Journals containing peer-reviewed CATs
Examples of CATs contained in EBMH:
- ‘Strategies for implementing evidence-based practices in routine mental health settings’
- ‘Review: stimulants improve overt and covert aggression related behaviours in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder’
- ‘In hospital cognitive rehabilitation was as effective as home rehabilitation in moderate to severe traumatic brain injury’
- ‘A psychosocial group intervention reduced psychological distress and enhanced coping in primary breast cancer'
- ‘Cognitive behavioural therapy improved most sleep outcomes in insomnia secondary to chronic pain’
- ‘A geriatric evaluation and management programme prevented functional decline and reduced depression in high risk older adults’
- ‘Supported employment is better than pre-vocational training for increasing competitive employment rates in people with severe mental illness’
- Reality orientation improves cognitive functioning and behaviour in dementia
Examples of CATs contained in EBN:
- ‘Nursing home residents used six strategies to manage urinary incontinence’
- ‘Restraint use and rear seating were associated with fewer serious injuries and deaths for children in motor vehicle crashes’
- ‘Prompt hospital discharge with home care improved physical health and community reintegration and reduced initial length of hospital stay after acute stroke’
- ‘Formal guidelines including a pill box improved medication adherence for patients with chronic mental illness’
- ‘A specially designed foam mattress replacement reduced pressure ulcers in nursing home residents’
Examples of CATS contained in EBHC:
- ‘E-mail discussion group may improve health outcomes for people with back pain’
- ‘Frequent cognitively stimulating activities reduces the risk of Alzheimer disease’
- ‘Multiple home visits to elderly people may reduce nursing home admissions’
- A community youth service program coupled community involvement with classroom health instruction reduced adolescent risk-taking’
- ‘Lumbar support and education did not reduce the incidence of low back pain in industry’
- ‘Low-level pre-school speech and language therapy is no more beneficial than watchful waiting’
- ‘External hip protectors reduce hip fracture in the elderly’
- ‘Education can improve self-managed exercise and physical functioning for those with chronic fatigue syndrome’
‘ There is limited and inconsistent evidence on the effectiveness of preventative home visits to the elderly’
Examples of CATs contained in AJP:
- ‘Group cognitive behavioural intervention lowers the risk of developing long-term spinal disability’
- ‘Bandaging and subsequent elastic hosiery is more effective than elastic hosiery alone in reducing lymphoedema’
- ‘Pneumatic compression does not reduce chronic post-mastectomy lymphoedema’
- ‘Electrical stimulation prevents subluxation and associated pain when applied soon after stroke’
- ‘Patients with back pain value the process as well as outcomes of care’
- ‘Motor Relearning Program approach improves short-term motor outcomes and reduces hospital stay after stroke’
Medical Journal of Australia www.mja.com.au
Contains an interesting section called ‘EBM in Action’ which focusses on a clinical question each week, then reviews key studies located. Examples in MJA include:
- ‘Is laser treatment effective and safe for musculoskeletal pain’
- ‘Do magnets alleviate chronic low-back pain’
Physical Therapy www.ptjournal.org – Some articles are FREE on-line
Examples of clinical questions that are answered in full, including the search strategies used, sources searched, list of references, and a full written appraisal or key papers:
- ‘Clinical question: Can a comprehensive lymphedema management program decrease limb size and reduce the incidence of infection in a woman with post mastectomy lymphedema?’
- ‘Clinical question: Can exercise reduce the incidence of falls in the elderly, and if so, what form of exercise is most effective?’
- ‘Clinical question: Does the presence of ideomotor apraxia affect the prognosis of functional recovery in a woman who has had a stroke?’
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