{"title":"The Impact of the Evidence-Based Practice Mentor on Nurses: A Scoping Review.","authors":"Joris Agnel, Jérôme Molle, Sébastien Colson, Audrey Chays-Amania","doi":"10.1111/wvn.70016","DOIUrl":"10.1111/wvn.70016","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Evidence-based practice (EBP) is an approach that integrates the best evidence from research. It combines four concepts: patient preferences and values, clinical expertise, available resources, and the best evidence. Models exist and allow for its implementation, and the mentor appears as a facilitator.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To explore the mentor's role and its impact on nursing staff.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Inclusion criteria included sources that report clinical setting, EBP context, nurse, mentor, and related terms. We searched for published and unpublished studies and reports without any language and date limit. The search was conducted on January 25, 2024. Databases searched included MEDLINE, CINAHL, COCHRANE Library, Embase, Emcare, Google Scholar, Web of science, JBI EBP Database, and ProQuest Dissertations and Theses. The search strategy identified a total of 3195 studies and reports. The relevant data were extracted by two reviewers as recommended by the JBI Manual for Evidence Synthesis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Seventy studies and reports were included in this scoping review. The mentors are mostly advanced practice nurses (APNs) who have completed EBP training. Mentorship programs aim to instill a spirit of inquiry and improve EBP skills of future mentors. As interprofessionality appears as a facilitator, a lack of time and resources is the main barrier. Mentors help teams improve their research skills in different ways to develop a research culture in a sustainable way and significantly improve beliefs and implementation.</p><p><strong>Linking evidence to action: </strong>This study demonstrated the interest of the mentor l working in interprofessionality while establishing a close link between the clinical environment and the university to combine the skills and resources of the two fields. The implementation of a mentoring program appears to be a necessity to train nurses in EBP daily. An investment in mentoring makes it possible to improve the quality of care, but also the quality of the work environment. APNs and managers must take on this leadership role to drive this culture of research and practice improvement. Managers must free up time for mentors in order to be able to support and carry out EBP projects. As mentors, they are expected to communicate about ongoing research projects, whether through conferences, congresses, informal, or formal meetings.</p>","PeriodicalId":49355,"journal":{"name":"Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing","volume":"22 2","pages":"e70016"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11951246/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143732755","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
John W Nelson, Dominika Vrbnjak, Patricia L Thomas, Cathy I Schwartz
{"title":"Deepening Empirical Understandings of Nurse Work Well-Being: Using Mixed Methods Including Path Analysis to Create Contextualized Outcome Models.","authors":"John W Nelson, Dominika Vrbnjak, Patricia L Thomas, Cathy I Schwartz","doi":"10.1111/wvn.70005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/wvn.70005","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>This 2022-2023 study across nine countries builds on a 2019-2021 ten-country study exploring nurse work well-being (WWB) and its associated outcomes. WWB, as assessed using the Profile of Caring (PoC) survey, is conceptualized as a multifactorial construct encompassing caring for self, caring of manager, clarity of role/system, and job satisfaction.</p><p><strong>Aims: </strong>To explore relationships between WWB and staff outcomes by evaluating the PoC construct validity within an international nursing population in the post-pandemic context.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Nursing staff (n = 2546) from 128 facilities participated. Mixed methods, including thematic analysis, descriptive statistics, regression analyses, and path analysis, were employed to develop a WWB outcome model. Reliability was assessed with Cronbach's alpha, and construct validity was assessed through exploratory factor analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The final model had good model fit, explaining 76% of nurse WWB. Feeling rewarded for work well done, total direct effect had a positive relationship with job satisfaction (β = 0.415, p = < 0.001) and a negative effect on intent to leave (β = -0.242, p = 0.003). Job satisfaction total direct effect negatively related to intent to leave (β = -0.584, p = < 0.001). Relationship direction, strength, and significance varied by country. Caring of manager explained one-third of WWB. Job satisfaction subscales explained intent to leave (25.2%). The PoC showed high reliability (Cronbach's alpha ≥ 0.80), and robust construct validity was confirmed through exploratory factor analysis (KMO = 0.950, factor loadings ≥ 0.40).</p><p><strong>Linking evidence to action: </strong>Conclusions suggest that understanding job satisfaction and intent to leave predictors is complex, requiring complex models to globally and contextually explain nurse WWB outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":49355,"journal":{"name":"Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing","volume":"22 2","pages":"e70005"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143755470","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nicole L Bohr, Cynthia M LaFond, Mary Cazzell, Monica Gonzalez, Elyse Laures, Mallory A Perry-Eaddy, Kirsten S Hanrahan, Ann Marie McCarthy
