Method: This study was conducted using scientific search engines such as Pubmed, Cinahl, Science Direct, Wiley Interscience, Ulakbim Medicine Database, and the Turkish Medline database. The English keywords were translated to “nursing by telephone” since that was the only term involved in the MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) index for English keywords and TST (Turkish Scientific Terms) for Turki...

Data sources: MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, PsycLIT, Web of Science, Addiction Abstracts, plus specialist databases of the Lindesmith Center, DrugScope, US National Institute on Drug Abuse and Substance abuse, and Mental Health Services Administration, searched up to June 2003. Experts were contacted and authors of selected papers were asked for unpublished data. Non-English publications were transl...

Data sources The reviewers searched Medline, Embase, AMED, ASSIA, HealthSTAR, DHSS DATA, DARE, NHSeed, HELMIS, EconLit, CINAHL, PsycLit, the Cochrane Controlled Trials Register and the Cochrane Collaboration on Depression, Anxiety and Neurosis (CCDAN) Trials Register to 2003. The reviewers hand-searched a specialist journal, scanned reference lists, and approached experts for additional papers.

Searching MEDLINE, CINAHL, a database of the Royal College of Nurses, and other resources via the Internet were searched from 1980 to 1996 using the keywords 'leg ulcer' and 'community' or 'clinics'. Additional material was identified by handsearching 12 key journals from 1991 to 1995, and by contacting the Cochrane Wounds Group and experts in the field. Only English language articles were incl...

Methods Search Strategy We searched the Cochrane Stroke Group Trials Register (last searched June 2003). In addition, the following electronic databases were searched: Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (Cochrane Library, Issue 4, 2002), MEDLINE (1966 to December 2002), EMBASE (1980 to December 2002), CINAHL (1982 to December 2002), SPORTDiscus (1949 to December 2002), Science Citat...

Methods Systematic literature searches (MEDLINE, Embase, PsycINFO and CINAHL) identified articles reporting HRQL data after curative treatments for oesophageal cancer from validated patient-completed questionnaires. The most frequently used instruments were examined (EORTC QLQ-C30, QLQ-OES24, QLQ-OES18, SF-36 & FACT-E). Outcome reporting bias was explored by examining which of the instrument’s ...

Background. ​Interventions and services for people with mental health problems can have broad remits: they are often designed to treat people with a variety of diagnoses. Furthermore, addressing mental health problems can have long­term implications for economic, social and health outcomes. This represents a challenge for economic evaluation, where long­term trial data can be lacking. In this r...

Objective. To review the literature around what is considered to be a good midwife and in particular what women value in a midwife, in order to identify the gaps in the evidence for future research. Design. This paper reviews the research in the area of interest over the past 30 years. The literature search focused on the concept of good midwife using synonyms and antonyms. The inclusion criter...

Methods: We searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, Science Citation Index, CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health), and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) (through July 2006) for randomized controlled trials and cohort studies of BMC transplantation to treat ischemic heart disease. We conducted a random-effects meta-analysis across eligible studies measuring the same...

BACKGROUND: The quality of health care and quality assurance are concepts which have been established for many years. Audit nowadays is adopted as a means of developing high quality care. AIM: This study aims to identify the perspectives of audit in practice and its relationship to quality assessment and assurance, quality improvement, and clinical effectiveness. METHODS: There were used the da...