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Reporting participation rates in studies of non-pharmacological interventions for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a systematic review [PDF]

open access: yesSystematic Reviews, 2012
Background Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) and self-management (SM) support programmes are effective in the management of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but these interventions are not widely implemented in routine care.
Sohanpal Ratna   +4 more
doaj   +4 more sources

When adolescents stop psychological therapy: rupture-repair in the therapeutic alliance and association with therapy ending [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
therapeutic alliance consistently predicts dropout from psychological therapy, and ruptures in the therapeutic alliance may also predict dropout, yet there is a dearth of research with adolescents.
Martin, P., Midgley, N., O'Keeffe, S.
core   +2 more sources

Sampling-based approaches to improve estimation of mortality among patient dropouts: experience from a large PEPFAR-funded program in Western Kenya. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2008
Monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of HIV care and treatment programs is impacted by losses to follow-up (LTFU) in the patient population. The severity of this effect is undeniable but its extent unknown.
Constantin T Yiannoutsos   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Renuncias en cirugía del antepié. Análisis crítico de las listas de espera

open access: yesRevista Española de Cirugía Ortopédica y Traumatología, 2021
Resumen: Introducción: La alta prevalencia de la patología del antepié genera largas listas de espera quirúrgica (LEQ). Hemos detectado un considerable número de pacientes que renuncian a la cirugía, lo que crea una importante distorsión en nuestra ...
S. Llanos   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Same day sputum smear microscopy for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis: Ziehl-Neelsen versus fluorescent staining

open access: yesJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2015
Background: Sputum smear microscopy is the main tool for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB), especially in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).
T Jaya Chandra, R Selvaraj, Y V Sharma
doaj   +1 more source

Speech and language therapy for aphasia following stroke [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Background  Aphasia is an acquired language impairment following brain damage that affects some or all language modalities: expression and understanding of speech, reading, and writing.
Albert   +306 more
core   +3 more sources

A retrospective chart review of treatment completers versus noncompleters among in-patients at a tertiary care drug dependence treatment centre in India

open access: yesIndian Journal of Psychological Medicine, 2016
Background and Aims: Engagement into treatment is crucial for improving outcomes among patients with substance use disorders. This study aimed to find the rates and characteristics of treatment noncompletion in patients who were admitted to a drug ...
Siddharth Sarkar   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Fluorides, orthodontics and demineralization: a systematic review [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Objectives: To evaluate the effectiveness of fluoride in preventing white spot lesion (WSL) demineralization during orthodontic treatment and compare all modes of fluoride delivery.
A. A. Shah   +5 more
core   +2 more sources

Is the immediate effect of marathon running on novice runners' knee joints sustained within 6 months after the run? A follow-up 3.0 T MRI study. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate changes in the knee joints of asymptomatic first-time marathon runners, using 3.0 T MRI, 6 months after finishing marathon training and run.
D'Silva, A   +9 more
core   +2 more sources

Using network analysis for the prediction of treatment dropout in patients with mood and anxiety disorders: a methodological proof-of-concept study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
There are large health, societal, and economic costs associated with attrition from psychological services. The recently emerged, innovative statistical tool of complex network analysis was used in the present proof-of-concept study to improve the ...
Fisher, Aaron J.   +5 more
core   +1 more source

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