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NorthStar, a support tool for the design and evaluation of quality improvement interventions in healthcare [PDF]

, 2007
Background: The Research-Based Education and Quality Improvement (ReBEQI) European partnership aims to establish a framework and provide practical tools for the selection, implementation, and evaluation of quality improvement (QI) interventions.
AE Walker, Andrew D Oxman, Elie A Akl, Jill Francis, Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, R Foy, R Grol, R Grol, Robbie Foy, Shaun Treweek   +9 more
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Effects of precompetition state anxiety interventions on performance time and accuracy among amateur soccer players: Revisiting the matching hypothesis [PDF]

, 2010
In this study, we tested the matching ypothesis, which contends that administration of a cognitive or somatic anxiety intervention should be matched to a participant's dominant anxiety response.
Ali A., Borkovec T. D., Cohen J., Costas I. Karageorghis, Davidson R. J., Endler N. S., Field A., Giges B., Hanin Y. L., Hanton S., Hardy L., Harris D. V., Huck S. W., Jacobson E., Jones G., Jones J. G., Maynard I. W., Maynard I. W., Maynard I. W., Mellalieu S. D., Neil R., Omar A. Abouzekri, Parfitt C. G., Raudsepp L., Reilly T., Syer J., Tabachnick B., Terry P. C., Vincent W.   +28 more
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Patterns of impact resulting from a 'sit less, move more' web-based program in sedentary office employees. [PDF]

, 2015
PURPOSE: Encouraging office workers to 'sit less and move more' encompasses two public health priorities. However, there is little evidence on the effectiveness of workplace interventions for reducing sitting, even less about the longer term effects of ...
A Puig-Ribera, A Puig-Ribera, AA Thorp, Angel M. González-Suárez, Anna Puig-Ribera, C Tudor-Locke, C Tudor-Locke, C Tudor-locke, C Tudor-Locke, CL Craig, DL Swift, DV Dyck, E Stamatakis, GN Healy, Harry Zhang, Iván Martínez-Lemos, JG van Uffelen, Jim McKenna, Joan C. Martori, Josep Fortuño, Judit Bort-Roig, JY Chau, JY Chau, K Wijndaele, L de Koning, L Haynes, Laura Muñoz-Ortiz, M Hamer, M Neuhaus, M Saidj, Maria Giné-Garriga, MP Buman, N Gilson, ND Gilson, ND Gilson, Nicholas D. Gilson, R Freak-Poli, R Lobb, R Plotnikoff, Raimon Milà, S Parry, SA Clemes, SJ Pedersen, T Torbeyns, TA Alkhajah, TS Church   +45 more
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Developing and applying a framework to understand mechanisms of action in group-based, behaviour change interventions: the MAGI mixed-methods study

Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation, 2019
Background: Theories and meta-analyses have elucidated individual-level mechanisms of action in behaviour change interventions. Although group-based interventions are commonly used to support health-related behaviour change, such interventions rarely ...
Aleksandra J Borek, Jane R Smith, Colin J Greaves, Fiona Gillison, Mark Tarrant, Sarah Morgan-Trimmer, Rose McCabe, Charles Abraham   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Group-Based Diet and Physical Activity Weight-Loss Interventions: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials.

Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, 2018
BACKGROUND Many weight-loss interventions are delivered in groups but evidence on their effectiveness, and characteristics associated with effectiveness, is limited.
A. Borek, C. Abraham, C. Greaves, M. Tarrant   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Efficacy of interventions that use apps to improve diet, physical activity and sedentary behaviour : a systematic review [PDF]

, 2016
Background: Health and fitness applications (apps) have gained popularity in interventions to improve diet, physical activity and sedentary behaviours but their efficacy is unclear.
Alley, Stephanie, Bray, Nicola A, Duncan, Mitch J, Schoeppe, Stephanie, Van Lippevelde, Wendy, Vandelanotte, Corneel, Williams, Susan L   +6 more
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'It's much harder than I thought': facilitating a singing group for people with Parkinson's disease [PDF]

, 2020
A university-based, international research project investigating the effects of regular singing group activities for people with Parkinson’s disease provided a unique opportunity to capture the lived experience of three facilitators of Australian-based ...
Bartlett, Irene, Forbes, Melissa
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The Interconnection Between Social Support and Emotional Distress Among Individuals with Chronic Pain: A Narrative Review

Psychology Research and Behavior Management, 2023
Angelina R Franqueiro, JiHee Yoon, Madelyn A Crago, Marie Curiel, Jenna M Wilson Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, 02115, USACorrespondence: Jenna M Wilson, Department of ...
Franqueiro AR, Yoon J, Crago MA, Curiel M, Wilson JM   +4 more
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Personal autonomy in group-based interventions

, 2017
Marginalised individuals are often caught in a vicious cycle of economic or health problems, a lack of social connection, and disempowerment. The present research examines interventions that provide opportunities for social inclusion to break this cycle.
Namkje Koudenburg, J. Jetten, G. Dingle
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Can implementation intentions and text messages promote brisk walking? A randomized trial. [PDF]

, 2010
Objective: To test the efficacy in promoting brisk walking of two theory-based interventions that incorporate implementation intentions and text message (Short Message Service; SMS) reminders directed at one’s walking-related plans or goals.
Hurling, R, Perugini, M, Prestwich, AJ
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