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We had given a questionnaire to a group of newly qualified nurses and nursing managers responsible for their recruitment with the purpose of understanding the factors influencing the choice of the first ward. For this study, 45 nurses and 10 nursing managers had been recruited. There are 19 factors that influence the choice of the first ward: the most important is the kind of patient, both, nursing managers and newly qualified nurses agreed about, while about the other factors there were different answers. Reflecting on the choice factors may help hospitals to better understand the expectations of the newly qualified nurses and start improving projects to make even the less requested wards more attractive; it can also help the faculty to reflect about the academic curriculum that mostly influences the professional future of the students. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: Gait disorders are frequently reported in individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD). Despite extensive research, the specific gait features affected by PD remain inadequately defined. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate kinematic, kinetic, and spatiotemporal parameters of gait in individuals with PD compared to healthy controls., Methods: We conducted a systematic review in PubMed, CINAHL, and EMBASE up to March 2024 to retrieve studies assessing adults with PD, which examined gait compared to healthy controls. Two reviewers independently performed the screening process, extrapolation data and quality assessment. Studies were meta-analyzed using original units of measurement (mean difference, MD) to enhance the clinical understanding of the gait characteristics. The level of evidence was provided., Findings: Thirty-four studies were included (n = 1533 participants with PD and n = 1093 healthy controls). Moderate-to-strong evidence was found for reduced speed (MD:-0.21 m/s, 95 %CI: -0.27; -0.15), stride length (MD:-0.17 m, 95 %CI: -0.25; -0.09), swing time (MD:-1.16 % of gait cycle, 95 %CI: -2.30; -0.02), and sagittal range of motion of the lower limb joints in individuals with PD (hip: MD:-5.39°, 95 %CI: -10.42; -0.37; knee: MD:-11.05°, 95 %CI: -21.88; -0.22; ankle: MD:-4.03°, 95 %CI: -6.37; -1.69). An increase in double support time (MD:0.07 s, 95 %CI: 0.05; 0.10) and a decrease in cadence (MD: -4.93 steps/min, 95 %CI: -7.89; -1.98) were observed. Kinetic data showed diverse outcomes, making a meta-analysis not possible., Interpretation: PD is associated with changes in gait kinematics and spatiotemporal parameters, while kinetic aspects remain under investigated. Future research should focus on kinetics, joint angular velocity, and push-off parameters. PROSPERO registration: CRD42022347368., Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper., (Copyright © 2024 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)

Background: Researchers may be tempted to favorably distort the interpretation of their findings when reporting the abstract (i.e., spin). Spin bias overemphasizes the beneficial effects of the intervention compared with the results shown in the full text., Objective: To assess the occurrence of spin bias and incompleteness in reporting abstracts in post-stroke upper limb (UL) rehabilitation randomized clinical trials (RCTs)., Methods: A sample of 120 post-stroke UL rehabilitation RCTs (indexed in PEDro database), published in English between 2012 and 2020, was included. The completeness of reporting and spin were assessed using the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials for Abstracts (CONSORT-A) and the spin checklist. The relationship between CONSORT-A and spin checklist scores with RCT and journal characteristics was assessed., Results: CONSORT-A and spin checklist scored 5.3±2.4 (max 15-points, higher scores indicating better reporting) and 5.5±2.0 (max 7-points, higher scores indicating presence of spin), respectively; Significant differences were detected between abstract and full-text scores in the CONSORT-A checklist (p < 0.01) and the spin checklist (p < 0.01). Items of the CONSORT-A checklist in the abstracts and full text showed a fair agreement (k = 0.31), while a moderate agreement (k = 0.59) for the spin checklist was detected. Completeness of abstract was associated (R2 = 0.46) with journal Impact Factor (p < 0.01), CONSORT Guideline endorsement (p = 0.04), and abstract word number (p = 0.02). A lower spin was associated with a higher journal Impact Factor (p = 0.01) and CONSORT Guideline endorsement (p = 0.01)., Conclusions: Post-stroke UL rehabilitation RCTs abstracts were largely incomplete showing spin. Authors, reviewers, publishers, and stakeholders should be aware of this phenomenon. Publishers should consider allowing more words in abstracts to improve the completeness of reporting abstracts. Although we have investigated only stroke rehabilitation, our results suggest that health care professionals of all disciplines should avoid clinical decision-making based solely upon abstracts.