Nursing OpenPub Date : 2025-09-01DOI: 10.1002/nop2.70237
Yahan Wang, Hongxia Tao, Xinmian Kang, Qian Su, Juhong Pei, Lin Han
{"title":"Patient Referral and Pressure Injuries: A Systematic Review.","authors":"Yahan Wang, Hongxia Tao, Xinmian Kang, Qian Su, Juhong Pei, Lin Han","doi":"10.1002/nop2.70237","DOIUrl":"10.1002/nop2.70237","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aims: </strong>To analyse and discuss the basic conditions and related factors of transported patients' PIs and attract the attention of healthcare providers to PIs.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Systematic review.</p><p><strong>Data sources: </strong>Databases including CNKI, VIP, Wanfang Database, CBM, PubMed, Web of Science, EBSCO and Cochrane Library were used, and manual searches of reference lists were also performed. The search timeframe was from the inception of the databases up to December 2023.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>According to the PRISMA, a systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted. Data were combined using meta-analysis, and relevant factors were explored through descriptive analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of eight articles were included, comprising 3512 participants. The prevalence of PIs among transported patients ranged from 5.2% to 7.92%, with an incidence rate of 9.4%. PIs were mainly classified as Stage 1 and Stage 2. Common sites included the sacrum, buttocks and heels. Risk factors included the duration and frequency of the transfer, equipment environment, age and BMI and patient source.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Patients during transport represent a special population at risk of developing PIs; healthcare providers and managers should increase their focus on PIs management for transported patients while ensuring the patients' life conditions.</p><p><strong>Impact: </strong>Current evidence indicates that transferred patients are at risk of developing PIs. High-quality studies are needed to validate these results to support healthcare providers in implementing precise and effective management.</p><p><strong>Patient or public contribution: </strong>No patient or public contribution because of the review.</p><p><strong>Trial registration: </strong>PROSPERO registration number: CRD42023493742.</p>","PeriodicalId":48570,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Open","volume":"12 9","pages":"e70237"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12449657/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145092837","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nursing OpenPub Date : 2025-09-01DOI: 10.1002/nop2.70303
Diriba Teshome, Efrem Fenta, Basazinew Chekol
{"title":"Prevalence and Risk Factors Associated With ICU Mortality in Ethiopia: A Systemic Review and Meta-Analysis.","authors":"Diriba Teshome, Efrem Fenta, Basazinew Chekol","doi":"10.1002/nop2.70303","DOIUrl":"10.1002/nop2.70303","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>This study targeted to determine the pooled prevalence and factors that contribute to intensive care unit (ICU) mortality.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>A systematic review and meta-analysis.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Electronic databases were identified. Inclusion criteria were used to select articles for the study. The quality of the studies was assessed by the Joanna Briggs Institute checklist, while Egger's test and funnel plot were utilised to check publication bias. The heterogeneity was checked using the Cochrane Q-test and I<sup>2</sup> statistic. STATAMP 17 software was used to conduct a meta-analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 12,354 articles were searched. After duplicated articles were removed and further screening by titles and abstracts and full-text based on the eligibility criteria 22 studies were included in the final study. Finally, we came up with a 41.3% of pooled ICU mortality in Ethiopia. The following risk factors were identified: Staying less than 4 days in ICU, staying more than 2 weeks in ICU, having a Glasgow coma scale score of less than 9, having a coexisting disease and being on mechanical ventilation were associated with ICU mortality. There is no evidence of publication bias. Mortality in ICU is high in Ethiopia. Therefore, the concerned body needs to consider the above risk factors to decrease the country's ICU mortality.</p><p><strong>Patient or public contribution: </strong>No Patient or Public Contribution.</p>","PeriodicalId":48570,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Open","volume":"12 9","pages":"e70303"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12447109/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145087755","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nursing OpenPub Date : 2025-09-01DOI: 10.1002/nop2.70300
Lisa McKenna, Christine Sommers
{"title":"Comparative Analysis Methodologies in Nursing Research: A Scoping Review.","authors":"Lisa McKenna, Christine Sommers","doi":"10.1002/nop2.70300","DOIUrl":"10.1002/nop2.70300","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Being a global profession, having evolved differently across different geographical areas, and with increasing global migration, nursing is well positioned to undertake comparative research to facilitate understanding and identify areas for development. Despite this, little is known about comparative research use in nursing, and there is little guidance for researchers on how to approach it. With increasingly sophisticated approaches, there is a need to understand how comparative analysis is currently being used.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To review nursing research using comparative analysis as a methodology, specifically exploring approaches employed and topics examined.