Translation to practice: A randomised, controlled study of an evidence-based booklet for breast-care nurses in the United Kingdom

Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 60-74

  Kirshbaum, Marilyn ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast care; Evidence based practice; Exercise and breast cancer; Health promotion; Knowledge transfer; RCT; Research dissemination

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXERCISE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FATIGUE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVENTION STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NURSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAMPHLETS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 44949197827     PISSN: 1545102X     EISSN: 17416787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6787.2008.00113.x     Document Type: Article

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