Sentences with phrase «reduced in the intervention group»

At follow - up, a significant difference was found for «satisfaction with parenting» in favor of the intervention group and negative parenting approaches were reduced in the intervention group.

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• A brief, inexpensive US intervention (one prenatal session, in separate gender groups focusing on psychosocial issues related to becoming first - time parents) was associated with reduced distress in some mothers at six weeks postpartum.

In studies where there was randomisation at the clinic level, all women may have been exposed to the same intervention, and contamination between groups would thereby be reduced, but there may still have been a risk of response bias if outcomes were reported to staff providing care.

The distribution of clean needles to drug injectors, among other interventions, in New York City has reduced new HIV diagnoses among that group from thousands annually to 89 in 2013.

Additional proven HIV prevention interventions, such as PrEP, should be added to the mix to reduce HIV infections in women and other high - risk groups.»

In 1982 results came in from the Multiple Risk Factors Intervention Trial, which was designed to reduce the risk of coronary heart disease by counseling an experimental group to stop smoking, lower their blood pressure and cut back on saturated faIn 1982 results came in from the Multiple Risk Factors Intervention Trial, which was designed to reduce the risk of coronary heart disease by counseling an experimental group to stop smoking, lower their blood pressure and cut back on saturated fain from the Multiple Risk Factors Intervention Trial, which was designed to reduce the risk of coronary heart disease by counseling an experimental group to stop smoking, lower their blood pressure and cut back on saturated fat.

Our group focuses on developing pharmaceutical and immunological strategies to reduce HIV - 1 persistence, and on evaluating such interventions in clinical studies.

March 25, 2015 New analysis finds successes, gaps in community - based diabetes prevention programs Lifestyle interventions designed to reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes can work well in group - based, community settings, conclude authors from the University of Chicago Medicine in a new report issued by the New York State Health Foundation (NYSHealth) on March 25, 2015.

«These groups can now make a strong cost - benefit argument for inexpensive exposure reduction interventions, such as shade structures, hats and loose clothing, sunscreen, and shift scheduling to reduce the amount of time workers spend in the sun,» he said.

It is unclear exactly what foods were eaten in the dietary interventions, but in general the groups reduced daily caloric intake by roughly 500 calories and shot for macronutrient percentages of 50 % carbohydrate, 30 % fat, 20 % protein.

Those in the intervention group that lost weight and improved their health were able to reduce their medication use by an average of 30 %.

Participants in the two intervention groups were encouraged to lose 5 % of their baseline weight within 6 months and to maintain the reduced weight until the end of the study.

Three years later, they found that the movie group worked just as well in reducing divorce and separation rates: all three intervention groups had a divorce rate of 11 % versus 24 % in the control group.

This feature can guide planning after screening and reduce the leg work required in deciphering the results of the screening assessments, what measures you need to administer next, and how to group students for intervention and progress monitoring.

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS • Developed and implemented a series of interventions for a 5 year old with severe behavioral issues, resulting in him mellowing down without the use of medication • Suggested introduction of group therapy sessions to bring patients with behavioral problems (due to chronic illnesses) together, which decreased treatment time considerably • Introduced a special needs assistance unit within the facility, resulting in increased number of patients signing up • Devised a basic intervention plan to treat children with Autism which reduced time and difficulty in developing individualized plans

Methods and analysis This paper presents the protocol for a 3 - arm multicentre randomised controlled trial (RCT) to test the efficacy and cost - effectiveness of the combined internet - based self - help intervention Take Care of You (TCOY) to reduce alcohol misuse and depression symptoms in comparison with a waiting list control group and a comparable intervention focusing on problematic alcohol use only.

In this direction, some recent studies investigated that children and adolescents who attended educational programs focused on the promotion of self - efficacy in life skills reduced the onset of at - risk and maladaptive behaviors (Griffin et al., 2003; Botvin & Griffin, 2004; Yankah & Aggleton, 2008; Menrath et al., 2012; Jegannathan, Dahlblom, & Kullgren, 2014): it was possible to observe a significant and positive effect for the reduction of health - risk behaviors in the intervention group, compared to control group (see Menrath et al., 2012), confirming the efficacy of school - based on life skills programIn this direction, some recent studies investigated that children and adolescents who attended educational programs focused on the promotion of self - efficacy in life skills reduced the onset of at - risk and maladaptive behaviors (Griffin et al., 2003; Botvin & Griffin, 2004; Yankah & Aggleton, 2008; Menrath et al., 2012; Jegannathan, Dahlblom, & Kullgren, 2014): it was possible to observe a significant and positive effect for the reduction of health - risk behaviors in the intervention group, compared to control group (see Menrath et al., 2012), confirming the efficacy of school - based on life skills programin life skills reduced the onset of at - risk and maladaptive behaviors (Griffin et al., 2003; Botvin & Griffin, 2004; Yankah & Aggleton, 2008; Menrath et al., 2012; Jegannathan, Dahlblom, & Kullgren, 2014): it was possible to observe a significant and positive effect for the reduction of health - risk behaviors in the intervention group, compared to control group (see Menrath et al., 2012), confirming the efficacy of school - based on life skills programin the intervention group, compared to control group (see Menrath et al., 2012), confirming the efficacy of school - based on life skills programs.

