The phrase
"usual care" means the normal or customary level of care or attention that is expected or typical in a given situation or profession.
Full definition
It also incorporates elements from existing evidence - based treatments to fill identified gaps
in usual care practice.
One group
received usual care for neck pain that may have included medication or traditional physical therapy.
All patients also received
usual care for dual diagnosis patients consisting of weekly psychotherapy sessions and weekly meetings with a psychiatrist.
Mixed model analyses revealed clinically significant reductions in PTSD symptoms from baseline following the receipt of a service dog, but not while receiving
usual care alone.
Cost - utility of home - based fatigue self - management
versus usual care for the treatment of chronic fatigue syndrome.
But those improvements did not appear to result in a reduced rate of death, heart attacks or strokes compared with patients who
got usual care.
Question: Is modular psychotherapy more effective than standard psychotherapy or
usual care for depression, anxiety and conduct problems in youths?
The study employed two active implementation strategies and one
usual care control condition, the regular Western Australian Health Education Curriculum (Curriculum Council Western Australia, 2001).
All sites will initially collect data from patients who are receiving
usual care as they proceed through treatment.
Experimental psychoeducational interventions
v usual care or an attentional control group for depression symptoms in cancer
The intervention group received
usual care plus 5 sessions of cognitive behavioural therapy during the first 12 weeks and further targeted cognitive behavioural therapy (2 to 3 sessions per week) if early signs of relapse were present (e.g. racing thoughts, suspiciousness; assessed by fortnightly questionnaires or by the treatment team).
Of them 87, received
usual care provided by their own physicians and dieticians following the American Diabetes Association recommendations.
Usual care included routine contact with health visitors (who had not received the special training outlined above) at...
Among children undergoing mechanical ventilation for acute respiratory failure, the use of a nurse - implemented, goaldirected sedation protocol compared with
usual care did not reduce the duration of mechanical ventilation, according to a study appearing in JAMA.
A collaborative care approach delivering treatment to patients with depression comorbid with diabetes or cardiovascular disease achieves significant but small improvements
over usual care in depression and patient satisfaction
This randomized clinical trial examines whether a symptom and psychosocial collaborative care intervention vs
usual care improves heart failure — specific health status, depression, and symptom burden in patients with heart failure.
The study, which was funded by the Big Lottery Fund, also found that young people aged 13 and over who received music therapy had improved communicative and interactive skills, compared to those who received
usual care options alone.
Findings from a small randomized trial of this program support the feasibility of the program and suggest that the program can reduce program training and delivery time relative to
usual care without negatively impacting program fidelity.
Question: Is a computerised cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) intervention (SPARX: smart, positive, active, realistic, X-factor thoughts) as effective as
usual care at reducing depressive symptoms in help - seeking adolescents?
CVS began as a pharmacy chain, acquired pharmacy benefit management (PBM) capacity, and added numerous Minute Clinics to provide easy access and low -
cost usual care, then discontinued the sale of tobacco products as it changed its name to CVS Health.
Richard J. McManus, F.R.C.G.P., of the University of Oxford, and colleagues randomly assigned 552 patients with hypertension and a history of stroke, coronary heart disease, diabetes, or chronic kidney disease to self - monitoring of blood pressure combined with an individualized self - titration algorithm or a control group (patients received
usual care consisting of seeing their health care clinician for routine blood pressure measurement and adjustment of medication if necessary).
«We need to find ways of integrating palliative care concepts in patients»
usual care experiences so it isn't a luxury, but a standard part of health care for those living with serious illness.»
Corita R. Grudzen, M.D., M.S.H.S., of New York University, and coauthors conducted a randomized clinical trial to compare quality of life, depression, health care utilization and survival in ED patients with advanced cancer randomly assigned to an intervention with an ED - initiated palliative care consultation
vs. usual care.
Though it may not be the primary attraction here, the DVD doesn't get any less than Sony's
ample usual care.
Phrases with «usual care»