Sentences with phrase «randomized intervention studies»

In 24 randomized intervention studies (n = 1280), both maternal sensitivity and children's attachment security were assessed as outcome measures.

This study is a follow - up of two randomized intervention studies The OSLC Relationship Study 1 and The OSLC Relationship Study 2 aimed at improving adjustment and reducing delinquency during adolescence.

This study is a follow - up of two randomized intervention studies aimed at improving adjustment and reducing delinquency during adolescence.

References Maersk M, Belza A. Sucrose - sweetened beverages increase fat storage in the liver, muscle, and visceral fat depot: a 6 - month randomized intervention study.

Not exact matches

The study evaluated 344 patients and was randomized, with 321 receiving a study intervention; 163, angiotensin II; and 158, a placebo.

• In another randomized controlled study of an intervention designed to reduce smoking in expectant fathers, addressing the mothers alone resulted in 5 % of the fathers» quitting, while addressing the father directly resulted in a 15 % quit rate (McBride et al, 2004).

But this doesn't make sense for everything we do in health care, and we know the information we get from randomized controlled trials doesn't always translate well to real life because 1) the restrictions we put on eligibility for studies rarely allows the results to be generalized to the population as a whole and 2) Adherence to the intervention tends to be higher in a randomized controlled trial than in real life which makes the effect seem «better» than it is.

In this study, we empirically examined the impacts of a cluster - randomized intervention to promote breastfeeding in the Republic of Belarus.

Although not directly comparable, our findings are in broad agreement with those from routine data in Scotland that have indicated a positive association between Baby Friendly accreditation, but not certification, and breastfeeding at 1 week of age.17 Our findings reinforce those of Coutinho and colleagues who reported that high exclusive breastfeeding rates achieved in Brazilian hospitals implementing staff training with the course content of the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative were short - lived and not sustained at home unless implemented in combination with post-natal home visits.35 Similarly in Italy, training of staff with an adapted version of the Baby Friendly course content resulted in high breastfeeding rates at discharge, with a rapid decrease in the days after leaving hospital.36 In contrast, a cluster randomized trial in Belarus (PROBIT) found an association between an intervention modelled on the Baby Friendly Initiative with an increased duration of breastfeeding37 an association also reported from an observational study in Germany.38 Mothers in Belarus stay in hospital post-partum for 6 — 7 days, and in Germany for 5 days, with post-natal support likely to be particularly important in countries where mothers stay in the hospital for a shorter time, with early discharge likely to limit the influence of a hospital - based intervention.

Our study illustrates that a randomized intervention trial with good socioeconomic information can help assess interventions designed to improve population health not only by examining the intervention effects on primary outcomes but also by evaluating the intervention's impact on socioeconomic inequalities.

The randomized intervention design is one of strengths in our study, providing less biased estimates of impact of the intervention on socioeconomic inequalities.

One randomized controlled trial comparing home - visited families with control participants who received other community services found a statistically significant difference in mean depressive symptoms at two years post-enrollment, but this contrast was nonsignificant at three years post - enrollment.15 A second study of Early Head Start found no differences in depressive symptoms between intervention and control group participants post-intervention, although a difference was detected at a longer - term follow - up prior to children's enrollment in kindergarten.10 Other randomized controlled trial studies have not found effects of home visitation on maternal depressive symptoms.12, 16,17

«It is crucial that we have more randomized controlled trials on interventions to increase breastfeeding rather than relying on heavily confounded observational studies or biased expert opinion.»

The aim of this study was to evaluate adherence to the Neonatal Resuscitation Program algorithm by subjects working from memory as compared to subjects using a decision support tool that provides auditory and visual prompts to guide implementation of the Neonatal Resuscitation Program algorithm during simulated neonatal resuscitation.Healthcare professionals (physicians, nurse practitioners, obstetrical / neonatal nurses) with a current NRP card were randomized to the control or intervention group and performed three simulated neonatal resuscitations.

