A scoping review of the unmet needs of patients diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF).

Aims: Patients diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) have a high symptom burden and numerous needs that remain largely unaddressed despite advances in available treatment options. There is a need to comprehensively identify patients' needs and create opportunities to address them. This scoping review aimed to synthesise the available evidence and identify gaps in the literature regarding the unmet needs of patients diagnosed with IPF.

Prevalence and incidence of cancer amongst adults with intellectual disability - a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol.

Background: People with intellectual disabilities have poorer health and die earlier than their peers without identified disabilities. This difference represents a significant inequality. Until recently, it was considered that cancer was less common in this population, mainly because they did not live long enough to develop age-related cancers.

Key interoperability Factors for patient portals and Electronic health Records: A scoping review.

Aim: To identify the key requirements and challenges to interoperability between patient portals and electronic health records (EHRs).

Introduction: Patient portals provide patients with access to their health information directly from EHRs within hospitals, primary care centres and general practices (GPs). Patient portals offer many benefits to patients including improved communication with healthcare providers and care coordination.

Stakeholders' perspectives and experiences of patient and public involvement (PPI) in clinical trials in maternal and neonatal healthcare: protocol for a qualitative evidence synthesis.

Background: Patient and public involvement (PPI) has the potential to improve the relevance of trial outcomes and improve participant recruitment within clinical trials. However, the literature on PPI approaches, outcomes, and attitudes towards PPI in specific clinical research areas is limited. We are interested to know the current approaches to and views of PPI within maternal and neonatal clinical trials, from the perspective and experience of involved stakeholders.

Critical illness survivors' experiences of attending an intensive care unit follow-up service: a systematic review protocol.

Objective: The objective of this review is to explore critical illness survivors' experiences of attending an intensive care unit (ICU) follow-up service.

Introduction: A significant proportion of critical illness survivors will require ICU follow-up care to support adverse symptoms in health domains, including cognition, mental health, and physical and social function. While there is consensus on the need for ICU follow-up services, systematic reviews to date have not identified any significant impact of ICU follow-up services on clinical health outcomes.

Exploration of the unmet needs of patients diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a scoping review protocol.

Introduction: Interstitial lung diseases consist of a range of lung disorders, the most prevalent being idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). IPF is a chronic, progressive disease, resulting in loss of lung function and potentially significant impacts on quality of life. There is an increasing need to address unmet needs in this population as there is evidence that unmet needs may impact quality of life and health outcomes.

PROTOCOL: Global elder abuse: A mega-map of systematic reviews on prevalence, consequences, risk and protective factors and interventions.

This is the protocol for a Campbell systematic review. The objectives are as follows: to produce a mega-map which identifies, maps and provides a visual interactive display, based on systematic reviews on all the main aspects of elder abuse in both the community and in institutions, such as residential and long-term care institutions.

Systematic review of ethical issues in perinatal mental health research.

Background: Maternal mental health during the peripartum period is critically important to the wellbeing of mothers and their infants. Numerous studies and clinical trials have focused on various aspects of interventions and treatments for perinatal mental health from the perspective of researchers and medical health professionals. However, less is known about women's experiences of participating in perinatal mental health research, and the ethical issues that arise.

Nurses knowledge, attitudes and education needs towards acute pain management in hospital settings: A meta-analysis.

Background: Effective pain assessment and management is widely reported as sub optimal due to inadequate knowledge and negative attitudes among nurses.

Aim: To determine nurses' attitudes, knowledge and education needs towards acute pain management in acute hospital settings METHODS: PRISMA (2021) and guidelines from the University of York, CRD (2009) informed the design and conduct of this review. We included studies with registered nurses involved in direct adult patient care and acute pain management in hospital settings.

Youths with asthma and their experiences of self-management education: A systematic review of qualitative evidence.

Aims: To identify and synthesize the available evidence of youths with asthma and their experience of self-management education.

Design: Systematic literature review of qualitative studies with meta-synthesis of findings.

Data Sources: We searched five databases, CINAHL Complete, Embase, MEDLINE (EBSCO) PsycINFO, ASSIA and the Global Index Medicus (formerly the WHOLIS).

Instruments to measure postintensive care syndrome: a scoping review protocol.

Introduction: There is an increasing need for evaluating postintensive care syndrome in adults concerning their long-term physical, psychological, cognitive and/or social outcomes, yet there is no consensus regarding the choice of instruments to measure these. This scoping review aims to identify and examine instruments used to measure postintensive care syndrome in adults.

Methods And Analysis: This scoping review will be conducted following the Arksey and O'Malley and its extended framework, and the Joanna Briggs Institute guideline.

Physical health effects of sedentary behaviour on adults with an intellectual disability: A scoping review.

This literature review was designed to establish the effects of sedentary behaviour on the physical health of adults with an intellectual disability. Sedentary behaviour is defined as any waking behaviour characterized by an energy expenditure of ≤1.5 METs while in a sitting, lying or reclining posture.

