Sentences with phrase «such efficacy studies»

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Dreweke pointed to a study detailing the increased use of long - acting reversible contraceptives (such as IUDs and implants) among teens; although the study was only conducted among women who already used contraception, the efficacy of longer - acting contraceptives is higher than those of other birth control methods.

Furthermore, there have been no studies of the safety and efficacy of other delivery methods such as vaping or liquid formulation.

In addition, alternatives to repeated Pap testing, such as cytologic reprocessing of inadequate samples or primary HPV DNA screening should be studied for efficacy and acceptability among FTM patients.

«To prove the efficacy we need double - blind control studies, which is very difficult to conduct in such settings,» he says.

A new study shows that some anti-inflammatory medicines, such as aspirin, estrogen, and Fluimucil, can improve the efficacy of existing schizophrenia treatments.

At the same time, the new findings with sirukumab could lead to new efficacy studies being instigated for other inflammatory diseases, such as other forms of arthritis or other inflammatory diseases, e.g. vasculitis.

«The need for improving nursing home staff palliative care knowledge and practice is generally agreed upon, and the efficacy of such improvement is supported by our study findings,» the authors wrote.

They go on to say that «since no single broadly neutralizing antibody combines the entire range of mechanistic features anticipated to support in vivo efficacy, our study adds further evidence that combinations of such antibodies need to be considered for human application.»

In addition to the small sample size and the fact that the trial was not designed or intended as an efficacy study, one important caveat is that because the trial was not investigator - blinded, it is likely that at least some bias was introduced into the assessments, particularly on the more subjective ones such as the IGA and some components of the MDS - UPDRS II and III subscales.

With the availability of this remarkable tool, it's hard to understand why so many researchers continue to use grain - based chow diets in nutrition studies and even, as we shall see, in studies that are not necessarily nutrition - oriented, such as drug and compound efficacy studies, or behavioral studies.

Monies have gone to fund such projects as a postdoctoral fellow studying familial hypercholesterolemia, evaluating the efficacy and safety of a new drug for congenital hyperinsulinism, and identifying molecular targets for Pitt - Hopkins Syndrome treatments.

We know that the lemony aura of limonene is more than just a scent, as it can be found in our blood after exposure.8 Furthermore, several anticancer cellular pathways appear to be affected by the terpene limonene, leading some to suggest it has anticancer, or chemopreventative, benefits.9 While feeding it to rats in studies has revealed some efficacy against breast tumors, 10 we have a ways to go before we can make such bold claims in humans.

The study measured the efficacy of massage therapy treatment by utilizing the Alcohol Withdrawal Scale (AWS), a tool for measuring physiological alcohol withdrawal symptoms such as one - minute radial pulse rate and respiration rate at the beginning and end of each 15 - minute massage or rest interval.

While the authors hypothesize that HMB may be effective in periods of increased catabolism, such as during contest preparation, the efficacy of HMB on maintenance of lean mass in dieting athletes has not been investigated in a long - term study.

``... in order to better understand the pathogenesis of AD [Alzheimer's Disease], to study and to monitor the activity and the efficacy of new therapeutic approaches such as KD [Ketogenic Diet] and, finally, to develop a personalized management of the disease».

Even mundane decisions such as textbook purchases are rarely informed by evidence, despite the fact that the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) have funded curricula development and efficacy studies for years.

Even mundane decisions such as textbook purchases are rarely informed by evidence, even though the federal government has funded curricula development and efficacy studies for years.

The effectiveness of the model has been studied in over 20 years of research and field - testing about: (a) the effectiveness of the model as perceived by key groups, such as principals, teachers, students, and parents; (b) research related to student creative productivity; (c) research relating to personal and social development; (d) the use of SEM with culturally diverse or special needs populations; (e) research on student self - efficacy; (f) the use of SEM as a curricular framework; (g) research relating to learning styles and curriculum compacting; and (h) longitudinal research on the SEM.

