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Table 1 Characteristics of included studies

From: Use and effects of implementation strategies for practice guidelines in nursing: a systematic review

Author

Study design

Participants: healthcare providers

Participants: patients

Setting

Practice guidelines

Ammerman, 2003 (USA)

RCT

Nurses

Food for Heart program patient

Hospital—Outpatient

Dietary counseling for hypercholesterolemia

Charrier, 2008 (Italy)

cRCT

Nurses

Adult inpatient

Hospital—Inpatient

Prevention of pressure lesions and the management of peripheral and central venous catheters

Cheater, 2006 (UK)

cRCT

Nurses

Adult outpatient

Hospital—Outpatient

Management of urinary incontinence

Daniels, 2005 (USA)

RCT

Nurses, Physicians

Adult outpatient

Hospital—Outpatient

Asthma care management

Day, 2001 (UK)

RCT

Nurses

Adult intensive care inpatient

Inpatient—Hospital

Endotracheal suctioning

Donati, 2020 (Italy)

cRCT

Nurses

Medical-surgical

Inpatient—Hospital

Standard precautions

Elliott, 1997 (USA)

cRCT

Nurses

Oncology patient

Community Primary Care Clinic

Cancer pain management

Evans, 1997(USA)

cRCT

Nurses, Physicians

Pediatric inpatient

Hospital—Outpatient

Asthma care management

Fairall, 2005, 2010 (South Africa)

cRCT

NP

Adult outpatient

Community Primary Care Clinic

Tuberculosis case detection and respiratory care

Feldman, 2004 (USA)

RCT

Nurses

Chronic heart failure patient

Hospital—Outpatient

Heart failure management

Friese 2019 (USA)

cRCT

Nurses

Oncology patients

Hospital—Inpatient

Hazardous Drug Handling

Haegdorens, 2018 & 2019 (Belgium)

cRCT

Nurses

Medical-surgical

Hospital—inpatient

Early warning score

Harrison, 2000 (South Africa)

RCT

Nurses

Community clinic patient

Community

Sexually transmitted infection management

Hödl, 2019 (Austria)

cRCT

Nurses

Nursing home resident

Nursing Home

Urinary incontinence management

Hodnett, 1996 (Canada)

cRCT

Nurses

Labor and delivery patients

Hospital—Inpatient

Intrapartum nursing practice

Jansson, 2014(Finland)

RCT

Nurses

Adult intensive care inpatient

Hospital—Inpatient

Prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia

Jansson, 2016a, 2016b (Finland)

RCT

Nurses

Adult intensive care inpatient

Hospital—Inpatient

Prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia

Kalinowski, 2015 (Germany)

RCT

Nurses

Nursing home resident

Nursing Home

Nonpharmacological pain management

Kaner, 2003 (UK)

cRCT

Nurses

Adult outpatient

Community Primary Care Clinic

Brief alcohol intervention

Köpke, 2012 (Germany)

cRCT

Nurses

Nursing home resident

Nursing Home

Use of physical restraint

Lozano, 2004 (USA)

RCT

Nurses, Physicians

Pediatric, asthmatic patient

Hospital—Outpatient

Pediatric chronic asthma care

Mayou, 2002 (UK)

RCT

Nurses

Adult heart failure inpatient

Hospital—Inpatient

Early rehabilitation after myocardial infarction

McDonald, 2005 (USA)

RCT

Nurses

Adult outpatient

Hospital—Outpatient

Pain management

Moon, 2015 (South Korea)

RCT

Nurses

Adult intensive care inpatient

Hospital—Inpatient

Delirium prevention

Murtaugh, 2005 (USA)

RCT

Nurses

Adult cardiology outpatient

Hospital—Outpatient

Heart failure disease management

Naylor, 2004 (USA)

RCT

Nurses

Adult cardiology inpatient

Hospital—Inpatient

Transitional care of older adults hospitalized with heart failure

Noome, 2017 (Netherlands)

RCT

Nurses

Adult inpatient

Hospital—Inpatient

Nursing end-of-life care

Pagaiya, 2005 (Thailand)

RCT

Nurses

Adult and pediatric outpatient

Community Primary Care Clinic

Children: Acute respiratory infection and diarrhea

Adults: Diazepam prescribing and standard management of diabetes

Parker, 1995(USA)

RCT

Nurses, NP

Adult, long term care patient

Long-term care facility

Diabetes management

Premaratne, 1999 (UK)

RCT

Nurses

Community clinic patient

Health care clinic

Asthma management

Rood, 2005 (Netherlands)

RCT

Nurses

Adult, inpatient

Hospital—Inpatient

Glucose regulation

Ruijter, 2018 (Netherlands)

RCT

Nurses

Adult, outpatient

Community Primary Care Clinic

Smoking cessation

Snelgrove-Clarke, 2015 (Canada)

RCT

Nurses

Adult, low risk labor and delivery patient

Hospital—Inpatient

Fetal health surveillance

Titler, 2009; Brooks, 2008 (USA)

RCT

Nurses, Physicians

Older adults

Hospital—Inpatient

Acute pain management

Tjia, 2015 (USA)

cRCT

Nurses

Nursing home residents

Long term care

Antipsychotic prescribing

Vallerand, 2004 (USA)

RCT

Nurses

Adult outpatient

Hospital—Outpatient

Cancer pain management

Van Gaal, 2011a; 2011b (Netherlands)

RCT

Nurses

Older adults

Long term care and Hospitals—inpatient

Patient care guidelines to prevent adverse events including: pressure ulcers, urinary tract infections and falls

VonLengerke, 2017 (Germany)

RCT

Nurses, Physicians

Adult intensive care inpatient

Hospital—Inpatient

Hand hygiene

Weiss, 2019 (USA)

cRCT

Nurses

Adults, medical surgical

Hospital—Inpatient

Discharge Readiness Assessment

Wright, 1997 (USA)

RCT

Nurses

Adult inpatient

Hospital—Inpatient

Universal precautions-related behaviors

Zhu, 2018 (China)

RCT

Nurses

Adult, outpatient

Community Primary Care Clinic

Hypertension management