The characteristics and effectiveness of pregnancy yoga interventions: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: Yoga is a popular mind-body medicine frequently recommended to pregnant women. Gaps remain in our understanding of the core components of effective pregnancy yoga programmes. This systematic review and meta-analysis examined the characteristics and effectiveness of pregnancy yoga interventions, incorporating the FITT (frequency, intensity, time/duration and type) principle of exercise prescription.

Assessment of workplace integration of migrant nurses and midwives within international health care settings: a scoping review protocol.

Objective: The objective of this scoping review is to map the available evidence on the assessment of workplace integration of migrant nurses and midwives in international health care settings.

Introduction: Internationally, migrant nurses and midwives are an increasingly important resource in government strategy for addressing the current and predicted workforce shortages in health care. Much has been documented about the orientation stages of their transition to foreign workplaces but few sources have considered the workplace integration of this population.

Community nurses' attitudes, knowledge and educational needs in relation to urinary continence, continence assessment and management: A systematic review.

Aims And Objectives: To identify, appraise and summarise the available evidence relating to community nurses' attitudes, knowledge and educational needs in relation to urinary continence.

Background: Community nurses play a pivotal role in identifying and supporting individuals who experience urinary continence issues. Gaps in nurses' continence-related education and knowledge may contribute to sub-optimal assessment and management across the continuum of care.

Initiating technology dependence to sustain a child's life: a systematic review of reasons.

Background: Decision-making in initiating life-sustaining health technology is complex and often conducted at time-critical junctures in clinical care. Many of these decisions have profound, often irreversible, consequences for the child and family, as well as potential benefits for functioning, health and quality of life. Yet little is known about what influences these decisions.

Challenges faced by student nurses and midwives in clinical learning environment - A systematic review and meta-synthesis.

Objectives: This systematic review aimed to offer insight and understanding, through synthesis of findings from studies that report on perspectives of student nurses/midwives, clinical instructors, clinical nurses/midwives on the challenges faced by student nurses/midwives in the clinical learning environment (CLE).

Design: All primary qualitative research studies published in the English language that reported on the views of student nurses/midwives, clinical instructors and clinical nurses/midwives on the challenges faced by student nurses/midwives in the CLE were included.

Data Sources: The electronic databases of Medline EBSCO (1946-), CINAHL (1970), Embase Ovid (1974-), ScielO, WHOLIS (2002-), ASSIA (1985-), Web of Science (1956-), PsycINFO (1800s-) and Maternal and Infant Care (1970-) were searched in November 2019.

Use of mHealth apps by nurses in the management of chronic wounds: a scoping review protocol.

Objective: The objective of this scoping review is to explore the existing literature related to nurses' use of mHealth apps in the management of chronic wounds and chart if and how these apps are being evaluated.

Introduction: mHealth technology is increasingly used within health care facilities. There is now a variety of wound care apps available to support nurses delivering wound care.

Parents and health professionals' experiences and perceptions of blended feeding in tube-fed children: a qualitative systematic review protocol.

Objective: The objective of this review is to identify and synthesize the best available evidence on parents' and health professionals' experiences and perceptions of blended feeding in tube-fed children in order to promote effective decision-making on its use.

Introduction: Blended feeding is not a new concept, despite the fact that commercial formulas have displaced its use in recent years. As feeding is viewed as an intimate experience between a parent and child, the choice of individualized blended feeds is something to be considered; however, professionals find there is a lack of evidence and discussion to support the use of blended feeding in practice.

Approaches to the initiation of life-sustaining technology in children: A scoping review of changes over time.

Little is understood about the dynamic circumstances within which the initiation of technology dependence takes place in children. The aim of this scoping review was to identify the influences on the initiation of technology dependence and the issues that require further exploration and consideration. Scientific literature that directly or indirectly discussed the initiation of technology dependence in children was identified.

Prevalence of tobacco smoking among European migrants residing in EU 15 countries: a quantitative systematic review protocol.

Objectives: The objective of this systematic review is to summarize the prevalence of tobacco smoking in European migrants residing in EU 15 countries.

Introduction: Most of the migration within the World Health Organization European Region is intracontinental. The prevalence of smoking varies greatly across the European Region.

A systematic concept analysis of 'technology dependent': challenging the terminology.

There are an increasing number of children who are dependent on medical technology to sustain their lives. Although significant research on this issue is taking place, the terminology used is variable and the concept of technology dependence is ill-defined. A systematic concept analysis was conducted examining the attributes, antecedents, and consequences of the concept of technology dependent, as portrayed in the literature.

Approaches to and outcomes of future planning for family carers of adults with an intellectual disability: A systematic review.

Background: People with intellectual disabilities are living longer, with family homes and family caregivers increasingly identified as a key support to this ageing population of people with intellectual disabilities.

Method: This systematic review sets out existing evidence from empirically evaluated intervention studies of future care planning for adults with intellectual disability by family carers.

Results: This systematic review identified a scarcity of systematic approaches to future care planning for adults with intellectual disabilities and their family carers.