{"title":"Using Multi-Site Research Results to Impact Local Pediatric Pain Evidence-Based Practice: Innovations and Outcomes.","authors":"Nicole L Bohr, Cynthia M LaFond, Mary Cazzell, Monica Gonzalez, Elyse Laures, Mallory A Perry-Eaddy, Kirsten S Hanrahan, Ann Marie McCarthy","doi":"10.1111/wvn.70011","DOIUrl":"10.1111/wvn.70011","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Dissemination of results following clinical trials and community-based research provides value to participants and communities beyond the intent of the primary study. Organizations participating in multi-site research may see similar benefits if local results are shared; however, it is not standard practice. Evaluation of the impact of results sharing in multi-site research is needed.</p><p><strong>Aims: </strong>To assess the benefits of organizational participation in a multi-site pediatric pain study when results were shared, identify how sites applied local results, and the outcomes of participation, including subsequent improvement efforts and scholarship.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Following data collection for a 12-hospital multi-site study, site research teams shared their experiences collecting the data and lessons learned. All sites received a packet with overall results, their local results, and an interpretation guide. 4 years later, the sites were surveyed about initiatives that were undertaken because of the primary study.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Following data collection, 10 of 12 sites described unanticipated benefits of participation, including identifying gaps and strengths of documentation, generation of new practice questions, and identification of new opportunities for improvement. Seven sites answered the follow-up survey 4 years later. Most sites (n = 6, 85.7%) used their data to inform multiple practice changes (M = 2.8, SD 0.75), including changes in pain documentation (n = 5, 83.3%), assessment (n = 4, 66.7%), policy (n = 4, 66.7%), and treatments (n = 4, 66.7%). Five sites reported an average of 2.4 (SD 1.14) additional activities stimulated by participation, but not directly due to data. Three sites used results for American Nurses Credentialing Center Magnet Recognition applications.</p><p><strong>Linking evidence to action: </strong>When multi-site investigators provide local data, organizations see long-term benefits, including new collaborations, quality improvement efforts, and research. Additional exploration of collaborative strategies between investigators and practice settings in multi-site research is needed for pediatric pain management and beyond.</p>","PeriodicalId":49355,"journal":{"name":"Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing","volume":"22 2","pages":"e70011"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11961342/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143765583","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rose Chapman-Rodriguez, Reynaldo Rivera, Joyce Fitzpatrick
{"title":"Evidence Based Practice Attributes Across Nursing Roles in A Children's Hospital.","authors":"Rose Chapman-Rodriguez, Reynaldo Rivera, Joyce Fitzpatrick","doi":"10.1111/wvn.70020","DOIUrl":"10.1111/wvn.70020","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Evidence-based practice (EBP) attributes are associated with improved patient care outcomes. There is a paucity of knowledge on pediatric nurses' attributes based on their clinical sub-specialties.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>To investigate the relationships between pediatric nurses' EBP attributes and background variables, including their academic degree, years of experience, and clinical specialty.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A convenience sample of 185 nurses participated in this descriptive, cross-sectional study. The electronic surveys included 11 background questions and the short-versions of the EBP Beliefs Scale, Organizational Culture and Readiness Scale, and EBP Implementation Scale.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>EBP belief scores were notably higher in pediatric nurses in neonatology, critical care, and among nurse leaders. No statistically significant difference was found in EBP organizational culture among nurse leaders, clinical nurses, and advanced practice nurses. EBP implementation was favorable in neonatology, acute care, and nurse leaders. No significant results were found in EBP attribute scores related to nurses' age, academic nursing degree, or years of experience.</p><p><strong>Linking evidence to action: </strong>This study confirmed findings from prior studies acknowledging the impact nurse leaders have on creating and sustaining a favorable EBP culture and implementation science. Organizational attributes such as Magnet status, a shared governance structure, support for specialty certification, and EBP mentorship also reinforce nursing EBP attributes. Further research should investigate unit-level strategies and measure the impact on pediatric patient care outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":49355,"journal":{"name":"Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing","volume":"22 2","pages":"e70020"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11967156/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143774593","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Dominika Vrbnjak, Dragana Milutinović, Marija Spevan, Agnieska Pluta, Željko Jovanović, Dušanka Tadić, Cathy Schwartz, John W Nelson
