Sentences with phrase «telephone support interventions»

Telephone support interventions do not appear to reduce all - cause readmission, but they can improve survival and reduce readmission related to heart failure.

Not exact matches

To examine the effectiveness of different modes of offering similar supportive interventions (for example, whether the support offered was proactive or reactive, face - to - face or over the telephone), and whether interventions containing both antenatal and postnatal elements were more effective than those taking place in the postnatal period alone.

Based on the encouraging, but not statistically significant, results of the pilot study, they conducted a larger study (34), with the intervention consisting of daily in - hospital visits and 3 PP home visits from the team, PC telephone support through 6 mo PP, and unlimited access to a nurse via pager.

Bonuck et al. (30, 31) evaluated an intervention in which LCs provided a multiethnic sample of Bronx, New York, women with 3 visits (2 prenatal plus 1 PP), along with bilingual telephone support as needed.

Intervention: 3 antenatal home visits / 1 hospital visit / 1 «immediate» home visit and 1 or 2 further home visits «in the early weeks»; plus face - to - face and telephone support by a single lay supporter (mother / previous breastfeeding experience, but no indication of training)

For the control and telephone support group, a research nurse not involved with delivering the intervention, recruited the participants.

Therefore, for the review's four primary outcomes we carried out subgroup analysis to explore the impact of interventions involving different types of supporter (professional versus lay person, or both); types of support (face - to - face versus telephone support or both); timing of support (antenatal and postnatal versus postnatal alone); whether the support was proactive (scheduled contacts) or reactive (women needed to request support); and whether support interventions had similar effects in settings with different background breastfeeding initiation rates (low, medium or high background rates).

Intervention 2: 16 randomized, 15 followed up (not clear): usual care plus education plus daily visits by nurse while in hospital and telephone support 2 days after discharge and 1 week later and further support if necessary (up to 5 weeks postpartum).

We compared different types of intervention (support provided predominantly by face - to - face contact, predominantly by telephone, or by both face - to - face and telephone contact) for our primary outcomes.

Intervention: breastfeeding support from the researcher, a community midwife, consisting of daily visits in hospital, telephone call within 72 h of discharge and weekly through the fourth week postpartum, and at least 1 home visit (in the first week), with further home visits as required.

[phone] A United Way member agency, Toronto Distress Centres provides telephone support 24h a day 365 days a year for people experiencing emotional distress or in need of crisis intervention and suicide prevention.

The Mind People, Saint Paul, MN, 1/2009 to 9/2009 Intern • Assisted in assessing patients with behavior problems by engaging them in conversation • Provided support to psychologists in terms of taking patient data and providing feedback • Planned interventions and observation techniques to determine patient response to medication and therapy • Restrained unruly patients to ensure that they do not harm themselves • Took telephone calls for information and appointments • Maintained records of patients» medical and mental health histories

This report highlights the possible value of low - intensity interventions for children with anxiety disorders, and discusses how utilising low - technology telephone support can be a cost - effective way of using clinical resources.

Both planned (i.e. weekly or monthly telephone calls to support the patients with chronic disease) and unscripted telephone coaching interventions appear to be effective for improving self - management skills in people from vulnerable groups: the planned telephone coaching services had the advantage of regular contact and helping people develop their skills over time, whereas the unscripted services allowed the coach to tailor support to the patient's individual needs.

Intervention: Two models were tested: eight weeks of group sessions facilitated by two trained volunteers and one - to - one telephone support using the 9 little LLTTF booklets

The intervention consisted of well - child visits, a minimum of six home visits, a telephone hotline to discuss the baby's development, developmental assessments, written materials on infant development and health issues, parent support groups and referral to community resources from the birth of the child to age 3 years.

The intervention group received training through a group version of the Triple P program, followed by telephone support sessions once a week for four weeks.

The intervention consisted of enhanced training for parents in the form of group sessions, behavior management techniques, and telephone support.

Findings from the observational measure indicated that parents in the Incredible Years group used less harsh / negative parenting practices and more positive parenting practices following the intervention compared to parents in the telephone support and medication groups.

Promising interventions include the provision of intensive, professionally - based postpartum home visits, telephone - based peer support, and interpersonal psychotherapy.

Interventions included psycho - educational strategies, cognitive behavioural therapies (CBT), interpersonal psychotherapies, non-directive counselling, psychological debriefing and social support, delivered by telephone, in home visits or group sessions, by professional or lay person.