The roles of nurses in preventing and managing excess weight among adults: A systematic scoping review

IF 4.1 2区医学 Q1 NURSING Nursing Outlook Pub Date : 2025-02-11 DOI:10.1016/j.outlook.2025.102377

Adika Sen , Ka Ying Annie Ho , Wei Kian Frederick Goh , Han Shi Jocelyn Chew

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Abstract

Background

Nurses are well-positioned to tackle obesity but literature on their roles remains unclear.

Purpose

To present an overview of nurses’ roles in preventing and managing excess weight among adults.

Methods

Following the Arksey and O’Malley methodology, 11 databases were searched from inception to September 2023. Eligibility screening showed good inter-rater reliability (κ = 0.84). Articles were appraised using the Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool and relevant data were charted.

Discussion

In total, 86 studies were included with 41.9% published in America and 3.5% and 26.7% of the studies addressing overweight and obesity management, respectively. Nurses acted as health advocates (100%), offered psychological support (54.7%), fostered collaboration and networks (48.8%), and facilitated interventions (9.3%) addressing intrapersonal, organizational, and community-level factors of the socioecological model.

Conclusion

Further investigations into nurses’ roles in the exclusive management of overweight and obesity are warranted. Focus on their contributions at the interpersonal and policy levels is also necessary.

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Nursing Outlook 医学-护理

CiteScore

6.20

自引率

7.00%

发文量

109

审稿时长

25 days

期刊介绍： Nursing Outlook, a bimonthly journal, provides innovative ideas for nursing leaders through peer-reviewed articles and timely reports. Each issue examines current issues and trends in nursing practice, education, and research, offering progressive solutions to the challenges facing the profession. Nursing Outlook is the official journal of the American Academy of Nursing and the Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science and supports their mission to serve the public and the nursing profession by advancing health policy and practice through the generation, synthesis, and dissemination of nursing knowledge. The journal is included in MEDLINE, CINAHL and the Journal Citation Reports published by Clarivate Analytics.