Previous studies of school - leader efficacy have measured the effects of various demographic variables, but without much effort to explain why such variables might influence sense of efficacy.

Prior studies of IWB use have indicated that contextual influences, such as teacher philosophy and efficacy, likely impact teacher instructional use of an IWB.

In receiving care of a specialized nature such as root canal treatment, patients need and deserve treatment that meets the standard of care and this study allowed us to understand the efficacy of such treatment if rendered.

By equivalent we mean approaches supported by robust evidence (such as monitoring studies) to demonstrate their efficacy, with particular regard to indoor air quality, energy performance, comfort, and the prevention of surface / interstitial condensation.

That latter school is also benefiting from marijuana in other ways: Thanks to $ 900,000 from the state's marijuana tax fund and $ 270,000 in county pot excise taxes to be used for «community enhancement,» CSU - Pueblo last year opened the Institute of Cannabis Research to study topics such as the impact of legalization on local economies, industrial hemp cultivation, and the efficacy of cannabidiol.

Increased weed and pest pressure associated with longer growing seasons and warmer winters will be an increasingly important challenge; there are already examples of earlier arrival and increased populations of some insect pests such as corn earworm.64 Furthermore, many of the most aggressive weeds, such as kudzu, benefit more than crop plants from higher atmospheric carbon dioxide, and become more resistant to herbicide control.72 Many weeds respond better than most cash crops to increasing carbon dioxide concentrations, particularly «invasive» weeds with the so - called C3 photosynthetic pathway, and with rapid and expansive growth patterns, including large allocations of below - ground biomass, such as roots.73 Research also suggests that glyphosate (for example, Roundup), the most widely - used herbicide in the United States, loses its efficacy on weeds grown at the increased carbon dioxide levels likely to occur in the coming decades.74 To date, all weed / crop competition studies where the photosynthetic pathway is the same for both species favor weed growth over crop growth as carbon dioxide is increased.72

Such studies use analysis periods or methods that minimise the impact of volcanism, and thereby avoid bias from low volcanic efficacy.

One study reported in the Journal of Applied Psychology found that specific sales efficacy tests were a better predictor of job performance than personality tests such as the Big Five.

Recent studies have raised concerns about the efficacy of EC pills (particularly levonorgestrel products such as Plan B One - Step ® and its generics) when the user is above a certain weight.

Results: Reliability and validity of the scale and its four subscales, such as «stop unpleasant emotions and thoughts» (a = 0.92) «used problem - focused coping» (a = 0.71), Self - efficacy on diabetes problem solving (a = 0.74) and «get support from friends and family» (a = 0.67) were approved explicitly by a psychometric analysis; these show that the scale was slightly valid and reliable on the study setting.

The importance of this study can be due to the attention to the reduced amount of investigations focused on the relationship among affect states, resilience, and perceived self - efficacy in life skills in Italian healthy adolescents, and to the suitability to deepen the effects of positive growing factors such as «positive affectivity» in the life span of adolescents.

It is important that additional efficacy studies such as this one are undertaken with multitraumatised families (for example, domestic violence, drug abuse, economic hardship, community violence, etc).

Recent theoretical work suggests that bullying might arise out of early cognitive deficits — including language problems, imperfect causal understanding, and poor inhibitory control — that lead to decreased competence with peers, which over time develops into bullying.14, 15 A small number of studies provide circumstantial evidence that such a hypothesis might have merit7: 1 study found a link between poor early cognitive stimulation and (broadly defined) inappropriate school behavior, 16 and another found cognitive stimulation at age 3 years to be protective against symptoms of attention - deficit disorder at age 7 years.17 A study of Greek children found that academic self - efficacy and deficits in social cognition were related to bullying behavior.18 A large US national survey found that those who perceive themselves as having average or below - average academic achievement (as opposed to very good achievement) are 50 % to 80 % more likely to be bullies.8 Yet these studies are based on cross-sectional surveys, with the variables all measured at a single point in time.

