作者
Denise Bryant‐Lukosius, Nancy Carter, Kim Reid, Faith Donald, Ruth Martin‐Misener, Kelley Kilpatrick, Patricia Harbman, Sharon Kaasalainen, Deborah Marshall, Renee Charbonneau‐Smith, Alba DiCenso
发表日期
2015/10
来源
Journal of evaluation in clinical practice
卷号
21
期号
5
页码范围
763-781
简介
Rationale, aims and objectives
Clinical nurse specialists (CNSs) are major providers of transitional care. This paper describes a systematic review of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) evaluating the clinical effectiveness and cost‐effectiveness of CNS transitional care.
Methods
We searched 10 electronic databases, 1980 to July 2013, and hand‐searched reference lists and key journals for RCTs that evaluated health system outcomes of CNS transitional care. Study quality was assessed using the Cochrane Risk of Bias and Quality of Health Economic Studies tools. The quality of evidence for individual outcomes was assessed using the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) tool. We pooled data for similar outcomes.
Results
Thirteen RCTs of CNS transitional care were identified (n = 2463 participants). The studies had low (n = 3), moderate (n = 8) and high …
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