Examination of Experimental Postgraduate Thesis Studies Conducted with Care Bundles in The Field of Nursing in Türkiye: A Systematic Review

Year 2025, Volume: 4 Issue: 1, 39 - 50, 18.04.2025

Ayşenur Dayan , Banu Terzi

Abstract

Aim
The use of care packages has positive effects on patient satisfaction and quality of care. The study aims to review the effectiveness of care packages in experimental postgraduate theses conducted with care packages in the nursing field in Turkey and to examine the data obtained from systematically.
Method
The universe of the study consists of postgraduate theses accessed from the database of the Council of Higher Education Thesis Center (YÖKTEZ) in Türkiye between 24 November 2023 and 6 December 2023. In the review, master’s and doctoral theses that evaluated the effects of care package applications in nursing care on outcomes, published in Turkish, research design randomized controlled, quasi-experimental and experimental, open access, and containing the keywords “care package”, “care protocol”, “nursing care” and “postgraduate thesis studies” were selected. Six postgraduate theses that met the research criteria constituted the sample of the systematic review.
Results
Of the graduate theses included in the study, 66.6% were quasi-experimental, 16.6% were experimental, and 16.6% were experimental. PRISMA-P was used as the protocol for the systematic review and writing of the article. As a result of the six theses included in the study, it was found that all the care packages used had positive effects on the examined parameters (100%).
Conclusion
It is seen that care package applications made in line with evidence-based approaches reduce complications and provide benefits in infection control and prevention. In this direction, it is recommended that care packages be disseminated

Keywords

care protocol, nursing care, postgraduate thesis study, care package

Türkiye’de Hemşirelik Alanında Bakım Paketleri ile Yapılmış Deneysel Lisansüstü Tez Çalışmalarının İncelenmesi: Sistematik Derleme

Abstract

Amaç
Bakım paketi kullanımı hasta memnuniyeti ve bakım kalitesi üzerinde olumlu etkilere sahiptir. Çalışmanın amacı, Türkiye’de hemşirelik alanında bakım paketleri ile yürütülen deneysel lisansüstü tez çalışmalarında bakım paketlerinin etkinliğini gözden geçirmek ve bu çalışmalardan elde edilen verileri sistematik olarak incelemektir.
Yöntem
Çalışmanın evrenini Türkiye’deki Yükseköğretim Kurulu Tez Merkezi (YÖKTEZ) veri tabanından 24 Kasım 2023 ve 6 Aralık 2023 tarihleri arasında erişilen lisansüstü tez çalışmaları oluşturmaktadır. İncelemede, hemşirelik bakımında bakım paketi uygulamalarının çıktılara etkisinin değerlendirildiği, yayın dili Türkçe, araştırma tasarımı randomize kontrollü, yarı deneysel ve deneysel olan, açık erişime sahip, “bakım paketi”, “bakım protokolü”, “hemşirelik bakımı” ve “lisansüstü tez çalışmaları” anahtar kelimelerini içeren yüksek lisans ve doktora tezleri seçilmiştir. Bu tezler arasından araştırma kriterlerini karşılayan altı lisansüstü tez çalışması sistematik incelemenin örneklemini oluşturmuştur.
Bulgular
Çalışmaya dahil edilen lisansüstü tezlerin %66,6’ sı yarı deneysel, %16,6’sı deneysel ve %16,6’sı da deneysel çalışma türündedir. Sistematik incelemenin protokolü ve makalenin yazımı için PRISMA-P kullanılmıştır. Çalışmaya dahil edilen altı tez sonucunda kullanılan bakım paketlerinin tümünde incelenen parametreler üzerinde olumlu etkileri olduğu bulunmuştur (%100).
Sonuç
Bu derleme ile kanıt temelli yaklaşımlar doğrultusunda yapılan bakım paketi uygulamalarının komplikasyonları azalttığı, enfeksiyon kontrol ve önlenmesinde yarar sağladığı görülmektedir. Bu doğrultuda bakım paketlerinin yaygınlaştırılması önerilmektedir

Keywords

bakım paketi, bakım protokolü, hemşirelik bakımı, lisansüstü tez çalışması

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