing a reference for optimizing EBP education strategies.

Background: At present, no meta-analysis has been performed to quantitatively synthesize the attitudes, knowledge and skill levels of nursing students and nurses toward EBP. This makes it difficult to precisely identify the true level of EBP among nurses, implying that there is no evidence to support the adoption of EBP teaching strategies approaches.

Prevalence, associated factors, and nursing practice-related outcomes of workplace violence towards nursing students in clinical practice: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Objectives: To estimate the prevalence of Workplace violence (WPV) among nursing students in clinical practice, and examine the associated factors and nursing practice-related outcomes.

Design: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Review Methods And Data Sources: A comprehensive literature search was performed in nine databases from inception to Mar 2023.

Nurses' perceptions and competencies about spirituality and spiritual care: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Objective: To identify and synthesize nurses' perceptions of spirituality and spiritual care and their spiritual care competencies.

Design: A systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies.

Data Sources: The electronic databases PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science, CINAHL, ProQuest, Scopus, CNKI, and WANFANG were systematically searched from the inception of each database to April 19, 2023.

Effect of Exercise on Fatigue in Patients Receiving Maintenance Hemodialysis Treatment: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis.

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the effect of different exercises for improving fatigue in maintenance hemodialysis patients.

Design: PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, Cochrane, PEDro, CNKI, VIP, Wanfang data, CBM, and CINAHL were conducted from the establishment of the database to July 2023. We independently screened the literature, evaluated the quality, analyzed the data using Stata 15.

The effect of psychological contract on turnover intention among nurses: a meta-analytic review.

Background: The turnover intention (TI) of nurses is common, posing a threat to modern healthcare organizations. Psychological contract (PC) is a predictor of TI, affecting significantly nurse's TI. However, the extent of the association between PC and nurse's TI is unknown.

Reliability and validity of the Chinese version of the trauma-specific frailty index (TSFI) for geriatric trauma patients.

Background: Pre-traumatic frailty in geriatric trauma patients has caught attention from emergency medical workers and the assessment of it thus become one of the important aspects of risk management. Several tools are available to identify frailty, but limited tools have been validated for geriatric trauma patients in China to assess pre-traumatic frailty.The aim of this study is to translate the Trauma-Specific Frailty Index(TSFI) into Chinese, and to evaluate the reliability and validity of the translated version in geriatric trauma patients.

Relationship between social support and fear of cancer recurrence among Chinese cancer patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: To quantitatively analyze the association between social support (SS) and fear of cancer recurrence (FCR) by reviewing current evidence from observational studies.

Methods: A comprehensive literature search was performed in nine databases from inception to May 2022. Observational studies that used both SS and FCR as study variables were included.

Risk factors for pulmonary infection in elderly patients with acute stroke: A meta-analysis.

Objective: The study aims to systematically evaluate the risk factors of pulmonary infection in elderly patients with acute stroke.

Methods: PubMed, CENTRAL, CINAHL, Web of Science, Embase, and four Chinese databases (CNKI, SinoMed, VIP, and Wanfang databases) for studies involving risk factors of pulmonary infection in elderly patients with acute stroke were searched. Then, two researchers independently read the article titles and abstracts to screen the literature, extracted relevant research data, and evaluated the methodological quality.

Prevalence and Risk Factors of Postdialysis Fatigue in Patients Under Maintenance Hemodialysis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Purpose: Despite the high prevalence of postdialysis fatigue (PDF) in maintenance hemodialysis patients, no meta-analysis on the prevalence and risk factors of PDF has yet been published. This study aimed to identify the prevalence of PDF and explore its related factors.

Methods: PubMed, Embase, CENTRAL, Web of Science, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), and the four Chinese databases (National Knowledge Infrastructure [CNKI], Chinese Biomedical Literature database [SinoMed], Wanfang Digital Periodicals [WANFANG], and Chinese Science and Technology Periodicals [VIP] database) were searched from inception up to July 2022.

Status of work alienation among nurses in China: A systematic review.

Background: Work alienation is a common feeling of estrangement from the work and its context. Nurses are prone to feel alienated due to the high risk of infection, heavy workload, and the persistence of stress at high levels. Work alienation has serious negative outcomes, organizationally as well as personally.

Health-related quality of life in breast cancer patients in Asia: A meta-analysis and systematic review.

Objectives: The primary purposes of this meta-analysis and systematic review were to evaluate the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of Asian breast cancer (BC) patients to understand their holistic HRQoL level and provide medical and nursing recommendations to improve and preserve their quality of life.

Methods: A comprehensive literature search was conducted to find cross-sectional studies published in Chinese and English concerning HRQoL in BC patients from the inceptions of databases to 14 March 2022. The databases consulted were PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, Cochrane, PsyclNFO, CINAHL, and CNKI.

A meta-analysis of nursing students' knowledge and attitudes about end-of-life care.

Objectives: To synthesize nursing students' knowledge and attitudes about end-of-life care and to identify strategic directions for optimizing end-of-life care education.

Design: A meta-analysis of observational studies.

Data Sources: PubMed, Web of Science, EMBASE, CINAHL, PsycINFO, MEDLINE, CNKI, and WANFANG 8 electronic databases in English and Chinese were systematically searched from inception until 10 April 2022.