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Showing 1 to 20 of 34 for “"Complex Intervention"”.
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Cancer prehabilitation: Developing a complex intervention for patients undergoing upper gastrointestinal surgery
… components to inform the development of a complex prehabilitation intervention for patients undergoing upper gastrointestinal surgery. To map and synthesise the current and available evidence for the effectiveness of prehabilitation interventions on biopsychosocial and service outcomes for …
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Acupuncture during stroke rehabilitation: development of a manual for researching a complex intervention
… methods to study an individualized acupuncture intervention during acute stroke rehabilitation. DESIGN AND METHODS This three-part project aimed to 1) develop a manual for post-stroke acupuncture therapy; 2) determine feasibility of methods for future study and 3) explore stakeholder perceptions …
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Developing an occupation-based complex intervention for living well with anxiety in Parkinson's (OBtAIN-PD)
… in Parkinson’s. The most promising behavioural interventions have inconclusive and mixed results. Occupational therapy is effective at promoting participation in activities of daily living and is recommended in national guidelines. An evidence-based occupational therapy intervention for living …
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The impact of a quality improvement complex intervention on the incidence of surgical site infection and the knowledge and attitudes of healthcare professionals
… yet SSI prevention remains suboptimum and a complex problem to address. Implementing evidence-based prevention strategies to reduce SSIs in acute hospital settings is one example of this complexity. Therefore, it is critical that healthcare professionals have sufficient knowledge on SSI and …
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Co-producing healthcare guidance for children and young people with ataxia telangiectasia (A-T) including the exploration and design of a home-based complex intervention
… with ataxia telangiectasia (A-T), a rare and complex neurodegenerative condition. Addressing significant gaps in non-medical care provision, the project was structured into four interrelated work packages (WPs), each contributing original insights and practical tools for families and …
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Exploring the introduction of a complex intervention in primary health care facilities in the Western Cape: A single site exploratory case study of the C²AIR² club challenge
… of Health, South Africa, implemented a complex intervention aimed at changing organisational culture across health facilities in the province called the C²AIR² club challenge, in phases, starting from August 2013 and was still ongoing in 2016 at the time of the research. A group of …
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Improving medication adherence in older adults prescribed polypharmacy
… older adults prescribed polypharmacy. However, complex interventions aimed at improving adherence have shown only limited effectiveness. To maximise effectiveness, the Medical Research Council (MRC) supports the use of both evidence and theory in developing interventions. Feasibility and pilot …
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Costs and effects of a multifaceted intervention to improve the quality of care of children in district hospitals in Kenya
In Kenya, an intervention to improve the quality of care of children was developed and tested in district hospitals. This was a multifaceted intervention employing clinical practice guidelines, training, supervision, feedback and facilitation, for brevity called the Emergency Triage and Treatment …
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Organizational Implementation of Trauma and Violence Informed Care
… gap by implementing effective interventions. At the same time, there has been growing recognition of the prevalence of trauma and violence in the lives of those served and those providing care and the impact of these experiences on service needs and interactions. This study …
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Farm-animal-assisted interventions: a systematic scoping review, realist synthesis, and realist evaluation
Introduction: <br/>Farm-animal-assisted interventions (FAAIs) are a complex intervention in which human/livestock encounters are operationalized to improve human well-being. This intervention has been understudied, therefore this thesis reports three studies contributing novel insights about …
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The Biopsychosocial Benefits of Walking Football in the Welsh Coalfield Regions
… and suggested Walking Football's potential as a complex intervention. During focus groups, participants noted positive impacts on psychological, social, and physical wellbeing, offering insights for the sport's development, such as expanding age eligibility, implementing stricter rules, …
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Evaluating the Felony Mental Health Court of Harris County, Texas
… services, and social determinants of health. The complex intervention of mental health courts serves as a site through which the application of the relative success or failure of objectives can be revealed at the local level.
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From hospital to home: a mixed methods exploration of post-discharge medicines management for older people living with long-term conditions
… by the Medicines Research Council framework for complex intervention design, aimed to find acceptable intervention components, which would enhance patient experience. This research followed a sequential, mixed method design to: establish the evidence base through critical literature review, …
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Occupational therapy intervention development, for individuals with a diagnosis of psychosis living in the community, to improve participation in activities of everyday life: a feasibility study for a pragmatic randomised controlled trial.
… Method: A systematic and phased approach to complex intervention development was undertaken involving: (1) A systematic review of effectiveness and (2) a feasibility study, designed to explore and test the key uncertainties of an effectiveness study, was conducted in two phases. This involved …
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Qualitative optimisation study of a digital health intervention for concussion
… are a range of behavioural and psychological interventions that have been found to improve post-concussion symptom burden. However, individuals who have experienced a concussion typically get limited support with their recovery. To address this problem, HeadOn - a 5-week digital health …
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Modeling and Computation of Complex Interventions in Large-scale Epidemiological Simulations using SQL and Distributed Database
… in epidemiological applications that simulate complex intervention scenarios over large datasets. Indemics is one such interactive data intensive framework for High-performance computing (HPC) based large-scale epidemic simulations. In the Indemics framework, interventions are supplied from an …
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The Role of Intensive Family Support in the Governance of Anti-Social Behaviour
… suggest that intensive family support is a complex intervention with both positive consequences as well as negative costs for the families involved. The Family Support Service entailed intense surveillance and supervision of marginalised populations in domestic private spaces and did, …
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Developing volunteering as an intervention for social isolation in those with long-term neurological conditions
… there is limited research on volunteering as an intervention for those with neurological conditions. Design: This thesis aimed to develop a volunteering intervention for pwNC. The neurological conditions primarily considered in the studies were adult sudden onset conditions such as stroke or …
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Metacognition, self-regulation, oracy: A mixed methods case study of a complex, whole-school Learning to Learn intervention
… no clear impact on academic attainment. Using an intervention design used widely in medicine and other fields, Learning Skills reconceptualises Learning to Learn as a ‘complex intervention’ comprised of multiple areas of evidence-informed practice. The rationale for complex interventions is that …
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Motor imagery in neurological rehabilitation
Background Rehabilitation interventions have been shown to benefit individuals with neurological disorders. More intensive treatments, whilst being expensive on resources, have been observed to attain greater impact. Motor imagery is a promising intervention for use in rehabilitation as it can be …
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