A systematic review of tele-nursing practices on schizophrenia patient care
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2016
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Turkish Association of Nervous and Mental Health
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Objective: To systematically evaluate the tele-nursing interventions and their efficiency in schizophrenia patient care. Method: This study was conducted using scientific search engines such as Pubmed, Cinahl, Science Direct, Wiley Interscience, Ulakbim Medicine Database, and the Turkish Medline database. The English keywords were translated to "nursing by telephone" since that was the only term involved in the MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) index for English keywords and TST (Turkish Scientific Terms) for Turkish keywords. A total of six articles that met the inclusion criteria were involved in the evaluation. Results: According to the findings that were evaluated within the scope of the systematic review, it was observed that the tele-nursing interventions were limited with Telephone Intervention Problem Solving (TIPS). The TIPS intervention was shown to extend the time spent by schizophrenia patients in society and decrease the duration of days spent at the hospital after rehospitalization as well as the number of applications for rehospitalization. The increased adherence to the psychiatric medication and social functioning was also observed to reduce the level of psychiatric symptoms after the discharge. Moreover, the face-to-face interviews being conducted before the TIPS intervention were shown to develop the verbal communication skills of patients. Conclusion: According to this systematic review, the quantitative limitation of relevant studies is limited with the phone applications of tele-nursing interventions; however, it has positive results.
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Schizophrenia, Telenursing, Telephone
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Turk Psikiyatri Dergisi
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Q3
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27
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1
