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Modelling management response and online reviews for improved financial performance of hospitals
This study investigates the combined effect of management responses and online reviews on the financial performance of hospitals by concentrating on three areas of concern. First, how variation in management responses, both within a hospital and on peer review sites, affects the motivation of healthcare personnel towards service and number of patients seeking services. Second, a cyclic link depicting interrelationships among four major domains, namely rating, management response, financial performance, and recommendation, has been presented. Third, a generic model is proposed to improve the performance of hospitals in each...
Source: International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare - March 1, 2020 Category: Nursing Tags: ORIGINAL RESEARCH Source Type: research

The fragility of randomized trial outcomes underlying management of dyspepsia and Helicobacter pylori infections
Conclusion: A median of three events was needed to nullify statistical significance in 52 trials that underpin guideline recommendations on the management of dyspepsia and H. pylori infections. In addition, concerns for RoB were found for these trials. (Source: International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare)
Source: International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare - March 1, 2020 Category: Nursing Tags: ORIGINAL RESEARCH Source Type: research

Are results from randomized trials in anesthesiology robust or fragile? An analysis using the fragility index
Conclusion: In assessing the fragility of randomized controlled trials published in the top eight anesthesiology journals, our study suggests that statistically significant results in these journals are disconcertingly fragile. The median fragility index calculated from our 131 primary studies reveals that only three nonevents must be replaced with events to negate statistical significance. Although a current scale does not exist for fragility index ranges, many trials published by the top journals in anesthesiology are based on concerning methodology and highly fragile outcomes. With small median sample sizes and few pa...
Source: International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare - March 1, 2020 Category: Nursing Tags: ORIGINAL RESEARCH Source Type: research

Reducing adverse medication events in mental health: Australian National Survey
Conclusions: Gaps in medication safety practices included limited use of individual patient supply systems for medication distribution, a high reliance on ward stock systems and high reliance on paper-based systems for medication prescribing and administration. With regards to service provision, clinical pharmacist involvement in medical reconciliation services, therapeutic drug monitoring and interdisciplinary ward rounds should be increased. Discharge and post-discharge services were major gaps in service provision. (Source: International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare)
Source: International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare - March 1, 2020 Category: Nursing Tags: ORIGINAL RESEARCH Source Type: research

Effect of training on evidence-based practice to undergraduate dental students: pre and postexperimental study
Conclusion: The current study demonstrated moderate improvement in the effectiveness of EBP training in improving EBP knowledge, accessing evidence and critical appraisal skills. (Source: International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare)
Source: International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare - March 1, 2020 Category: Nursing Tags: ORIGINAL RESEARCH Source Type: research

Evaluation of the JBI scoping reviews methodology by current users
Conclusion: The overall evaluation by the participants of the JBI scoping review methodology highlighted the need for additional detailed guidance for inclusion criteria and presentation of the results. Provision of clear examples for each step was also requested for future improvement. (Source: International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare)
Source: International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare - March 1, 2020 Category: Nursing Tags: ORIGINAL RESEARCH Source Type: research

Selecting the best meta-analytic estimator for evidence-based practice: a simulation study
Studies included in meta-analysis can produce results that depart from the true population parameter of interest due to systematic and/or random errors. Synthesis of these results in meta-analysis aims to generate an estimate closer to the true population parameter by minimizing these errors across studies. The inverse variance heterogeneity (IVhet), quality effects and random effects models of meta-analysis all attempt to do this, but there remains controversy around the estimator that best achieves this goal of reducing error. In an attempt to answer this question, a simulation study was conducted to compare estimator pe...
Source: International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare - March 1, 2020 Category: Nursing Tags: METHODOLOGY ARTICLE Source Type: research

Nursing documentation for chemotherapy in a university hospital's bone marrow transplant unit: a best practice implementation project
Conclusion: The checklist implemented for nursing documentation and education contributed to improved practices. To promote additional improvements, nurses will continue to utilize the tools developed and receive continued education through formal training and staff meetings. Future auditing is planned to ensure sustainability. (Source: International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare)
Source: International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare - March 1, 2020 Category: Nursing Tags: IMPLEMENTATION PROJECTS Source Type: research

Using patient self-checklist to improve the documentation of risk of postoperative nausea and vomiting: an implementation project
Conclusion: A simple self-checklist of PONV risk was implemented. It greatly improved PONV risk assessment and documentation in a public hospital in Australia and enabled the identification of patients at high risk. (Source: International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare)
Source: International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare - March 1, 2020 Category: Nursing Tags: IMPLEMENTATION PROJECTS Source Type: research

An evaluation of a training intervention to support the use of evidence in healthcare commissioning in England
Conclusion: Offering short, interactive training workshops is valued by healthcare commissioners and can make a difference to their approach to and use of evidence in decision-making. There is a need for a flexible approach to the concept of evidence in healthcare commissioning, which includes the use of grey literature, and training can encourage and support the systematic search for an appraisal of this type of evidence. Tools for improving and sustaining this aspect of evidence use by commissioners are included here. (Source: International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare)
Source: International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare - March 1, 2020 Category: Nursing Tags: IMPLEMENTATION PROJECTS Source Type: research

Integrated physical and mental healthcare: an overview of models and their evaluation findings
Conclusion: Future research is needed to identify the elements of integrated care that are associated with outcomes, measure cost implications and identify the experiences and priorities of consumers and clinicians. (Source: International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare)
Source: International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare - March 1, 2020 Category: Nursing Tags: SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS Source Type: research

Effectiveness of interpretive front-of-pack nutritional labelling schemes on the promotion of healthier food choices: a systematic review
Conclusion: Well controlled longitudinal studies, following a real-world evidence approach, are needed to clarify front-of-package nutrition labelling's impact on consumers’ food choices, namely at purchase points, taking into account the most vulnerable population subgroups, such as those with lower literacy and/or financial resources. (Source: International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare)
Source: International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare - March 1, 2020 Category: Nursing Tags: SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS Source Type: research

Risk factors for prescription drug diversion among people living with HIV: a systematic scoping review
Conclusion: Evidence shows that there is limited research on prescription drug diversion among PLWH in LMICs. The study findings show that the risk factors contributing to prescription drug diversion are related with risk factors for HIV transmission and infection. PROSPERO registration number: CRD42017074076. (Source: International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare)
Source: International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare - March 1, 2020 Category: Nursing Tags: SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS Source Type: research

The Joanna Briggs Institute clinical fellowship program: a gateway opportunity for evidence-based quality improvement and organizational culture change
No abstract available (Source: International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare)
Source: International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare - March 1, 2020 Category: Nursing Tags: EDITORIAL Source Type: research

Abstracts for the GIN and JBI Conference, Adelaide Australia, 2019
No abstract available (Source: International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare)
Source: International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare - December 1, 2019 Category: Nursing Tags: ABSTRACTS Source Type: research