{"title":"Job Satisfaction as a Factor in Nursing Staff's Work Wellbeing and Retention: A Comparative Study of Central and Eastern Europe and Other Global Regions.","authors":"Dominika Vrbnjak, Dragana Milutinović, Marija Spevan, Agnieska Pluta, Željko Jovanović, Dušanka Tadić, Cathy Schwartz, John W Nelson","doi":"10.1111/wvn.70013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/wvn.70013","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Prior international collaborative studies indicated that job satisfaction, a factor of nursing work wellbeing (WWB), is closely linked to retention, with notable cross-country differences. However, limited regional comparisons, especially between Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), North America, and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), restrict understanding of nurse wellbeing and retention regional impacts, limiting tailored strategy development.</p><p><strong>Aims: </strong>This secondary analysis study compared the effects of region on nursing WWB and job satisfaction factors in CEE, MENA, and North America, aiming to identify those CEE region-specific predictors associated with and effects on job satisfaction and, in turn, WWB.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>CEE (n = 1616), MENA (n = 1562), and North America (n = 1386) data were analyzed using descriptive and linear regression analytics (p < 0.001). The CEE sample included nursing staff from Croatian (n = 301), Polish (n = 215), Serbian (n = 489), and Slovenian (n = 611) nurses and nursing assistants. Six job satisfaction factors were examined: coworkers, patient care, participative management, autonomy, professional growth, and organizational rewards.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The CEE region reported statistically significant lower mean scores and negative effects across all six job satisfaction factors compared to MENA and North America. Satisfaction with coworkers had the largest effect within the CEE region when compared to MENA and North America (ϐ = -0.26), while satisfaction with participative management had the smallest regional effect (ϐ = -0.10). Findings informed operational discussions for CEE-targeted retention interventions.</p><p><strong>Linking evidence to action: </strong>Job satisfaction subscale factors facilitate the identification of empirically- and theoretically-informed operational actions to improve CEE nursing job satisfaction as an important factor of WWB and contribute to nursing retention.</p>","PeriodicalId":49355,"journal":{"name":"Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing","volume":"22 2","pages":"e70013"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143765581","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Frankie B Hale, Eunjung Lim, Christine Griffin, Holly B Fontenot
{"title":"Factors Contributing to Well-Being Among Hospital-Based Nurses.","authors":"Frankie B Hale, Eunjung Lim, Christine Griffin, Holly B Fontenot","doi":"10.1111/wvn.70019","DOIUrl":"10.1111/wvn.70019","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Nationally and in Hawaii, nurses are in crisis with high rates of distress, burnout, and intent to change jobs. Organizations need evidence-based strategies to support nurse well-being.</p><p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Informed by the National Academy of Medicine Factors Affecting Clinician Well-Being Model, this study aimed to identify individual and external factors associated with nurses' well-being.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In December 2023, an online survey of hospital-based nurses from two major hospitals, representing various unit types, was conducted in Hawaii. Survey measures included individual (role, personal characteristics, skills/abilities) and external factors (organizational, environmental) that support clinician well-being. The outcome (well-being) was measured using the well-being index (scores ranged from -2 [excellent] to 9 [very poor]). The analysis included general linear modeling with stepwise backward selection.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The final sample included 552 nurses. Years of experience were evenly distributed, and the majority worked ≥ 36 h/week (85.9%), worked in intensive-focused or other specialties units (53.8%), and identified as female (87.3%). The nurses identified their race/ethnicity as 27% Filipino, 23% White, 14% Japanese, 11% Other Asian, 6.1% Hispanic, 5.1% Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander (NHPI), and 14% mixed or other race. The average well-being score was 2.8 (SD = 2.3). NHPI had the lowest (Mean ± SD = 2.2 ± 2.2), and Filipino and White nurses had the highest well-being scores (3.0 ± 2.2; 3.0 ± 2.0, respectively), although no significant racial/ethnic difference was found. Several internal and external factors were significantly associated with well-being. For example, working ≥ 36 h/week, reports of experienced burnout, having primary caregiving responsibility outside of work, lower self-reported physical health, and the experience of workplace violence all increased average well-being scores (worsened well-being). In contrast, having higher personal resilience, no leadership responsibilities, the belief that their organization is responsive to complaints and concerns, and appropriate ancillary staff to support their work all decreased average well-being scores (improved well-being).