ArticleCritical care nurse2021
Cognitive Stimulation in an Intensive Care Unit: A Qualitative Evaluation of Barriers to and Facilitators of Implementation.
Article in Critical care nurse, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
8 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.
- Early-Career Registered Nurses' Experiences of Implementing Non-Pharmacological Interventions for Delirium Management: A Qualitative Descriptive Study.International journal of nursing practice · 2025Article
- Effects of Anxiety Focused Nursing Interventions on Anxiety, Cognitive Function and Delirium in Neurocritical Patients: A Non-Randomized Controlled Design.Nursing in critical care · 2025Article
- Usability and Tolerability of Virtual Reality-Based Cognitive Stimulation in Healthy Elderly Volunteers-A Feasibility Clinical Trial.Games for health journal · 2025Article
- Exploring Cognitive Stimulation as a Therapy for the Prevention of Delirium in a Hospital Setting: A Narrative Review.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Barriers to nurse-led delirium management in intensive care units: an integrative systematic review using COM-B model.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- Virtual reality-based cognitive exercise games in geriatric surgical patients: A pilot trial.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2025Article
- Revision and Psychometric Testing of the Delirium Care Self-Efficacy Scale for ICU Nurses.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2025Article
- ICU Delirium in Cardiac Patients.Methodist DeBakey cardiovascular journal · 2023Review
Corrections and comments
- Commented on by
Authors and funding
10 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
Funding
Abstract
backgroundDelirium in the intensive care unit is associated with poor patient outcomes. Recent studies support nonpharmacological therapy, including cognitive stimulation, to address delirium. Understanding barriers to cognitive stimulation implemented by nurses during clinical care is essential to translating evidence into practice.
objectiveTo use qualitative methods through a structured quality improvement project to understand nurses' perceived barriers to implementing a cognitive stimulation intervention in a medical intensive care unit.
methodsData were collected through semistructured interviews with nurses in a medical intensive care unit. Data were categorized into themes by using thematic analysis and the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research. During cognitive stimulation, nurses reviewed with patients a workbook of evidence-based tasks (focused on math, alertness, motor skills, visual perception, memory, problem-solving, and language).
resultsThe 23 nurses identified 62 barriers to and 26 facilitators of cognitive stimulation. These data were summarized into 12 barrier and 9 facilitator themes corresponding to the following Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research domains: Intervention Characteristics, Outer Setting, Inner Setting, and Characteristics of Individuals. Nurses also identified several facilitators within the Process domain. Patient-specific variables, including sedation, were the most frequently reported barriers. Other barriers included cognitive stimulation not being prioritized, nursing staff-related issues, documentation burden, and a lack of understanding of, or appreciation for, the evidence supporting cognitive stimulation.
conclusionsImplementation of cognitive stimulation requires a multidisciplinary approach to address perceived barriers arising from the organization, context, and individuals associated with the intervention, as well as the intervention itself.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.