{"title":"Are E-cigarettes more effective in supporting smoking cessation than nicotine-replacement therapy?","authors":"M. Cadet","doi":"10.1136/ebnurs-2019-103132","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/ebnurs-2019-103132","url":null,"abstract":"Commentary on: Hajek P, Phillips-Waller A, Przulj D, et al . A randomized trial of E-cigarettes versus nicotine-replacement therapy. N Engl J Med 2019;380:629-37. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1808779.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000A total of 34.3 million people are smokers in the USA.1 Smoking leads to disease, disability and harms to nearly every organ of the body.1 Treating smoking addictions has received a great deal of attention in recent years, but there is limited evidence on the effectiveness of smoking cessation treatments using e-cigarettes versus nicotine-replacement therapy.2 \u0000\u0000Eight hundred and eighty-six participants underwent randomisation by assigning two groups from the UK National Health Service in three sites. Participants were …","PeriodicalId":12178,"journal":{"name":"Evidence Based Journals","volume":"133 1","pages":"120 - 120"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80026227","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cognitive behavioural therapy is not effective for depression in advanced cancer but could help in anxiety or other psychological symptoms","authors":"M. Caron, D. Bergeron","doi":"10.1136/ebnurs-2019-103180","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/ebnurs-2019-103180","url":null,"abstract":"Commentary on : Serfaty M, King M, Nazareth I, et al . Manualised cognitive-behavioural therapy in treating depression in advanced cancer: the CanTalk RCT. Health Technol Assess 2019;23:1–106.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000Patients suffering from cancer must face the illness itself, but also a lot of adversity throughout it. Indeed, there are multiple effects and side effects of cancer and a notable side effect is depression. Depression can affect up to 40% of cancer patients.1 CBT is an empirically effective treatment for severe depression. Therefore, …","PeriodicalId":12178,"journal":{"name":"Evidence Based Journals","volume":"35 1","pages":"101 - 101"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77227057","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Engaging teenagers with text-message services for glycaemic control","authors":"Marion Waite","doi":"10.1136/ebnurs-2019-103115","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/ebnurs-2019-103115","url":null,"abstract":"Commentary on: McGill DE, Volkening DA, Wasserman RM, et al . Text-message responsiveness is associated with HbA1c benefit in teenagers with type 1 diabetes. Diabet Med 2019;36:600–5.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000There is a growing body of evidence associating the use and functions of mobile devices such as text-message services for people with T1D to promote glycaemic control.1 2 McGill et al 3 addressed self-adherent behaviours of teenagers (13–17 years) with T1D through an 18-month text-message intervention to correlate factors associated with …","PeriodicalId":12178,"journal":{"name":"Evidence Based Journals","volume":"16 1","pages":"70 - 70"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82961495","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Multicomponent exercise programmes among very elderly hospitalised patients can be safe and effective in reversing functional decline","authors":"Nicole Zhang","doi":"10.1136/ebnurs-2019-103107","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/ebnurs-2019-103107","url":null,"abstract":"Commentary on: Martinez-Velilla N, Casas-Herrero A, Zambom-Ferraresi F, et al . Effect of exercise intervention on functional decline in very elderly patients during acute hospitalization: a randomized clinical trial. JAMA Inter Med 2019;179:28–36.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000Functional decline is prevalent among older patients who have been hospitalised. During an acute hospitalisation, there may be significant functional decline with non-disabling (and disabling) conditions causing new disability.1 Decline often persists after discharge and at …","PeriodicalId":12178,"journal":{"name":"Evidence Based Journals","volume":"25 1","pages":"99 - 99"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74758976","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Place of death preference among people with dementia: an important conversation","authors":"Jacqueline Reed","doi":"10.1136/ebnurs-2019-103163","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/ebnurs-2019-103163","url":null,"abstract":"Commentary on : Wiggins N, Droney J, Mohammed K, et al. Understanding the factors associated with patients with dementia achieving their preferred place of death: a retrospective cohort study. Age Ageing 2019;48:433–439. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afz015.