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A scoping review of published nursing research was conducted using Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Proquest Central, Medline, and Directory of Open Access Journals, with no defined time limits applied and where 'comparative analysis' appeared in the manuscript title. Findings are reported using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The search yielded 324 records from which 101 were included in the final review after titles and abstracts and subsequent full-text screening. Analysis was conducted on included studies, involving chronological distribution, publication location, study design, geographical distribution, nature of comparisons, analytic approaches adopted, and methodologists identified. The earliest study was published in 1958, and a steady increase was noted over recent years. While a majority were conducted in the United States, these approaches were used across a large number of countries. Comparisons were made across an extensive array of topic areas, and the emergence of contemporary approaches such as fuzzy logic and qualitative comparative analysis was noted.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The increase in studies using comparative analysis indicates its applicability for addressing nursing research questions. With growth in sophisticated comparative analysis approaches, there is a need for nursing research courses to include relevant educational preparation for novice researchers.</p>","PeriodicalId":48570,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Open","volume":"12 9","pages":"e70300"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12417324/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145024468","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nursing OpenPub Date : 2025-09-01DOI: 10.1002/nop2.70295
Pablo Buck Sainz-Rozas, Evelin Balaguer-López, Pablo García-Molina, Pedro García Martínez
{"title":"Evaluation of Paediatric Nursing Students' Medication Calculation Competence: An Observational Study Using a Gamified Contest.","authors":"Pablo Buck Sainz-Rozas, Evelin Balaguer-López, Pablo García-Molina, Pedro García Martínez","doi":"10.1002/nop2.70295","DOIUrl":"10.1002/nop2.70295","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>To analyse the general ability of second-degree nursing students at the -REDACTED- to calculate, prepare, and administer paediatric medication.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>A descriptive, analytical and cross-sectional study was carried out through a gamified educational innovation project: \"Medication Contest\" following the STROBE statement.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The study included all 224 students enrolled in the second year of nursing. The expert faculty created and validated an ad hoc questionnaire with 30 multiple-choice questions. These responses were analysed to evaluate mathematical, conceptual, and concentration-related competencies. Secondary variables were calculated, and correlations with the total score were examined. All variables were correlated with the final score, and their predictive capacities were analysed. To differentiate competencies, the 50 highest scores were compared to the rest of the participants.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Out of the 224 participants, 50 qualified for the second phase, with 37 achieving the best results. The median final score was 3/30 (IQR 6.3), differentiating 8.8 and 2.3 (p < 0.001) between those included and not in the top 50. Twenty-three primary variables and all secondary variables significantly correlated with the total score. Mathematical competence was the main predictor variable of the final score (R<sup>2</sup> = 0.609). All secondary variables were discriminatory.</p><p><strong>Public contribution: </strong>The general ability to calculate, prepare, and administer paediatric medication in the 2nd year nursing population is deficient. Mathematical competence is the predictor variable of the final score, identifying an area of intervention and the evaluation on which to intervene.</p><p><strong>Tweetable abstract: </strong>Gamification enhances medication calculation training for nursing students through competitive quizzes and simulations.</p>","PeriodicalId":48570,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Open","volume":"12 9","pages":"e70295"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12461758/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145139051","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"'More Than Shots in Arms': Preparing Nursing Students for Practice During the COVID-19 Pandemic-A Brief Report.","authors":"Skylar Lund, Annabel Anderson, Meredith Kerr, Nancy Glass, Michelle Patch","doi":"10.1002/nop2.70292","DOIUrl":"10.1002/nop2.70292","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>To inform and support clinical, operational and public health nursing leaders by describing a nurse-led Vaccine Volunteer Program (VVP) preceptorship model that improved rapid and safe access to care and can serve as a replicable and scalable framework for future disaster response scenarios.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>This brief report describes a strategic service-learning response that innovatively allowed nursing students to be force multipliers in responding to urgent community vaccination needs.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Student eligibility was determined by a VVP coordinator, who then assigned students to a site and preceptor. Prior to vaccination site arrival, each student completed two online courses orienting them to COVID-19 clinic-specific roles and electronic documentation requirements. Upon arrival at the clinic site, students were provided with a vaccination administration competency checklist and were then required to complete five vaccinations under the direct supervision of a vetted nurse preceptor, achieving all competency checklist steps accurately and safely.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 30 student volunteers were chosen to participate (~48%), limited due to the availability of preceptors (N = 6), physical space and vaccine. However, all 30 successfully completed the VVP, subsequently staffed 34 independent vaccine clinic shifts and provided over 350 volunteer hours, resulting in safe and equitable vaccine access expansion. Shifts varied based on the needs of the location and were between 6 and 8 h in length.</p><p><strong>Patient or public contribution: </strong>This preceptorship was developed in collaboration with local COVID-19 response leaders from the university, health system and city's health department.</p>","PeriodicalId":48570,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Open","volume":"12 8","pages":"e70292"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12355397/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144974797","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nursing OpenPub Date : 2025-08-01DOI: 10.1002/nop2.70285
