Impact of evidence‐based nursing on surgical site wound infection after caesarean: A meta‐analysis

TL;DR

This study shows that using evidence-based nursing care after caesarean sections reduces wound infections and complications compared to traditional methods.

Contribution

The study provides a meta-analysis showing that evidence-based nursing significantly reduces post-caesarean wound infections and complications.

Findings

Evidence-based nursing interventions reduced wound infection rates (OR = 0.29) compared to conventional care.

The same interventions also reduced complications (OR = 0.29) after caesarean sections.

The results suggest improved quality of life and clinical benefits from evidence-based nursing.

Abstract

We conducted this study to investigate the effect of evidence‐based care on surgical site wound infection after caesarean section. A computerised search of PubMed, Embase, Google Scholar, Cochrane Library, China National Knowledge Infrastructure and Wanfang databases for randomised controlled trials (RCTs) on the use of evidence‐based care in caesarean section delivery was applied from the database inception to November 2023. Two researchers independently screened the literature, extracted data and performed quality assessment based on inclusion and exclusion criteria. Stata 17.0 software was applied for data analysis. Twenty‐one RCTs involving 3269 caesarean sections were finally included. The analysis revealed the implementation of evidence‐based nursing interventions was effective in reducing the incidence of post‐caesarean section wound infections (OR = 0.29, 95% CI: 0.21–0.39, p < 0.001) and complications (OR = 0.29, 95% CI: 0.23–0.38, p < 0.001) compared with conventional care. This study shows that the application of evidence‐based nursing in postoperative caesarean section care can effectively reduce the incidence of postoperative wound infection and complications and improve the quality of life, which is worthy of clinical nursing application and promotion.