Sentences with phrase «scale randomized study»

She has been directing a statewide evaluation of Oregon's Healthy Families (HFO) program for over 15 years and recently completed a large - scale randomized study of program effectiveness.

It also discusses the results from a small - scale randomized study of 62 4 - year - olds...

Static stretching neither prevented or induced injury when compared to not stretching before running, according to the results of a first - of - its - kind large scale randomized study presented at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons in San Diego.

Not exact matches

In 1998 Fred Sicher et al. performed a small scale double - blind randomized study of 40 patients with advanced AIDS.

A Randomized Double - Blind Study of the Effect of Distant Healing in a Population With Advanced AIDS Report of a Small Scale Study FRED SICHER, MA; ELISABETH TARG, MD; DAN MOORE 11, PhD; and HELENE S. SMITH, PhD; San Francisco, California The Western journal of medicine.

The most recent findings of the Belarus study (an excellent, large scale, randomized, first world study) were recently published and show that 11 year - olds have a 17 % GREATER chance of being obese or overweight if they were in the breastfeeding group than in the control group.

More large - scale, randomized controlled studies are needed to tease out the risks and benefits.

The researchers write that a large - scale, controlled and randomized study should be conducted to validate their findings.

The Physicians» Health Study II (PHS II) remains the only randomized, large - scale, long - term trial to test whether a daily multivitamin reduced cardiovascular disease risk, and researchers found that after 11 years of follow up, there was no significant difference in risk of major cardiovascular disease (CVD) events among men who took a multivitamin compared to those that took a placebo.

A large - scale randomized clinical study is needed to confirm the therapeutic value of video - game treatment in clinical situations.

«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.

A study by Jay P. Greene, Brian Kisida and Daniel H. Bowen, «The Educational Value of Field Trips,» was the first large - scale randomized - control trial designed to measure what students learn from school tours of an art museum.

The Center's staff has extensive experience in statistical analyses and data management, qualitative research methods, randomized controlled trials and quasi-experimental studies, and large - scale surveys.

It's «the first large - scale nationally randomized study of strategies for promoting the social and emotional development of 4 - year - olds,» as the New America Foundation's EdCentral blog points out.

Information regarding the theoretical foundations of MF - PEP has been published previously.21 Pilot studies indicate that MF - PEP is associated with the following: increased knowledge of mood disorders; increased positive family interactions; increased efficacy in seeking treatment; improved coping skills; improved parental attitude toward the child and the treatment; increased social support from parents; and a trend toward increased social support from peers in children.22, 23 To assess the impact of MF - PEP on children's mood symptoms, this full - scale randomized trial was conducted.

A recent review offers ambiguous support for the relation between home visitation and reductions in child maltreatment.2 The findings from several large - scale home - visitation efforts have shown disappointing short - term results in reducing family violence and child maltreatment.4, 9 A 15 - year follow - up study of the Elmira trial families, however, provided the first evidence from a randomized trial for the long - term effects of home visitation on reducing child maltreatment.10 Results from the follow - up showed that nurse - visited families had half as many child maltreatment reports as families in the comparison group.

Parents were assessed with the Family Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia.19 Teens were grouped into clinical groups based on their depressive symptoms and determination of DSM - III - R20, 21 diagnoses; details on all interviewed subjects are reported elsewhere.22 This analysis focuses on a medium depression group (n = 123 [25.9 %]-RRB-, which was called the subsyndromal group.12 These teens reported a previous depression episode or subdiagnostic levels of depressive symptoms that were insufficient to meet full criteria for a DSM - III - R affective diagnosis (Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale score, ≥ 24).16 Teens who met the criteria for the subsyndromal group and agreed to participate were randomized to receive either the prevention intervention program or usual care.

Few studies have specifically addressed this issue.14, 15 A large scale randomized control trial (RCT) comparing CBT, counselling and psychoanalytic therapy with routine care found that, while all active treatments were moderately effective in treating depression and brought about short term benefits in the quality of the mother - infant relationship, there was limited evidence of benefit to infant outcome; and effects (including those on maternal mood) were not apparent at follow - up.16, 17 Similarly, a recent RCT found that, although interpersonal psychotherapy was effective in treating maternal depression, there was no benefit in terms of observed mother - infant interactions, infant negative emotionality, and infant attachment security.18

In the past 45 years, hundreds of studies focusing on PMT with children with conduct problems have appeared.10 - 12, 15 - 18 Study designs have ranged from case descriptions, single - case designs, and simple pre - to post-treatment evaluations to large - scale, randomized controlled trials with various control and alternative treatment comparison conditions.