To be included in this critical review, studies had to be U.S. - based randomized trials evaluating a breastfeeding promotion intervention, reporting breastfeeding outcome data, enrolling primarily minority participants, and conducting analyses by intention to treat.

There are many decisions a researcher makes beyond whether or not the study participants will be randomized to an intervention.

This study provided interventions on randomized mothers so they wouldn't stop breastfeeding, and those babies who breastfed for a year - ish scored higher on IQ tests.

This study is a randomized clinical trial (RCT) with 50 mother / infant pairs in the intervention arm, 50 in one control group and 25 in a third control group.

«This is the largest randomized trial of any behavioral intervention in children with autism spectrum disorder, and it shows that parent training works,» notes Lawrence Scahill, MSN, PhD, professor of pediatrics at Marcus and Emory School of Medicine, who directed the study.

Implementation of steps 1 — 9 was assessed at the end of the study using the hospital self - appraisal questionnaire and each of the clinics randomized to intervention groups met at least 80 % of the global criteria for each step.

The study conducted in Philadelphia is believed to be the first randomized controlled trial to test inexpensive interventions that restore vacant urban land and reduce violence and fear among residents.

This is the latest study from the Cooperative Lifestyle Intervention Program (CLIP - II), a single - blind, randomized controlled trial.

To get around that problem, this study used the Bradford Hill criteria: a standard tool for assessing the impact of broad - based public health interventions where it is ethically not feasible or operationally impractical to conduct randomized controlled trials.

After initial screening, the researchers randomized the study participants into three groups: a referral group that received a list of treatment services; a brief intervention group that received a motivational consultation and referral; and a third group given a brief intervention and treatment with buprenorphine that was continued in primary care.

African - Americans and men reported the greatest levels of improvement, and the 79 patients who reported moderate levels of anxiety at baseline generally did well over the course of follow - up, whether they were later randomized to the study intervention or not.

In their study, the researchers randomized 22 urban elementary schools serving low - income families to either the INSIGHTS intervention or a supplemental reading program, which served as a control condition.

A second study, which was another joint effort by UW and UCSF, randomized more than 600 people across the United States assessed as moderately or mildly depressed to one of three interventions: Akili's Project: EVO; iPST, an app deployment of problem - solving therapy; or a placebo control (an app called Health Tips, which offered healthy suggestions).

«This is a preliminary study that will hopefully be confirmed by other studies, including a randomized diet intervention study instroke survivors,» she says.

As part of the study, the researchers randomized captains to one of four groups, including one «business as usual» control group and three active intervention groups, and sent them monthly letters from February 2014 through September 2014.

The researchers performed a follow - up study of 168 patients from a previous randomized trial evaluating a «practical intervention» to help smokers quit before surgery.

Their most powerful tool in this job is the randomized controlled trial, a type of experiment in which researchers separate participants into two or more groups and subject some of them to the intervention to be studied, like a new drug or surgical procedure.

The researchers report long - term outcomes from the Qidong Hepatitis B intervention Study (QHBIS), a randomized controlled trial of neonatal HBV vaccination that was conducted between 1983 and 1990 in Qidong County, a rural area in China with a high incidence of HBV - related primary liver cancer (PLC) and other liver diseases.

In this study, 41 rural towns (including a total of 77,658 newborns over the study period) were randomized to the intervention (HBV vaccination for all newborns) or control (no vaccination) groups, with two - thirds of the control group participants receiving a catch - up vaccination at age 10 - 14 years.

White and his colleagues conducted a secondary analysis of the Action for Health in Diabetes (Look AHEAD) study, a randomized intervention of trial adults ages 45 to 76 years who were obese and had Type 2 diabetes mellitus that started in 2001.

«Among those we studied who were randomized to the diet and exercise intervention, it was found that they were 15 percent less likely to develop knee pain compared with their counterparts randomized to the control condition.»