It is recognised that the opportunities for prevention and public health interventions will be enhanced the more we understand the early pathways to poorer health and development1 and that to have an impact on health inequalities will require us to address the social determinants of early child health, development and well - being.2 However, appropriate service and systemic improvements for reducing developmental inequalities requires an understanding of the patterns of child health and development across population groups and geographies in order to underpin a progressive universal portfolio of services.3

A 14 session cognitive behavioural family intervention reduced psychiatric morbidity in caregivers of patients with Alzheimer's disease compared with a 1 session cathartic interview or a no interview control group, and improved patient activities of daily living at 3 months of follow up.

Caregiver - focused groups were rated as providing skills such as information and support that reduced the negative appraisal of caregiving, decreased uncertainty and lessened hopelessness, while also teaching skills to cope with the stresses of caregiving.66 This supports suggestions that such groups might give caregivers the chance to openly interact with other caregivers in the absence of their care recipients.57 Moreover, in a systematic review of psychosocial interventions, group based or otherwise, caregivers listed the most useful aspect of interventions as regular interactions with a professional, providing the chance to openly communicate issues with them, and as a time to talk about feelings and questions related to cancer.13, 66

Regarding interventions commencing at preschool age, two programs had the best balance of evidence for reducing internalising problems.25 In Canada, a brief (three month) psycho - educational group - based program tested in a controlled trial with parents of children exhibiting behavioural problems was found to also reduce child anxietIn Canada, a brief (three month) psycho - educational group - based program tested in a controlled trial with parents of children exhibiting behavioural problems was found to also reduce child anxietin a controlled trial with parents of children exhibiting behavioural problems was found to also reduce child anxiety.

Substantive evidence indicates that multi-family group (MFG) interventions are an effective treatment for psychotic illness, reducing relapse rates and psychiatric symptomatology in a cost - effective fashion.

A Multi-Level HIV - Prevention Strategy for High - Risk Youth (4) This collaborative project will develop and test a media intervention, in conjunction with group sessions, in reducing sexual risk behaviors among African American youth in four cities.

Results: Salivary oxytocin was enhanced both early and late in the intervention group and alpha amylase was reduced at post treatment in intervention group husbands and wives relative to controls.

There are few research or intervention programs designed to identify and address the specific needs of sandwiched individuals like myself to help them cope better.2 We know that members of the sandwiched generation (who care for young children and aging parents) often face burnout in their marriages, 2 which is feeling emotionally, physically, and mentally exhausted about the relationship.3 One group of researchers found that sandwiched couples who withdraw socially (e.g., pull away from friends) tend to have the worst well - being compared to those who do not withdraw.4 Although sandwiched women typically reduce the their work hours (or quit their jobs altogether) more than men in order to cope with stress, 5 I have never had that luxury due to always being the sole breadwinner.

To determine whether universal school - based interventions designed to enhance resilience are efficacious relative to a comparison group in reducing the extent of adolescent tobacco, alcohol or illicit drug use.

See: A psychosocial group intervention reduced psychological distress and enhanced coping in primary breast cancer.

Several interventions have been demonstrated to be effective in reducing the prevalence of behaviors that place adolescents at risk for acquisition of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).1 — 6 These programs have in common a small - group and face - to - face method of delivery, an emphasis on skills development referent to decision making, communication, negotiation and condom use, use of a wide variety of instructional formats and approaches to intervention delivery, and grounding in social learning theory.2 — 6 Despite the encouraging results that accompany these studies with reference to adolescent risk reduction, new challenges have emerged.

Parenting programmes are recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) as evidence - based interventions for several child psychological problems including for parents of children with ASD8 and children with intellectual disability.9 Group - based parent programmes can be effective in reducing behavioural problems in children with ASD, 10 improving dysfunctional parenting styles, 10 increasing parents» ability to facilitate their children's development of communication skills11, 12 and increasing children's vocabulary.11 Group parent programmes also have the added benefit of providing social support for the parents.13 This is especially important given that parents of children with ASD are more likely to experience depression and stress, particularly parents of young children and of children with high levels of behavioural problems.4 — 6 Therefore, group interventions show promise as a valuable resource to help parGroup - based parent programmes can be effective in reducing behavioural problems in children with ASD, 10 improving dysfunctional parenting styles, 10 increasing parents» ability to facilitate their children's development of communication skills11, 12 and increasing children's vocabulary.11 Group parent programmes also have the added benefit of providing social support for the parents.13 This is especially important given that parents of children with ASD are more likely to experience depression and stress, particularly parents of young children and of children with high levels of behavioural problems.4 — 6 Therefore, group interventions show promise as a valuable resource to help parGroup parent programmes also have the added benefit of providing social support for the parents.13 This is especially important given that parents of children with ASD are more likely to experience depression and stress, particularly parents of young children and of children with high levels of behavioural problems.4 — 6 Therefore, group interventions show promise as a valuable resource to help pargroup interventions show promise as a valuable resource to help parents.

