ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2026
Roles of Hospital-Based Gerontological Nurse Specialists in Supporting Integrated Care for Older Adults: A Scoping Review Protocol.
Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
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
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
4 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
BACKGROUND/
objectivesAs population ageing accelerates, integrated care has become an important strategy for addressing the complex care needs of older adults. Although gerontological nurse specialists (GNSs) are expected to contribute to integrated care, their roles remain inconsistently defined and insufficiently synthesized across healthcare systems and professional role titles. This scoping review aims to systematically map the roles of GNSs in supporting integrated care for older adults within hospital-based settings.
methodsThis scoping review protocol will follow the JBI methodology for scoping reviews and will be reported in accordance with the PRISMA-ScR guidelines. Searches will be conducted in PubMed, CINAHL, Web of Science, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, and Ichushi-Web, with no date restrictions. Studies published in English, Chinese, and Japanese will be included. The review will consider studies involving nurses with recognized specialist or advanced nursing practice competence in gerontological or older-adult care and will focus on their roles in supporting integrated care for older adults within hospital-based settings and hospital-linked transitional care services. Two independent reviewers will conduct study selection and data extraction. The findings will be synthesized descriptively and presented using tabular, narrative, and diagrammatic formats.
conclusionsThis review is expected to contribute to a clearer understanding of the roles of GNSs in integrated care for older adults and provide evidence to inform future nursing practice, workforce development, education, and research in gerontological integrated care. REGISTRATION: This protocol was registered within the OSF database on 19 May 2026.
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.