</p><p><strong>Linking evidence to action: </strong>Healthcare organizational leaders and policymakers must urgently correct system issues contributing to burnout, suboptimal mental health, decreased well-being, and attrition among nurses. Healthcare organizations should cultivate wellness cultures and provide infrastructure that offers evidence-based interventions to support nurses' well-being.</p>","PeriodicalId":49355,"journal":{"name":"Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing","volume":"22 2","pages":"e70019"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143804562","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Improving Cardiovascular Care for Women: An Evidenced-Based Practice Project.","authors":"Rosemary T Babeaux","doi":"10.1111/wvn.70018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/wvn.70018","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Female patients with an acute cardiovascular event face a care disparity due to implicit bias (IB) by clinical providers in the emergency department (ED).</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>The objective of this study is to evaluate and compare the effects of IB training on clinical practice change in the cardiac care of men versus women through education on IB, comparing attitudes of clinicians pre- and post-education. The implementation of the evidence-based practice project included 30 days after education. Attitudes and perceptions of the IB training were measured with a 10-item survey and open-ended feedback on the education for future use.</p><p><strong>Outcomes: </strong>The Wilcoxon signed-rank test demonstrated significant increases in staff knowledge post-education. Pearson chi-square tests used to evaluate educational effects for before and after education showed that younger female patients (under 50 years of age) had evidence of pre/post differences in frequency of electrocardiogram tests and desired changes in troponin lab assessments. Before the education, evidence of gender difference disparities, except for EKG testing and troponin labs for older patients, existed. Post-education, evidence of gender differences in medications used for younger patients was also revealed.</p><p><strong>Implications for practice: </strong>Education on IB creates awareness potentially altering cardiovascular care positively.</p>","PeriodicalId":49355,"journal":{"name":"Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing","volume":"22 2","pages":"e70018"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143743976","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effects of theory-guided unsupervised exercise on depression, sleep quality, and sense of control in pregnant women: A randomized controlled trial.","authors":"Min-Hsueh Weng, Hung-Chieh Chou, Yue-Cune Chang, Jen-Jiuan Liaw","doi":"10.1111/wvn.12759","DOIUrl":"10.1111/wvn.12759","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Unsupervised exercise is beneficial for pregnant women, and ongoing exercise may affect the course of pregnancy. Therefore, promoting continued exercise among women is critical.</p><p><strong>Aims: </strong>To implement a home-based exercise program, guided by the COM-B model theory, and assess its effects on depression, sleep quality, and sense of control among pregnant women.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Pregnant women (N = 100) were selected and randomly assigned in a 1:1 ratio to either the intervention or the control group. Both groups received exercise instruction. The intervention group received an additional intervention based on the COM-B model theory. Depression and sleep quality were evaluated at 28 and 35 weeks of gestation, while women's sense of control was assessed at 35 weeks of gestation.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In total, 91 participants completed the study, with 100 included in the intention-to-treat analysis. The intervention group showed improvement in depression at 28 and 35 weeks of gestation and in sleep quality at 35 weeks. Although there was no significant difference in the sense of control between the groups, the intervention group demonstrated better emotional control.</p><p><strong>Linking evidence to action: </strong>A theory-guided exercise intervention shows benefits in improving third-trimester depression, sleep quality, and emotional control. Therefore, exercise programs during pregnancy should consider to encompass capacities, opportunities, and motivations to encourage exercise behavior.</p>","PeriodicalId":49355,"journal":{"name":"Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing","volume":" ","pages":"e12759"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142755728","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nid'a A Al-Jdeetawey, Mohammed Munther Al-Hammouri, Jehad A Rababah, Wafa'a F Ta'an, Mohammad Suliman
