[PDF] Top 20 A cluster randomized controlled trial on the effects and costs of advance care planning in elderly care: study protocol

... the effects of imple- menting a regional ACP program in German nursing homes and concluded that the implementation led in many cases to the completion of advance directives with potential relevance to ... See full document

... of care, and so re- quires cultural ...significant effects in service use and costs to become ...health care costs in the experimental group usually are higher than in the usual ... See full document

... based care-model integrated in routine prenatal care, combining health assessment, education, and ...the effects are less obvious when limited to the results of randomized controlled ... See full document

... early care bundle that comprises early and comprehensive management of symptoms, along with prompt detection and treatment of precipitating factors should improve AHF outcome in elderly ...stepped-wedge, ... See full document

... action planning for change, several process and policy changes were discussed that may have been more amenable to vita- min D and calcium (for example, standard orders, dietary review and ...frail elderly ... See full document

... alone (control group). The random number generator in Excel was used when a pair of nursing homes was ready to be enrolled, such that one was allocated to intervention and one to usual care at the same time. This ... See full document

... the trial will be in accordance with CONSORT guide- lines for cluster randomized trials [46, ...as randomized without imputation of miss- ing data, and with due emphasis placed on confidence ... See full document

... individually randomized to either be trained to stop smoking or not, the outcome ‘change in fre- quency of smoking’ will not entirely be related to the train- ing ...the effects of the intervention; ... See full document

... right care in the right place and at the right time for an aging population requiring care is a priority issue for most ministries of health across Canada ...for elderly people in Canada is whether ... See full document

... health care costs than usual care, due to the additional staff and assistance of physiotherapist, registered dietician, occupational therapist, ...higher costs are negligible compared with ... See full document

... Acute illness is a common reason for encounter of chil- dren in family practice. The large majority of these chil- dren suffer from non-serious, self-limiting conditions. Less than 1% of acutely ill children visiting ... See full document

... Recently, an electronic monitoring system has been developed for the continuous registration of hand cream consumption and data recording. This system enables a detailed feedback to HCWs on the frequency with which the ... See full document

... this study is that a broad group of cli- ents with long-term SMI (elderly, double diagnosis, mild intellectual disabilities, inpatient and outpatient) will be ...The CARe methodology is for all ... See full document

... Based on Proctor and colleagues’ descriptions of fidelity as an implementation outcome, it could be argued that this study’s primary outcome (documentation of ACP) measures intervention fidelity [46]. However, documenta- ... See full document

... antenatal care in advance, and if necessary, also visit their home to talk with the participants ...antenatal care recommended by WHO is low in rural Bangladesh, our first target will to improve the ... See full document

... primary care academic teaching practices of the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany, are randomized into two study ...both study groups include hypertensive patients with and without ... See full document

... limited trial of treatment, oral/intravenous medications, non-invasive ventilation support and trans- fer to hospital, if needed) or full treatment (may consider intubation, mechanical ventilation, cardioversion ... See full document

... Veteran activation within the clinical encounter is assessed by audio-recording primary care visits using Dr. Richard Street ’ s communication coding system. This system defines activation as the degree to which ... See full document

... Retirement Study indicate that 40% of decedents require decision making about treatment in the final days of life, of whom 70% lack decision-making capacity ...a study with little likelihood of personal ... See full document

... were randomized to the inter- vention arm of the trial that received a reciprocal peer- review and a control arm that continued to undertake COPD service development within normal ...the study or ... See full document