Effect of Balint training in gastroenterology intern nurse practitioners: A systematic review protocol

BACKGROUND: This study aims to assess the effect of Balint training (BT) in gastroenterology intern nurse practitioners (GINP) systematically. METHODS: This study will search EMBASE, MEDLINE, PsycINFO, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Allied and Complementary Medicine Database, and China National Knowledge Infrastructure from inception to the September 30, 2019 with no language limitation. In addition, we will also search grey records, such as conference abstracts and dissertations. Study quality will be checked using Cochran risk of bias tool. Statistical analysis will be performed using RevMan 5.3 software. RESULTS: This study will systematically evaluate the effect of BT in GINP and will provide evidence to judge whether BT is effective for GINP clinically. CONCLUSION: The results of this study may provide helpful evidence of BT in GINP in the clinical training.