Evidence map›Paper›PMID 34968343›Full record

ArticleNursing reports (Pavia, Italy)2021

A Retrospective Review of Patient Records and Factors Associated with Decisions Made by Community Nurse-Paramedics' in Finland.

Tuija Rasku, Mika Helminen, Marja Kaunonen, Elizabeth Thyer, Eija Paavilainen, Katja Joronen

Open access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact, top 84% of its field
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

0 citing papers in PubMed, 0 citations in OpenAlex.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

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

6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Tuija RaskuFaculty of Social Sciences, Health Sciences, Tampere University, Kuntokatu 3, 33520 Tampere, Finland.
Mika HelminenFaculty of Social Sciences, Health Sciences, Tampere University, Kuntokatu 3, 33520 Tampere, Finland.
Marja KaunonenFaculty of Social Sciences, Health Sciences, Tampere University, Kuntokatu 3, 33520 Tampere, Finland.
Elizabeth ThyerDean's Unit School of Health Sciences, Western Sydney University, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith, NSW 2750, Australia.
Eija PaavilainenFaculty of Social Sciences, Health Sciences, Tampere University, Kuntokatu 3, 33520 Tampere, Finland.
Katja JoronenDepartment of Nursing Science, University of Turku, Joukahaisenkatu 3-5, 20520 Turku, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-3208-7249
Tampere University · FIUniversity of Turku · FIWestern Sydney University · AU

Funding

Tampereen Yliopisto TAU/566/223/2021
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Community paramedicine (CP) has extended the role of paramedics and the main goal is to provide non-emergency care, which reduces the visits to emergency departments. The aim of this study was to describe the Finnish CP and examine the factors that were involved in CNPs' decision-making processes. The study was based on data from 450 consecutive CP patient records from three hospital districts. A more detailed analysis was carried out on 339 cases in patients' homes and elderly care homes, and the data analysis included multivariate logistic regression to examine the impact of variables on the CNPs' decisions. These patients' most common health issues were general weakness (15.9%) and fever (10.6%), and over half (58.7%) could remain at home after the CP visit. There were five independent factors associated with the CNPs' decisions of the patient's care continuum: the hospital district, if the patient could walk, whether the troponin test was performed, a physician was consulted, and the nature of the task. CP units played a valuable role in non-emergency care. Understanding the factors associated with CNP decision-making can increase the safety and effectiveness of reducing hospital visits, by providing patient care at home, or in elderly care facilities.

Indexed as

community paramedicinedecision-makingnon-emergency carenursesprehospital care

Identifiers

PMID34968343
PMCPMC8608054
OpenAlexW3197715758

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

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.