«While the results of this study are preliminary, they hold promise for enhancing and maintaining brain reserve in later life, particularly among sedentary individuals who may benefit most urgently from behavioral interventions like Experience Corps,» said Carlson, who is now leading a larger fMRI trial as part of a large - scale randomized trial of the Baltimore Experience Corps Program.

Specifically, results from ERSPC document a relative risk reduction of prostate cancer - specific death of 21 % at a median follow - up of 11 years17 While the absolute reduction in prostate cancer - specific mortality was relatively small (0.10 deaths per 1,000 person - years or 1.07 deaths per 1,000 men randomized), this may represent an underestimate of benefit given the length of follow - up of the study and the degree of non-compliance in the intervention arm.

Various types of meditation have been shown to improve well - being among different populations such as physicians and the general public.14, 15, 16 Preliminary evidence suggests that meditation - based interventions may slow cellular aging rates by increasing telomerase activity, but many such studies lacked an active control group.17, 18 Recent randomized trials in breast cancer suggest that long - term intensive meditation interventions might have positive effects on telomerase activity.

They stated that the effectiveness of the intervention should be confirmed in a randomized controlled study including a control group.

In addition, participants randomized to the intervention group in our study lived 4.9 months longer than those in usual care, although this difference was not statistically significant because of the heterogeneity of survival among our participants.

«In the study, investigators randomized 40 newly diagnose NSCLC patients to receive either fish oil (EPA 2.2 g / day) or standard care (no intervention; n = 24) while undergoing first - line chemotherapy for 10 weeks.The investigator found that about 69 % of the patients who took fish oil gained or maintained muscle mass.

Some important studies include: • Beneficial effects of a high carbohydrate, high fiber diet on hyperglycemic diabetic men (1976) • Response of non-insulin-dependent diabetic patients to an intensive program of diet and exercise (1982) • Diet and exercise in the treatment of NIDDM: The need for early emphasis (1994) • Toward improved management of NIDDM: A randomized, controlled, pilot intervention using a low fat, vegetarian diet (1999) • The effects of a low - fat, plant - based dietary intervention on body weight, metabolism, and insulin sensitivity (2005) • A low - fat vegan diet improves glycemic control and cardiovascular risk factors in a randomized clinical trial in individuals with type 2 diabetes (2006) • A low - fat vegan diet and a conventional diabetes diet in the treatment of type 2 diabetes: a randomized, controlled, 74 - wk clinical trial (2009) • Vegetarian diet improves insulin resistance and oxidative stress markers more than conventional diet in subjects with Type 2 diabetes (2011) • Glycemic and cardiovascular parameters improved in type 2 diabetes with the high nutrient density (HND) diet (2012)

The 40 - day physical activity study was a randomized intervention trial designed to increase physical activity of insufficiently active adults.

The analysis was based on data from 123 overweight - to - obese, sedentary, Seattle - area women, ages 50 to 75, who were randomly assigned to two arms of a controlled, randomized year - long dietary weight - loss intervention study: diet only and exercise plus diet.

The new SMILES trial was presented at the conference: the first randomized controlled diet depression study where ONE THIRD of the dietary intervention group saw improvements in their depression and anxiety symptoms by switching from processed / junk food to real food with no specific dietary restrictions.

These included intervention studies, randomized controlled trials, observational studies and animal studies.

The review included 56 randomized, controlled trials or intervention studies that were divided into two categories, depending on their duration:

This is the latest study from the Cooperative Lifestyle Intervention Program (CLIP - II), a single - blind, randomized controlled trial.

So it all seems plausible that whole grain intake does indeed offer direct benefits; however, only results from randomized controlled intervention studies can provide the evidence of cause and effect.

In a randomized controlled study of patients with Major Depressive Disorder, University of Pennsylvania psychologists found that SKY significantly improved depression and anxiety after 8 weeks (a 1 - week intervention followed by a weekly group practice and daily home practice for 7 weeks).