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Published on: February 19, 2021
Protecting the power of interventions through proper reporting
Vicki S Conn1, Patricia S Groves
1School of Nursing, University of Missouri, Columbia, USA. conn@missouri.edu
Nursing Outlook
|August 16, 2011
Summary
Detailed nursing intervention reporting is crucial for advancing research and practice. New guidelines address insufficient intervention descriptions in nursing research to improve clarity and reproducibility.
Area of Science:
- Nursing Research
- Health Sciences
- Intervention Science
Background:
- Effective nursing intervention research requires detailed reporting of interventions.
- Poorly described interventions limit the impact and applicability of nursing research findings.
- Current nursing research reports often lack sufficient detail for replication or theoretical advancement.
Purpose of the Study:
- To develop comprehensive guidelines for reporting nursing interventions.
- To enhance the clarity and reproducibility of nursing intervention studies.
- To provide a framework for detailing essential intervention elements.
Main Methods:
- A review of existing health care literature was conducted.
- Guidelines were developed based on identified reporting deficits.
- Key intervention elements (theoretical, participant, interventionist, content, delivery) were defined.
Main Results:
- Guidelines encompass theoretical, participant, interventionist, content, and delivery aspects of interventions.
- Rationale for including each element is provided.
- Strategies for presenting detailed information within journal constraints are offered.
Conclusions:
- Adherence to these guidelines will improve the quality of nursing intervention reporting.
- Enhanced reporting facilitates knowledge translation into practice and theory refinement.
- Standardized reporting strengthens the overall impact of nursing research.
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