The development of evidence‐based nursing interventions: methodological considerations

Abstract

Use of the model could facilitate effective communication among nurses, researchers and educators when discussing the development and testing of nursing interventions.

Designing and revising a cognitive behavioral group intervention for psychological distress among female university students

“…[4] 3. LITERATURE REVIEW According to van Meijel et al [9] an essential element in designing an intervention is the comprehension of the problem to be addressed by the intervention, the nature of service needs of clients and whether other interventions are available. The literature has revealed that cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is effective and is one of the most common therapy provided to university students for prevention or early intervention of depression and anxiety.…”

“…[9] The intervention described in this paper is regarded as an evidence-based nursing intervention targeting female university students who demonstrate symptoms of psychological distress with symptoms of depression and/or anxiety.…”

“…To inform and advise on each step of this current intervention design and the writing of a manual, an expert group of nurses was formed, as recommended by van Meijel et al [9] Six nurses with an extended experience in being or working with university students, formed the expert panel. One member was a new graduate from university studies, another was currently a graduate student, while the others were either advanced practice psychiatric nurses working with cognitive behavioral therapy or nurse educators.…”

“…The intervention is then validated preferably with quantitative and qualitative methods. [9] The phases of this current intervention design and rationale for revisions of the intervention based on the validation of the preliminary intervention will be described and discussed in this paper. The results of the quantitative and qualitative validation of the intervention have been reported elsewhere.…”

“…[6] Based on this high prevalence of psychological distress and the lack of mental health care for Icelandic female university students it was decided to design, validate and revise an intervention for this group to be delivered by advanced practice psychiatric nurses (APPN's). [8] The framework by van Meijel, Gamel, van Swieten-Duijfjes and Grypdonck [9] was chosen as a reference to systematically guide and describe this process. The initial step of intervention design according to this framework is to define the target group and operationalize the problem to be addressed.…”