Some studies, such as those testing the efficacy of the Nurse - Family Partnership program across several sites, have shown positive outcomes in multiple domains for both mothers and children, with some of these effects continuing into the adolescent years.

In it Wampold, a former statistician studying primarily outcomes with depressed patients, reported that (1) psychotherapy can be more effective than placebo, (2) no single treatment modality has the edge in efficacy, and (3) factors common to different psychotherapies, such as whether or not the therapist has established a positive working alliance with the client / patient, account for much more of the variance in outcomes than specific techniques or modalities.

In general, study results support the efficacy of (1) primary care educational efforts toward promoting optimal parent - child interaction, parents» understanding of child temperament, book - sharing activities, and approaches to healthy sleep habits and (2) office interventions such as counseling for the management of excessive infant crying and sleep problems.

Many states are partnering with academic researchers to study activities, such as scale - up of evidence - based home visiting, the efficacy of enhancements on home visiting models, or the efficacy of infrastructure supports such as state - or county - level centralized intake and screening systems.

One such group was analyzed by Berry and McCauley (2007) who studied the efficacy of the Intensive Reunification Program (IRP) that took place at a Midwestern child welfare agency.

Summary: (To include comparison groups, outcomes, measures, notable limitations) This study evaluated the efficacy of a culturally adapted version of the Early Pathways (EP) program [now called the Early Pathways Program (EPP)-RSB- for children severe behavior and emotional problems, such as aggression, oppositional behavior, self - injury and property destruction.

Summary: (To include comparison groups, outcomes, measures, notable limitations) This study examined the efficacy of group Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) in relieving depressive symptoms and improving functioning and evaluated the feasibility of such studies in sub-Saharan Africa.

The mean relapse rate is 50 % at one year and over 70 % at four years.1 A recent prospective twelve year follow - up study showed that individuals with bipolar disorder were symptomatic for 47 % of the time.2 This poor outcome in naturalistic settings suggests an efficacy effectiveness gap for mood stabilisers that has resulted in a re-assessment of the role of adjunctive psychological therapies in bipolar disorder.3 Recent randomised controlled trials show that the combination of pharmacotherapy and about 20 — 25 sessions of an evidence - based manualised therapy such as individual cognitive behaviour therapy4 or family focused therapy5 may reduce relapse rates in comparison to a control intervention (mainly treatment as usual) in currently euthymic people with bipolar disorder.

These studies should also include shorter time intervals such as months or weeks, to capture the changes in self - efficacy levels that can occur within 6 months time lags.

In these studies an important factor such as the level of stability in self - efficacy over time, might have been missed.

Summary: (To include comparison groups, outcomes, measures, notable limitations) This study utilizes information from Dishion et al. (2008) to examine the efficacy of Family Check - Up (FCU) in improving maternal depression and test whether such changes if found, accounted for reductions in both child externalizing and internalizing problem behaviors.

Previous studies have documented the association between bullying and both health behaviors and symptoms.21, 43,44 These studies indicate that while being bullied is associated with difficulty making friends and lower use of alcohol, 21 perpetration of bullying is associated with more time spent with friends44 and increased use of alcohol and cigarettes.21 This suggests that although adolescents who are bullied may be at less risk for adverse health outcomes associated with substance use, they may be at increased risk for somatic complaints associated with poor peer relationships.3, 18 New initiatives such as the US Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration's Stop Bullying Now campaign45 should be evaluated for their efficacy in raising public awareness and reducing the prevalence of bullying.

The purpose of the present study was to examine the relationship between bullying, victimization and a number of social - emotional variables such as trait emotional intelligence, empathy and self - efficacy in 206 elementary school 6th graders in Greece.

Additionally, there are several potential risk factors (such as negative life events, family conflict, medical illness) and protective factors (such as social support, adaptive coping strategies, self - efficacy) for poor mental health and mental wellbeing (WHO 2012) that were not measured and might have added to the predictive strength of the study.

Future studies should include control beliefs and specific forms of self - efficacy, such as barrier and instrumental self - efficacy.