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SynthesisJournal of advanced nursing2021

The effectiveness of nurse-led interventions to prevent childhood and adolescent overweight and obesity: A systematic review of randomised trials.

Lisa Whitehead, Istvan Kabdebo, Melissa Dunham, Robyn Quinn, Jennifer Hummelshoj, Cobie George, Elizabeth Denney-Wilson

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Synthesis in Journal of advanced nursing, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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10citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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.

2 · The registry

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.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Clinical practice guidelines for the prevention of childhood obesity: A systematic review of quality and content.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2022
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  9. The shifting patterns of childhood obesity: Insights from national school screening data.Saudi pharmaceutical journal : SPJ : the official publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Lisa WhiteheadSchool of Nursing and Midwifery, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6395-0279
Istvan KabdeboSchool of Nursing and Midwifery, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2137-619X
Melissa DunhamSchool of Nursing and Midwifery, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia.
Robyn QuinnChronic Disease Policy Chapter, Australian College of Nursing, Deakin, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
Jennifer HummelshojCentenary Hospital for Women and Children, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
Cobie GeorgeCentenary Hospital for Women and Children, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
Elizabeth Denney-WilsonSusan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Edith Cowan University · AUCentenary Institute · AUAustralian College of Nursing · AUThe University of Sydney · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundObesity among children and adolescents continues to rise worldwide. Despite the efforts of the healthcare workforce, limited high-quality evidence has been put forward demonstrating effective childhood obesity interventions. The role of nurses as primary actors in childhood obesity prevention has also been underresearched given the size of the workforce and their growing involvement in chronic disease prevention.

aimTo examine the effectiveness of nurse-led interventions to prevent childhood and adolescent overweight and obesity.

designA systematic review of randomised trials. DATA SOURCES: Medline, CINAHL, EMBASE, Cochrane (CENTRAL), ProQuest Central and SCOPUS were searched from inception to March 2020. REVIEW

methodsThis review was informed by the Cochrane handbook for systematic reviews of interventions.

resultsTwenty-six publications representing 18 discrete studies were included (nine primary prevention and nine secondary prevention). Nurse-led interventions were conducted in diverse settings, were multifaceted, often involved parents and used education, counselling and motivational interviewing to target behaviour change in children and adolescents' diet and physical activity. Most studies did not determine that nurse-led interventions were more effective than their comparator(s) in preventing childhood and adolescent overweight and obesity.

conclusionsNurse-led interventions to prevent juvenile obesity are feasible but have not yet determined effectiveness. With adequate training, nurses could make better use of existing clinical and situational opportunities to assist in the effort to prevent childhood obesity.

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Pediatric ObesityAdolescentChildExerciseHumansNurse's RoleOverweightRandomized Controlled Trials as Topicadolescentbody mass indexchildnursesobesityoverweightpreventionrandomised controlled trialssystematic review

Identifiers

PMID34142727
PMCPMC9290653
OpenAlexW3171046920

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