[PDF] Top 20 The effectiveness of problem solving therapy for stroke patients: study protocol for a pragmatic randomized controlled trial

... that patients in the intervention group show improvement caused by the extra attention they receive and not so much by the assumed effective ele- ments of the therapy; this attention effect may be con- ... See full document

... COCOA Study is a prospective, pragmatic, pilot randomized controlled trial ...[54-56]. Pragmatic clinical trials are designed and ‘aligned with the purpose of comparative ... See full document

... [14,15]. Patients admitted to the hospital for cellulitis generally receive their initial antibiotic regimen intravenously ...IV therapy, switching to oral antibiotics is generally ac- cepted when ... See full document

... after stroke, result- ing in a failure to report or respond to stimulation in contralesional hemispace (25-30% of all stroke patients, ...of patients, neglect does not recover after one year ... See full document

... health problem that does not just decrease the quality of life of the patients and their social and familiar environ- ment but also involves the worsening of the patients’ prognosis, as well as ... See full document

... Adolescence is a critical period for the prevention and treatment of mental health problems. Around 10% of adolescents experience a mental disorder [1] and about half of all mental disorders have their on- set by the ... See full document

... this pragmatic randomized controlled trial, 140 patients with unresectable (BCLC intermediate stage) hepatocellular carcinoma, with Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status ... See full document

... The term ‘diabetes mellitus’ (DM) describes a metabolic disorder with a multifactor etiology characterized by chronic hyperglycemia, with alterations in the metabol- ism of carbohydrates, lipids and proteins due to ... See full document

... BEST study will be the first randomized controlled test of cognitive behaviour therapy for insomnia in patients with nonaffective ...The trial is funded for 24 months and staff ... See full document

... some pragmatic RCTs, which are called EHR-nested RCTs, have used EHRs to assess the effectiveness of various interven- tions ...reduce trial costs, time burden, and human resources [12, ...allow ... See full document

... this study is to evaluate the effect- iveness of plum-blossom needle therapy for ...needle therapy or placebo as a control ...dle therapy with HRT will reflect the effectiveness and ... See full document

... computerized self-paced modules that individual members complete on tablets. This hybrid group modality, in which about half the session activities are delivered as computer- ized self-paced modules, was found to be ... See full document

... ized patients in high-quality randomized control trials has manifested novel evidence that acupuncture is superior to sham acupuncture and placebo for managing chronic pain ...individual patients has ... See full document

... result patients can have a wide range of deficits in per- formance components, including mobility, balance, hand dexterity, memory and executive ...progresses, effectiveness of the medication regime often ... See full document

... Eligible patients were then asked to give written consent to the treatment to which they had been randomised, and to be followed up at 6 and 12 ...follow-up. Patients were sent a letter confirming their ... See full document

... following stroke [21 – 24] but not signifi- cantly more beneficial compared with conventional re- habilitation, likely due to lack of relevant tasks provided by non-immersive VR ...one study has ... See full document

... a randomized con- trolled trial (ISRCTN86289718) to evaluate the impact of a mostly telephone-based problem-solving (PS) inter- vention to distressed family caregivers of German geriat- ric ... See full document

... Participants allocated to the optimal acupunc- ture group will receive 4 weeks of optimal acu- puncture treatment in addition to background treatment. The optimal acupuncture will be delivered by experienced ... See full document

... Though most trauma survivors recover with time, for some, posttraumatic stress symptoms due to war experi- ences in childhood show persistence for years and even decades [6, 7], and have been shown to be related to a ... See full document

... structured problem solving, and behavioral ...treatment protocol but be flexibly tailored to the conceptualization of the individual’s presenting ...eight therapy sessions will be as follows: ... See full document