Kata Ivanišević, Goran Hauser, Sandra Bošković
{"title":"The Role of Competence in Nursing: A Cross-Sectional Study Among Croatian Undergraduate and Graduate Students: Empirical Research Quantitative.","authors":"Kata Ivanišević, Goran Hauser, Sandra Bošković","doi":"10.1002/nop2.70285","DOIUrl":"10.1002/nop2.70285","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>To assess the professional competencies of Croatian undergraduate and graduate nursing students using the Nurse Professional Competence (NPC) scale and to identify factors influencing these competencies.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Cross-sectional, correlational study.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The study was conducted between April and July 2022. A stratified random sample of 750 nursing students was selected from four higher education institutions in Croatia. The data was collected by means of an electronic survey using the Croatian language adapted version of the Nurse Professional Competence scale. The scale consists of 35 items in six domains, which are rated on a 7-point Likert scale. Internal consistency was measured using Cronbach's α. The data were analysed using SPSS version 25, with both parametric and non-parametric tests applied depending on the data distribution.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 750 nursing students with an average age of 31 years (SD = 10.54) participated in the study. The internal consistency of the six competency factors ranged from Cronbach's α = 0.75 (Medical and Technical Care) to α = 0.90 (Nursing Care, Care Pedagogics). The highest self-assessed competence was in Value-Based Nursing Care (M = 6.05, SD = 0.75) and the lowest in Medical and Technical Care (M = 4.96, SD = 0.88). Significant differences were found between the institutions in various areas of competence, with students at the University of Split achieving better results in several areas. Age and level of education were found to be significant predictors of competence in several areas.</p><p><strong>Patient or public contribution: </strong>No input from patients or the public. This study focused solely on nursing students' self-assessment in an educational setting.</p>","PeriodicalId":48570,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Open","volume":"12 8","pages":"e70285"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12332421/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144800673","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nursing OpenPub Date : 2025-08-01DOI: 10.1002/nop2.70266
Simona Dobešová Cakirpaloglu, Jiří Vévoda, Panajotis Cakirpaloglu, Šárka Vévodová, Peta Jane Greaves, Dorota Folwarczná
{"title":"Personality Traits, Burnout, Workplace Bullying and Sleep Quality Among Midwives: A Pilot Study.","authors":"Simona Dobešová Cakirpaloglu, Jiří Vévoda, Panajotis Cakirpaloglu, Šárka Vévodová, Peta Jane Greaves, Dorota Folwarczná","doi":"10.1002/nop2.70266","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.70266","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>The work of midwives is often mentally and physically exhausting. We sought to determine whether an association exists between personality traits, burnout syndrome, bullying in the workplace, and sleep quality. Additionally, we aimed to assess whether personality traits, dimensions of burnout, and sleep quality differ between a group of bullied and non-bullied midwives.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>A cross-sectional, correlation study was conducted.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The research sample consisted of 71 midwives, average age 36 years, average length of practice 14.23 years. Data were collected using a demographic questionnaire, Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI), Negative Acts Questionnaire-revised (NAQ-R), International Personality Item Pool: Big Five Markers-50 (IPIP-BFM-50) and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>There was a significant relationship between personality traits, workplace bullying, the dimensions of burnout, and poor sleep quality. There were significant differences in extroversion, emotional stability, emotional exhaustion, and sleep quality between those midwives that experienced workplace bullying and those that did not. Victims of workplace bullying tended to be more neurotic and less extroverted than non-victims.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The study findings indicate that personality traits may function as both predictors and outcomes of workplace bullying. There was no patient or public contribution.</p>","PeriodicalId":48570,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Open","volume":"12 8","pages":"e70266"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12369888/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144974757","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nursing OpenPub Date : 2025-08-01DOI: 10.1002/nop2.70273
Meltem Şirin Gök, Reva Balci Akpinar
{"title":"The Effect of Different Auditory Stimuli on Vital Signs and Consciousness Level in Intensive Care Patients: Music, Nature-Based Sound and Voices of Patients' Relatives.","authors":"Meltem Şirin Gök, Reva Balci Akpinar","doi":"10.1002/nop2.70273","DOIUrl":"10.1002/nop2.70273","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>This study examined the effects of music, nature-based sounds and the voices of patients' relatives on the vital signs and consciousness levels of intensive care patients with different levels of consciousness.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>This is a quasi-experimental study with a within-subject design. This study included 43 patients with different levels of consciousness. Patients in the sample group constituted the study's control and intervention groups. The study was conducted on a single sample group using a pre-post design.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>As interventions of the study, the patients were exposed to music, nature-based sounds and voices of relatives of the patients via wearing headphones at intervals of 1 day. To obtain control data, the same patients were wearing silent headphones. The order of auditory stimulus interventions and silent headphone control sessions was determined by randomisation.