Question: Are group - based behavioural and cognitive - behavioural parenting interventions effective and cost - effective in reducing early - onset child conduct problems?

As an example, a preventive intervention in families with internationally adopted infants significantly enhanced maternal sensitivity and also significantly reduced disorganized attachment: in the intervention group there were only 6 % disorganized - attached children compared with 22 % in the control group.11 This study used a brief intervention of three home - based sessions of video feedback focusing on parental sensitivity, with the intervention starting when the child was six months old.

[2] More public health benefit is gained through interventions which aim to shift the population mean than by reducing the level of the problem in the most affected group.

Parents in the intervention group increased the proportion of praise to ineffective commands they gave their children threefold, while control parents reduced it by a third (effect size between groups 0.76 (0.16 to 1.36), P = 0.018).

For the control group, self - efficacy reduced at month 9, and stayed lower than the other groups in the partial and full intervention, and results suggest that the longer someone participated in the peer support group, the more likely self - efficacy improved.

The ability of the program to reduce depressive symptoms was most effective for the full intervention group by month 15, suggesting that a shift in mental health takes a significant amount of time.

Summary: (To include comparison groups, outcomes, measures, notable limitations) The current study evaluated the effectiveness of a web - based version of Trust - Based Relational Intervention (TBRI)[now called Trust - Based Relational Intervention - Online Caregiver Training (TBRI)-RSB- in reducing behavioral problems and trauma symptoms in at - risk adopted children.

Summary: (To include comparison groups, outcomes, measures, notable limitations) The current study evaluated the effectiveness of Trust - Based Relational Intervention (TBRI)-- Caregiver Training in reducing behavioral problems and trauma symptoms in at - risk adopted children.

Results indicated that participants in the intervention group experienced a reduction in serious crimes during the year of treatment, and both groups demonstrated reduced rates of offending during the follow - up years.

Summary: (To include comparison groups, outcomes, measures, notable limitations) The study evaluated whether a short - term family intervention program [now called Family Functional Therapy (FFT)-RSB-, using a relatively rigorous experimental paradigm, effectively reduced maladaptive behavior patterns in adolescents.

Summary: (To include comparison groups, outcomes, measures, notable limitations) The present study evaluated the efficacy of the Middle School Success (MSS) intervention [now called KEEP SAFE] for reducing substance use and delinquency among girls in foster care.

Results indicate that intervention parents, reported changes in parents» awareness and regulation of emotion and emotion socialization practices and this resulted in reduced youth somatic complaints compared to the control group at postintervention follow - up (see length below).

As such, screening for mental health conditions and informing parents of concerning results appears to be an intervention in itself, and seems to reduce the likelihood of finding differences between the intervention and control groups.

Children who have disorganized attachment with their primary attachment figure have been shown to be vulnerable to stress, have problems with regulation and control of negative emotions, and display oppositional, hostile - aggressive behaviours, and coercive styles of interaction.2, 3 They may exhibit low self - esteem, internalizing and externalizing problems in the early school years, poor peer interactions, unusual or bizarre behaviour in the classroom, high teacher ratings of dissociative behaviour and internalizing symptoms in middle childhood, high levels of teacher - rated social and behavioural difficulties in class, low mathematics attainment, and impaired formal operational skills.3 They may show high levels of overall psychopathology at 17 years.3 Disorganized attachment with a primary attachment figure is over-represented in groups of children with clinical problems and those who are victims of maltreatment.1, 2,3 A majority of children with early disorganized attachment with their primary attachment figure during infancy go on to develop significant social and emotional maladjustment and psychopathology.3, 4 Thus, an attachment - based intervention should focus on preventing and / or reducing disorganized attachment.

The impact of the Lions Quest Skills for Adolescence programme was clearly documented showing positive outcomes on reducing prevalence of current use as well as intention to continue using alcohol, tobacco or cannabis in the intervention compared to the control group of students who did not receive the programme.

Research interests include examining the familial and peer systemic influences on child and adolescent aggression, individual differences influencing child and adolescent aggression, and interventions to reduce bullying behavior in peer groups.