Sentences with phrase «intervention period»

The number of rule infractions during the 4 - month intervention period was compared with the number of rule infractions during the 4 - month period before the intervention.

Upon completion of the 12 - week intervention period, all participants were invited to complete a follow - up assessment.

At the end of the sleep hygiene period, the 14 - day intervention period commenced.

Patients in both groups received about 15 hours of face to face therapy sessions over the 3 week intervention period.

The primary outcome was the mean nutrient profile score (healthiness) of all packaged foods and beverages that were purchased over the 4 - wk intervention period and were measured with the use of the Food Standards Australia New Zealand Nutrient Profiling Scoring Criterion (NPSC)(18).

Surprisingly, although the exposure to the breathing bear was not effective in reducing crying / fussiness (as reported by the mother) compared to use of a regular bear, mother's reports on infants» negative temperament scores, and on depression and stress levels have decreased (at 7 and 9 months — 2 months post intervention period).

«Similar associations were found during the 5 - month intervention period only for both malaria and malaria with parasite counts greater than 5000 / µL (severe malaria).

The impact of the diet in this study was observed despite all patients staying in their hospital beds during the whole intervention period, which favored the body weight maintenance.

All participants recorded the time they went to sleep at night and woke up in the morning, on both training and nontraining days, throughout the entire intervention period.

Unlike in the other districts profiled here, most of the Fairfax County students attending intervention periods are advanced and looking for opportunities to pursue their individual interests rather than making up skill deficiencies, says Superintendent Peter Noonan.

Subjects completed the Spielberger Anger Expression Scale [31], as well as measures of lifestyle and environmental stress, including television viewing, before and after the 4 month intervention period [32].

Anger in, anger out, and anger control were analyzed as dependent variables using 2 (sex: male vs. female) by 2 (intervention: TM vs. CTL) by 2 (time: pre - vs. intervention period) repeated measures ANOVAs.

After a one - year intervention period, significant intervention effects were found for boys in conditional skills and for girls on flexibility in the IG compared to the CG.

The primary outcome was the mean healthiness of all packaged food purchases over the 4 - wk intervention period, which was measured by using the Food Standards Australia New Zealand Nutrient Profiling Scoring Criterion (NPSC).

The strengths of our study included its randomized design, which provided causal inference for our results; its relatively long intervention period, which helped us to detect an effect of the D treatment and the lack of adverse effects; and the 9 - mo follow - up, which allowed for an evaluation of the sustainability of the treatment outcomes.

The sleep journals and actigraph wristbands were used to record data during the 2 - day baseline period, 7 - day sleep hygiene period, and 14 - day intervention period.

A total of 59 CLABSIs occurred during the 12 - month standard care period, compared to 23 CLABSIs during the 12 - month intervention period during which alcohol - impregnated disinfection caps were used on all central line access ports.

It also plans to table an extension of the intervention period from the maximum 210 days until the end of the one - year Russian embargo.

The proportion of their own mother's milk during the first 10 days of life was high in both groups (89.1 percent of the total average intake during the intervention period for the donor milk group and 84.5 percent for the formula group).

The authors note the intervention period of the clinical trial was short.

A further 13 women were lost to follow - up during the intervention period.

Makarios (Then - President of Cyprus) speech during the period covering both the coup and the intervention

Five patients in the intervention group (1.4 percent) experienced serious adverse cardiac events within 24 hours of the end of the intervention period compared with none in the usual care group.

Also, there was a small but statistically significant increase in the primary or secondary diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome after the intervention period.

Results of the study revealed that employees who received feedback comparing their performance to the average participant (the 50th percentile) and financial incentives achieved exercise goals at the highest rate (45 percent of the time) during the intervention period.

The authors note the intervention period of the clinical trial was short.

Door - to - needle times for tPA administration of 60 minutes or less increased from 26.5 percent to 41.3 percent (and from 29.6 percent to 53.3 percent at the end of each intervention period).

The proportion of their own mother's milk during the first 10 days of life was high in both groups (89.1 percent of the total average intake during the intervention period for the donor milk group and 84.5 percent for the formula group).

However, during the 5 - month intervention period, there were more children admitted to the hospital in the iron group vs. the no iron group (156 vs. 128, respectively).

Throughout the intervention period, adherence to the use of MNP and insecticide - treated bed nets were similar between the iron group and the no iron group.

The study looked at a total of 8,934 prescriptions in the pre-intervention period (6,698 from internal medicine and 2,336 from family medicine), and a total of 12,443 prescriptions during the intervention period (9,012 from internal medicine and 3,431 from family medicine).

Behavioral troubles were significantly reduced over the intervention period and remained stable after (p < 0.01).

In the future, the researchers hope to consider other dosages of blueberries, longer intervention periods, and other sample populations, to find the exact mechanism behind their results.

At the conclusion of the intervention period, the pigs were examined for inflammatory markers.

The ratios of urine urea to creatinine with the high - protein and control diets were ≈ 14 ± 1.3 and ≈ 7 ± 0.7 at week 1 and remained relatively stable throughout the 5 - wk intervention period.

First, the intervention period was relatively short, or just three months.

At the beginning of the intervention period, all three participants showed signs of agitation, apathy and anxiety while two suffered from wondering and urinary incontinence.