INTRODUCTION The aim of this systematic review is to analyse the trial data on the efficacy of herbal medicines for acute otitis media. METHODS AND ANALYSIS The following 11 databases will be searched from their inception: MEDLINE, the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), EMBASE, Allied and Complementary Medicine Database (AMED), the Cochrane Central Register of ...

Purpose: The aims of this study were to identify the psychosocial interventions for patients with alcohol use disorder and assess effects those interventions. Methods: A systematic literature search was conducted using PubMed, Cochrane Library, Embase, CINAHL, PsycINFO, KoreaMed, KMBASE, RISS, KISS, Science ON, DBpia studies reported in English or Korean from 2012 2021. Results: From 4,051 extr...

We reviewed mobile technology-based interventions in nursing and computed effect size of the interventions. We searched eight databases (KoreaMED, KMBASE, KISS, NDSL, Medline, EMBASE, Cochrane central library and CINAHL) using three sets of terms: mobile application, mobile app, mobile phone or smartphone; health or healthcare; and nursing. The study design, mobile technology, sample size and c...

INTRODUCTION The purpose of this systematic review is to investigate the efficacy of the oral administration of herbal medicines for otitis media with effusion through analysing trial data. METHODS AND ANALYSIS Electronic searches of the following 11 databases will be performed: MEDLINE, CINAHL, EMBASE, AMED, the Cochrane CENTRAL, 3 Chinese databases (CNKI, Wangfang Data and VIP Information) ...

[Purpose] This study performed an effect-size analysis of massage therapy for shoulder pain. [Subjects and Methods] The database search was conducted using PubMed, CINAHL, Embase, PsycINFO, RISS, NDSL, NANET, DBpia, and KoreaMed. The meta-analysis was based on 15 studies, covering a total of 635 participants, and used a random effects model. [Results] The effect size estimate showed that massag...

This paper aimed to review currently available cohort studies of subjects with mood disorders such as major depressive disorder (MDD) and bipolar disorder (BD). Using the PubMed and KoreaMed databases, we reviewed eight major cohort studies. Most studies recruited participants with MDD and BD separately, so direct comparison of factors associated with diagnostic changes was difficult. Regular a...

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to use a systematic review investigate how infection control education has been designed, implemented and evaluated in undergraduate programs nursing.Methods: This conducted base on the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review Meta-Analysis (PRISMA). To search studies related programs, Ovid-EMBASE, CINAHL, Pubmed, KoreaMed, KMBASE KISS were used. A ...

Background: This study aimed to identify trends in domestic research and conduct a meta-analysis of studies investigating the effects non-pharmacological interventions targeting problem drinkers. The objectives were synthesize analyze results these studies, while evaluating potential bias estimating effect size.Methods: Following Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews Meta-Analyses (P...

Purpose: This systematic review investigated the effects of non-pharmacological interventions to improve sleep Korean elderly at home and in facilities.Methods: A literature search was performed using electronic databases (RISS, KISS, KMbase, KoreaMed, DBpia) from 2010 2021. Participants’ characteristics, intervention measured outcomes were systematically reviewed. qualitative appraisal studies...

Background: This study aimed to compare the stress-coping measurement scales used in nursing field South Korea through a literature review based on types of tools assessed, their characteristics, frequency use, target stress, population, and coping outcomes.Methods: The data base periodical information academic, citation index, Korean studies sharing service, medical database, National discover...