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. 2023 Feb 22;18(2):e0275724. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0275724

Table 1. Inclusion and exclusion criteria based on PICOS scheme.

INCLUSION CRITERIA (IC)
IC1 P opulation
IC 1.1 School children aged between 5 and 21

  1. Healthy children

  2. Disadvantaged children

  3. Children with chronic illnesses
IC 1.2 Teachers in primary schools, middle schools and high schools (and other types of schools based on countries)

  1. Graduated teachers in training

  2. Teachers with at least one lesson per week
IC 1.3 School nurses who work in primary schools, middle schools or high schools

  1. Specially trained nurses with educational focus

  2. Working in schools as well as in general health care
IC2 I ntervention
IC 2.1 Effectiveness of the school nurse

  1. in dealing with chronic illnesses or disabilities (e.g. in regards to medication, care, special hospital observations or in handling acute emergencies)

  2. in implementing recommendations (e.g. regarding seeing or hearing aids, occupational therapy or psychotherapy)

  3. in dealing with signs of violence or risks to children’s well-being

  4. in contributing to dental prophylaxis

  5. in assisting specific health needs or infectious diseases (e.g. with infectious or food-based diseases)
IC 2.2 Effectiveness of the interventions performed by the school nurses

  1. Anti-aggression programs

  2. Programs on a healthy diet

  3. Meditation (release of stress and anxiety)

  4. Prevention programs
IC3 O utcome
IC 3.1 Physical and psychological health outcomes for children and teachers
IC 3.2 Outcomes regarding health literacy of children and teachers
IC4 S tudy Design
IC 4 Study Design: Study designs on secondary level, e.g. meta-analysis, mixed method systematic review, narrative review, qualitative synthesis, scoping review, systematic review, rapid review
IC5 Publication
IC 5.1 peer-reviewed reviews (journal article)
IC 5.2 published in English or German language
EXCLUSION CRITERIA (EC)
EC1 Participants
EC 1.1 Parents
EC 1.2 Children younger than 5 years old or older than 21 years old
EC 1.3 All professions in the school context except for teachers and school nurses (e.g. social workers, school psychologists, doctors)
EC2 Interventions
EC 2.1 All regarding the role of school nurses
Financial feasibility
EC 2.2 All interventions that do not examine the effectiveness of the intervention performed by the school nurse
EC 2.3 „Best Practice" for school nurses
EC 2.4 Interventions that do not examine the effectiveness of the school nurse
EC 2.5 Framework for school nurses
EC 2.6 Challenges for school nurses
EC 2.7 Curriculum
EC 3 Outcome
EC 3.1 Outcomes that do not regard the physical or psychological health of children and teachers
EC 3.2 Outcomes that do not regard the impact on health literacy
EC 3.3 Pros and cons for school nurses
EC 3.4 Implications for school nurses
EC 3.5 How school nurses benefit
EC 3.6 How parents benefit
EC 3.7 How school psychologists benefit
EC 3.8 No health outcome
EC 4 Study design
EC 4 Study designs on primary level, e.g. case study, case series, case-control-study, cohort study, cross-sectional study, qualitative study, pre-clinical study, randomized controlled trial