Searching The databases searched included CINAHL, MEDLINE, PREMEDLINE, the Cochrane Library, Current

With the introduction of the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) on CD-ROM, research was initiated to compare coverage of nursing journals by CINAHL and MEDLINE in this format, expanding on previous comparison of these databases in print and online. The study assessed search results for eight topics in 1989 and 1990 citations in both databases, each produced by Sil...

PRIMARY SOURCES A search of MEDLINE using ‘weighted blanket’ OR ‘weighted vest’ OR ‘pressure vest’ AND ‘autistic spectrum disorder’ yielded 11 results, of which 0 were relevant. A search of MEDLINE using ‘weighted blanket’ OR ‘weighted vest’ OR ‘pressure vest’ AND ‘sleep’ yielded 0 results. A search of CINAHL using ‘weighted blanket’ OR “weighted vest’ OR ‘pressure vest’ AND ‘autistic spectrum ...

We developed search strategies for detecting sound articles on causation and prognosis in Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) in the year 2000. An analytic survey was conducted, comparing hand searches of 75 journals with retrievals from CINAHL for 5,020 search terms and 11,784 combinations for causation and 9,946 combinations for prognosis. For detecting sound cau...

Searching Several databases were searched including: MEDLINE from 1966 to March 1996 (the keywords used were presented); CINAHL from 1982 to February 1996; and Current

Method: This is an integrative review considering publications between years 2005 and 2014. Databases consulted were Cochrane, CINAHL, Lilacs, Pubmed, Scopus and Journal of Midwifery. It was used as inclusion criteria articles published in full that dealt indicators related to the need of women during pregnancy. In 36 articles selected 64 indicators were identified consistent to the physiologic...

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to compare the contents of music intervention studies between the music therapists and non-music therapists who endeavored to control agitation in patients with dementia, and to provide meaningful ideas to improve the music interventions by music providers. Method: This study is a review study by searching CINAHL, MEDLINE, and PsychINFO for the keywords, “...

Objectives. Existing findings on cancer patients' use of information sources were synthesized to 1) rank the most and least used information sources and the most helpful information sources and to 2) find the impact of patient demographics and situations on use of information sources. Methods. To synthesize results found across studies, a systematic review was conducted. Medline and CINAHL were...

Background UK healthcare has undergone significant modernisation; within perioperative practice reform has occurred mainly due to a reduction in junior doctors and the government directives to reduce patient operative waiting times. Consequently roles such as Surgical Care Practitioner (SCP), Perioperative Specialist Practitioner (PSP) and Physician Assistant in Anaesthesia (PA-A) have been dev...

Several studies have documented that teaching methods in HE (generally involves work towards a university or college level education), are the most important aspect of a curriculum. This is because they serve as an interface between the learners and the philosophy of the curriculum. It is, however, difficult to define how knowledge is conceptualized and in what way it influences the choice of e...