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000As life expectancy increases, more and more people are suffering with dementia,1 with numbers anticipated to continue to rise into the foreseeable future.2 Despite this, little is known about the preferred place of death (a quality …","PeriodicalId":12178,"journal":{"name":"Evidence Based Journals","volume":"4 1","pages":"106 - 106"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73251363","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mental health nurses can play a key role in supporting gay, bisexual and two-spirit men experiencing mental health challenges and inequalities","authors":"E. Hughes, E. McDermott","doi":"10.1136/ebnurs-2019-103067","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/ebnurs-2019-103067","url":null,"abstract":"Commentary on : Ferlatte O, Oliffe JL, Louie DR, et al . Suicide prevention from the perspectives of gay, bisexual, and two-spirit men. Qual Health Res 2018;29:1186-98. ePub Dec 14. doi.10.1177/1049732318816082\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000People who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer and transgender (LGBTQ) experience significant inequalities in health and mental health compared with their peers who identify as ‘straight’ (heterosexual).1–3 The rates of depression and suicidality are especially concerning with the risk of suicide in LGBTQ, which is twice as high. The reasons for this are multifactorial, but one theory …","PeriodicalId":12178,"journal":{"name":"Evidence Based Journals","volume":"14 1","pages":"75 - 75"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84914127","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Call for culturally sensitive comprehensive cancer control programmes in the Middle Eastern countries","authors":"I. Al Hashmi, V. Seshan","doi":"10.1136/ebnurs-2019-103150","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/ebnurs-2019-103150","url":null,"abstract":"Commentary on: Madkhali NA, Santin O, Noble H, et al . Breast health awareness in an Arabic culture: a qualitative exploration. J Adv Nurs 2018;75:1713-22. doi: 10.1111/jan.14003.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000Breast cancer (BC) is the leading cause of cancer mortality worldwide.1 Evidence indicates there is high prevalence of advanced BC among premenopausal women and high-mortality rate in the developing countries as compared with the western countries where mortality rate from BC occurs among women who are older than 65 years and those complicated by other medical problems.2 3 This increase in the mortality rate …","PeriodicalId":12178,"journal":{"name":"Evidence Based Journals","volume":"1 1","pages":"103 - 103"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83165948","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Student nurses require a supportive environment when exercising their moral obligation for patient safety","authors":"R. Sakamoto","doi":"10.1136/ebnurs-2019-103109","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/ebnurs-2019-103109","url":null,"abstract":"Commentary on: Fisher M, Kiernan M. Student nurses’ lived experience of patient safety and raising concerns. Nurse Education Today , 2019, 77: 1–5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2019.02.015\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000Patient safety per the National Patient Safety 2019 standards1—is a global concern and central to quality patient care. Nurses and other healthcare providers, health educators and leaders have a moral and professional obligation to ensure patient safety. Acute care and ambulatory patient settings alike uphold patient safety that necessitates patient care stakeholders’ alignment of healthcare safety and health workers’ quality competencies.2 An ongoing pedagogical approach whereby European healthcare students learn patient safety from observations and reflections …","PeriodicalId":12178,"journal":{"name":"Evidence Based Journals","volume":"79 1","pages":"82 - 82"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83770270","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"There are both positive and negative implications to the use of mobile phones in the birth suite","authors":"S. James","doi":"10.1136/ebnurs-2019-103167","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/ebnurs-2019-103167","url":null,"abstract":"Commentary on : Lewis L, Barnes C, Allan J, et al . Midwives’ perceptions of women’s mobile phone use and impact on care in birth suite. Midwifery 2019;76:142–47. doi:10.1016/j.midw.2019.06.002.\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000The use of mobile phones has become commonplace in all aspects of life including the labour and birth experience.1 2 The internet is full of websites and guidelines for the use of the phone in healthcare settings, often authored by staff of a hospital or institution or by professionals or quasiprofessionals …","PeriodicalId":12178,"journal":{"name":"Evidence Based Journals","volume":"108 1","pages":"102 - 102"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88053818","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Metasynthesis: dying adults’ transition process from cure‐focused to comfort‐focused care","authors":"A. Lillie, A. Cheesley","doi":"10.1136/ebnurs-2019-103134","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/ebnurs-2019-103134","url":null,"abstract":"Commentary on: Meeker MA, McGinley JM, Jezewski MA. Metasynthesis: dying adults’ transition process from cure-focused to comfort-focused care. J Adv Nurs 2019 Feb 7. Epub ahead of print. doi:10.1111/jan.13970\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000This paper addresses an important topic as communication and shared decision making are integral to good end-of-life care.1 It interrogates the transition from cure-focused medical care to care that prioritises comfort and quality of life and quality of …","PeriodicalId":12178,"journal":{"name":"Evidence Based Journals","volume":"1 1","pages":"86 - 86"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89258159","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}