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Why do we need randomised controlled trials to assess behavioural interventions? [PDF]

, 1998
Merits of randomised controlled trials in behavioural and psychosocial research do not differ fundamentally from those in clinical medicine. Interventions that target behaviour are often complex and demanding, as are the requirements of good ...
J. Stephenson, J. Imrie, Imrie, J., Stephenson, J.   +3 more
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60/30: 60% of the Morbidity-Associated Multiple Sclerosis Disease Burden Comes From the 30% of Persons With Higher Impairments

Frontiers in Neurology, 2020
Background: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is the most common chronic, non-traumatic, neurologic disease in young adults. While approximate values of the disease burden of MS are known, individual drivers are unknown.Objective: To estimate the age-, sex-, and ...
Marco Kaufmann, Milo Alan Puhan, Anke Salmen, Christian P. Kamm, Christian P. Kamm, Zina-Mary Manjaly, Zina-Mary Manjaly, Pasquale Calabrese, Sven Schippling, Sven Schippling, Stefanie Müller, Jens Kuhle, Caroline Pot, Claudio Gobbi, Claudio Gobbi, Nina Steinemann, Viktor von Wyl, Swiss Multiple Sclerosis Registry (SMSR)   +17 more
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Hospital stay as a proxy indicator for severe injury in earthquakes: a retrospective analysis. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
INTRODUCTION: Earthquakes are the most violent type of natural disasters and injuries are the dominant medical problem in the early phases after earthquakes.
Lu-Ping Zhao, Martin Gerdin, Lina Westman, Jose Manuel Rodriguez-Llanes, Qi Wu, Barbara van den Oever, Liang Pan, Manuel Albela, Gao Chen, De-Sheng Zhang, Debarati Guha-Sapir, Johan von Schreeb   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Patient and Proxy Recall After Providing Written or Oral Informed Consent to Participate in an Interventional Trial

JAMA Network Open, 2022
This cohort study assesses recall rates among patients and their proxies who consented to participate in a randomized clinical trial.
Csaki Huttner, Angela, Von Dach-Saouter, Elodie, Prendki, Virginie, Harbarth, Stéphan Juergen, Kaiser, Laurent   +4 more
openaire   +3 more sources

التدخلات الأمريكية في امريكا اللاتينية والحرب بالوكــــــالـــة دراسة حالة "كوبــــــا " [PDF]

مجلة العلوم الادارية والسياسية
شكلت دول أمريكا اللاتينية ما يُعرَف بـ (الحديقة الخلفية) للولايات المتحدة الأمريكية،التي سعت دوما لأن تكون هذه الدول اللاتينية تحت سيطرتها، أو على الأقل تحكمها أنظمة موالية لها باعتبارها دول على تماس منها، ولضمان مجال الأمن القومي الأمريكي جاء (مبدأ ...
عمرو ممدوح الخولي
doaj   +1 more source

A brief intervention for preparing ICU families to be proxies: A phase I study

PLOS ONE, 2017
Family members of critically ill patients report high levels of conflict with clinicians, have poor understanding of prognosis, struggle to make decisions, and experience substantial symptoms of anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress regardless of patient survival status.
Alison E. Turnbull, Caroline M. Chessare, Rachel K. Coffin, Dale M. Needham   +3 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Goodbye to Projects? - Briefing Paper 4: Lessons for the community-based planning interventions. [PDF]

, 2004
YesThis briefing paper compares two approaches to community-based planning in Tanzania, South Africa and Uganda. Analysing these interventions through an audit of sustainable livelihood `principles¿ (as a proxy for best practice) reveals general lessons ...
Muhumuza, F., Kamuzora, Faustin, Tamasane, T., Toner, Anna L., Goldman, I., Howlett, David, Franks, Tom R.   +6 more
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The Effect of Nonpharmaceutical Interventions Implemented in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic on Seasonal Respiratory Syncytial Virus: Analysis of Google Trends Data

Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2022
BackgroundRespiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a major cause of respiratory infection in children. Despite usually following a consistent seasonal pattern, the 2020-2021 RSV season in many countries was delayed and changed in ...
Hersh D Ravkin, Elad Yom-Tov, Lior Nesher   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Personalized Zebrafish Models for Fusion‐Positive Pediatric Sarcomas

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Clinical sequencing efforts have revolutionized our approaches to categorizing pediatric cancers in real time. This has dramatically improved our ability to profile pediatric tumors, identify actionable vulnerabilities, and influence clinical care.
Lisa H. Hall, Emma N. Harrison, Genevieve C. Kendall   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Early Impact of Childhood Opportunity on Neurocognitive Outcomes in Sickle Cell Disease

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Neurocognitive impairment is a well‐recognized complication of sickle cell disease (SCD) that begins early in childhood and persists across development. While cerebrovascular injury contributes substantially to risk, neurocognitive deficits are also observed in children without overt or silent cerebral infarctions, suggesting ...
Julia E. LaMotte, Hannah Koch, Olivia A. Coughlin, Jillian R. Bouck, Allie Carter, Seethal A. Jacob   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source