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Music, nature-based sounds, patient relatives' voices in groups, the difference between the within-group heart rate and the Glasgow Coma Scale mean scores was statistically significant. It was found that the mean scores of the respiratory rate were statistically significant in the case where the patients were made to listen to the voices of their relatives. Music and nature-based sounds decreased heart rate, while patient relatives' sounds increased heart rate and respiratory rate. These different auditory stimuli positively affected the patient's level of consciousness in intensive care patients.</p><p><strong>Patient contribution: </strong>Music, nature-based sounds and voices of patient relatives can be used in sensory stimulus programmes as they warn patients and positively affect the level of consciousness. This study revealed the responses of intensive care patients with different levels of consciousness to auditory stimuli. The results of this study may help in the selection of auditory stimuli in patients with different levels of consciousness. It is advisable to provide sensory stimuli by listening to music, nature-based sounds and voices of patients' relatives to patients, and create protocols or evidence-based guides that will help the intensive care nurse.</p>","PeriodicalId":48570,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Open","volume":"12 8","pages":"e70273"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12339008/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144822908","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Implications of Activity of Daily Living for Clinical Care of Older Adults Undergoing Urological Surgery-A Cross-Sectional Study.","authors":"Qin Chen, Yu Dai, Mian Guo, Xinyan Wang, Lihua Zhou","doi":"10.1002/nop2.70289","DOIUrl":"10.1002/nop2.70289","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>This study aims to evaluate the clinical effectiveness of nursing classification based on Activities of Daily Living (ADL) scores to improve the quality of nursing care.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>A cross-sectional study.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This study was conducted from April 2023 to April 2024, involving a total of 570 older urological patients. The study assessed the level of Activities of Daily Living (ADL) scores and examined the factors influencing ADL through linear regression analysis. Additionally, the correlation between ADL scores and the quality of nursing classification was analysed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The ADL scores were significantly associated with the risk of pressure ulcers, venous and falling. Patients were graded based on their ADL scores, revealing that higher ADL scores corresponded to higher quality nursing classification scores.</p><p><strong>Public contribution: </strong>In the process of treatment, the implementation of nursing classification should be based on the ADL scale so that it can significantly enhance the quality of nursing care, ensure patient safety, reduce the incidence of complications during hospitalisation, optimise the utilisation of nursing human resources and improve patient satisfaction.</p>","PeriodicalId":48570,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Open","volume":"12 8","pages":"e70289"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12312757/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144761863","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nursing OpenPub Date : 2025-08-01DOI: 10.1002/nop2.70278
Gözde Özsezer, Gülengül Mermer
{"title":"Real-Time Prediction of Correct Yoga Asanas in Healthy Individuals With Artificial Intelligence Techniques: A Systematic Review for Nursing.","authors":"Gözde Özsezer, Gülengül Mermer","doi":"10.1002/nop2.70278","DOIUrl":"10.1002/nop2.70278","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>This study aims to systematically review the real-time prediction of yoga asanas using artificial intelligence (AI) techniques to improve the quality of life in healthy individuals.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Systematic review.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A comprehensive literature review was conducted in English using the keywords 'yoga', 'asana', 'pose', 'posture', 'machine learning', 'deep learning' and 'prediction' in the Web of Science, Google Scholar, PubMed and Scopus databases. The objective was to identify all relevant studies on the topic. Two independent researchers screened the titles and abstracts of the retrieved publications, applying the JBI Critical Appraisal Checklist for Diagnostic Test Accuracy Studies for quality assessment. The initial search yielded 3250 studies (Google Scholar: 3190, PubMed: 19, Scopus: 27, Web of Science: 14). After applying inclusion criteria, 15 studies were included in the final systematic review.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among the included studies, nine employed deep learning (DL) models, three utilised machine learning (ML) and three applied a combination of both DL and ML techniques. The primary statistical evaluation method for real-time prediction was accuracy across all studies. The highest accuracy rates were observed in studies using DL models alone (min = 92.34%, max = 99.92%), followed by studies that combined DL and ML (min = 91.49%, max = 99.58%), and those using only ML (min = 90.9%, max = 98.51%). These findings indicate that integrating DL and ML models can enhance the accuracy of real-time yoga asana prediction.</p><p><strong>Patient or public contribution: </strong>The findings advocate for the implementation of DL and ML models in clinical and community settings to improve the real-time and precise prediction of yoga asanas, a well-established evidence-based nursing intervention for healthy individuals.</p>","PeriodicalId":48570,"journal":{"name":"Nursing Open","volume":"12 8","pages":"e70278"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12327510/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144795893","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}