{"title":"Effectiveness of a Brief Mindfulness-Based Intervention on Compassion Fatigue and Compassion Satisfaction in Pediatric Nurses.","authors":"Nid'a A Al-Jdeetawey, Mohammed Munther Al-Hammouri, Jehad A Rababah, Wafa'a F Ta'an, Mohammad Suliman","doi":"10.1111/wvn.70002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/wvn.70002","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Unlike other medical practitioners, nurses working in pediatric intensive care units face uniquely challenging workplace conditions because they care for preterm newborns and critically ill patients. These workplace challenges led to increased compassion fatigue (i.e., burnout and secondary traumatic stress) and decreased compassion satisfaction. Compassion fatigue and compassion satisfaction strongly influence the quality of care and patient outcomes, and these need to be addressed through effective interventions such as mindfulness-based interventions.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>This study aimed to examine the impact of a brief mindfulness-based intervention on compassion fatigue and compassion satisfaction among pediatric intensive care nurses.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A quasi experimental study with a pretest posttest design was used to recruit 204 nurses: 102 in the intervention group and 102 in the control group with randomization by hospital (n = 4). The brief mindfulness-based intervention was delivered over 6 weeks. Data were collected using a demographics questionnaire and the Professional Quality of Life Scale, Version 5.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The intervention group's mean scores of burnout and secondary traumatic stress were significantly lower postinterventions compared with the control group. Similarly, the mean compassion satisfaction score for the intervention group indicated a significant improvement post-intervention compared with the control group. Additional evidence for the effectiveness of the intervention was the disappearance of low compassion satisfaction, high burnout, and high secondary traumatic stress categorizations postintervention in the intervention group, contrary to the control group.</p><p><strong>Linking evidence to action: </strong>Implementing brief mindfulness-based interventions can improve pediatric intensive care nurses' well-being by reducing burnout and secondary traumatic stress while enhancing compassion satisfaction. By using the study's findings, nurse managers can make these practices essential for high-quality care and effective workforce management.</p><p><strong>Trial registration: </strong>ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: ACTRN12622000389707.</p>","PeriodicalId":49355,"journal":{"name":"Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing","volume":"22 1","pages":"e70002"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143400555","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jieun Kim, Sarang Kim, Urim Kim, Eunshil Yim, Insook Lee, Hyejung Hong, Dongok Lee, Kyounga Lee
{"title":"Comparing the effectiveness of peer-led healthy aging interventions on depression and quality of life in community-dwelling older adults: A systematic review and network meta-analysis.","authors":"Jieun Kim, Sarang Kim, Urim Kim, Eunshil Yim, Insook Lee, Hyejung Hong, Dongok Lee, Kyounga Lee","doi":"10.1111/wvn.12753","DOIUrl":"10.1111/wvn.12753","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Healthy aging has become increasingly important owing to the rapidly growing population of older adults globally, and results from the complex interplay of multiple characteristics such as depression and quality of life. Several countries have included peer-led interventions in their health policies to promote healthy aging. Given the growing evidence for these interventions, determining their comparative effectiveness is vital and warranted.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>The aim of this study was to examine the relative effectiveness of peer-led interventions on the depression and quality of life of community-dwelling older adults.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A systematic review and network meta-analyses were performed. The meta-analysis was performed using random-effects models. Additionally, subgroup, meta-regression, and frequentist network meta-analyses were conducted. The protocol was registered with PROSPERO (CRD 42023492659).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Twelve studies with depression outcomes and 11 studies with quality-of-life outcomes were included. The effect sizes for depression and quality of life were moderate and small, respectively. For depression, face-to-face interactions and intervention duration were moderating factors. For quality of life, intervention provider was a moderating factor. The combined peer-nurse intervention was shown to have a large effect on quality of life, whereas interventions provided by professionals other than nurses or provided only by peers had a small effect. A ranking analysis found that the most effective intervention for increasing quality of life was the simultaneous involvement of both healthcare professionals and peers. The provision of education and exercise interventions showed a higher ranking than goal setting in the leading group.</p><p><strong>Linking evidence to action: </strong>The peer-led interventions were sufficient for depression. The effectiveness for improving quality of life may increase when involving both peers and healthcare professionals, particularly nurses. Nursing and health policymakers could establish distinct strategies depending on whether the goal of peer-led interventions is to improve quality of life or alleviate depression for older adults.</p>","PeriodicalId":49355,"journal":{"name":"Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing","volume":" ","pages":"e12753"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142523463","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}