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Research studies on patients' illness experience using the Narrative Medicine approach: a systematic review.
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69 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Content and outcomes of narrative medicine programmes: a systematic review of the literature through 2019.BMJ open · 2020Pooled it
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- Pain Management through Neurocognitive Therapeutic Exercises in Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain.BioMed research international · 2021Trial
- Invisible Challenges of a Visible Disease: A Qualitative Study on Disease-related Impairment, Participation Barriers and Care Experiences in Adults with Ichthyosis.Acta dermato-venereologica · 2026Article
- Understanding the burden of pulmonary arterial hypertension among patients and caregivers through narrative medicine: data from Italian multicentre observational INSPECTIO study.BMJ open respiratory research · 2026Observational
- The influence of narrative medicine on medical students' readiness for holistic care practice: A realist synthesis.Medical education · 2026Article
- Digital Narrative Medicine: Translating Stories Into Medical Education and Better Patient Care.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Article
- The mediating effects of self-directed learning and nursing professional values on the relationship between digital literacy and narrative competence among nursing students: a cross-sectional study.BMC medical education · 2026Article
- Life is Larger Than Science.Annals of family medicine · 2026Article
- Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of resident physicians and intern physicians on narrative medicine.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Narrative Medicine: A Clinical Tool for the Oncology Advanced Practitioner.Journal of the advanced practitioner in oncology · 2026Article
- Reimagining medical education: integrating medical humanism and narrative medicine into a new educational paradigm.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Review
- Healing beyond the physical: Ethical approaches to emotional support in post-stroke recovery.African journal of disability · 2026Article
- Factors associated with medical narrative competence of nurses: a qualitative study.Frontiers in health services · 2026Article
- Narrative Medicine, Dementia, and Alzheimer's Disease: A Scoping Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Digital integration of narrative medicine and patient-reported outcome measures to improve understanding of quality of life in metastatic breast cancer: the PERGIQUAL study.The oncologist · 2025Observational
- Assessment of nursing students' readiness to end-of-life-care after 40-hours practical classes including storytelling: a quasi-experimental multi-methods pilot study.BMC medical education · 2025Article
- A True Community: The Vet-to-Vet Program for Chronic Pain.Federal practitioner : for the health care professionals of the VA, DoD, and PHS · 2025Article
- Individuals' perceptions of Long Covid: a phenomenological approach to an online health community narratives.BMC health services research · 2025Article
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Abstract
objectiveSince its birth about 30 years ago, Narrative Medicine approach has increased in popularity in the medical context as well as in other disciplines. This paper aims to review Narrative Medicine research studies on patients' and their caregivers' illness experience. SETTING AND
participantsMEDLINE, Psycinfo, EBSCO Psychological and Behavioural Science, The Cochrane Library and CINAHL databases were searched to identify all the research studies which focused on the Narrative Medicine approach reported in the title, in the abstract and in the keywords the words 'Narrative Medicine' or 'Narrative-based Medicine'. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OUTCOME MEASURES: number of participants, type of disease, race and age of participants, type of study, dependent variables, intervention methods, assessment.
resultsOf the 325 titles screened, we identified 10 research articles fitting the inclusion criteria. Our systematic review showed that research on Narrative Medicine has no common specific methodology: narrative in Medicine is used as an intervention protocol as well as an assessment tool. Patients' characteristics, types of disease and data analysis procedures differ among the screened studies.
conclusionsNarrative Medicine research in medical practice needs to find clear and specific protocols to deepen the impact of narrative on medical practice and on patients' lives.
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