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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"feasibility trial"”.
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Development and Feasibility Trial of a Cognitive Behavioural Self-Management Program for Inflammatory Bowel Disease
… described, and Randomized-Controlled Trial (RCT) designs were not implemented in many studies. The primary aim of this dissertation was to develop an empirically supported psychotherapy intervention for IBD. Several objectives were completed to facilitate program development. First, …
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The use of medical grade honey to reduce the incidence of surgical wound infection : a randomised controlled feasibility trial
… infection has been reported.Aim: To assess the feasibility of conducting a randomised controlled trial usingLeptospermum honey to reduce the incidence of wound infection following microvascularfree tissue reconstruction for head and neck cancer.Method: 70 consecutive patients having free tissue …
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Nutrition Enhancement in Early Psychosis (Neep): A Feasibility Trial of Enhanced Nutrition with Text Messaging and a Dietary Tracking Mobile Application
… This study has three aims: (1) assess the feasibility of the intervention, (2) examine preliminary outcomes, and (3) investigate mechanisms associated with dietary change. Methods. NEEP incorporates a combination of nutrition education, goal setting, and mobile technology (i.e., a mobile …
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A randomised controlled feasibility trial to investigate the effects of a functional standing frame programme versus usual physiotherapy to improve function and quality of life and reduce neuromuscular impairment in people with severe sub-acute stroke
… the functional standing frame programme. The feasibility of a blinded randomised controlled trial (RCT) investigating the effects of a functional standing frame programme compared to usual physiotherapy for people with severe stroke was conducted. Primary (Barthel Index, Edmans ADL Index for …
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A Worksite Parenting Program: A Feasibility Study
… of the second phase was to adapt and test the feasibility and acceptability of a pre-existing parenting program that has been run successfully in community settings to parents in their workplace. To achieve the first objective, we conducted 9 individual or small group interviews with 11 …
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Periodontal disease and oral health-related quality of life : smoking cessation adventures in primary dental care
… informed the design of a randomised controlled trial which failed due to lack of recruitment.<br/><br/>The Medical Research Council Framework for the Development and Evaluation of Complex Interventions was employed to provide structure to the modelling of a feasibility trial likely to succeed in …
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Anastomotic leakage in rectal surgery: Where are we and where do we go from here?
… management. We also present the findings from a feasibility trial into intra-operative endoscopy as a method for reducing anastomotic leak rate. We found that the prevention of anastomotic leak is multi-faceted. Current methods cannot prevent it entirely but intra-operative endoscopy is a safe …
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EVALUATING ANALGESIC INTERVENTIONS FOR ACUTE SURGICAL PAIN, PREVENTION OF PERSISTING POST-SURGICAL PAIN, AND CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN
… a design of multicentre randomized controlled trial. We observed no differences in their analgesic potential and common side effects and note that appearance of side effects is likely to be idiosyncratic. In part 2, we report our 2×2 factorial feasibility trial to prevent persistent …
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FACTORS AFFECTING RECRUITMENT TO SURGICAL ONCOLOGY CLINICAL TRIALS AND OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE ACCRUAL
Surgical trials involve patients undergoing a surgical intervention. Poor recruitment is the most important issue that can lead to study failure. Chapter 1 provides the conceptual framework of recruitment issues that can arise when conducting a surgical trial. Different methodological challenges …
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Team-based electronic communication in the care of patients with complex conditions
… patient-provider team-based communication, their feasibility in practice and role in improving continuity of care. Methods: Three studies were conducted. The first study was a scoping review of web-based tools for text-based communication between patients and providers, including those for …
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Entry-based Planning of Neurosurgical Trajectories
… 5 and 10 degrees. We performed a technical feasibility trial on 60 retrospective ventriculostomy patient cases consisting of hydrocephalus and traumatic brain injury patients and compared to 30 retrospective asymptomatic patient cases. The method was evaluated by calculating the portion of …
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Prenatal Cardiovascular Physiology and Early Neurodevelopment in Cyanotic Congenital Heart Disease
… helpful in confirming severe restriction at the atrial septum in the case of an intact ventricular septum, by evidence of reversal of the expected gradient of oxygen saturations across the left and right ventricles which may help identify patients that may require fetal or urgent neonatal BAS in …
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ParentCoach: co-designing a chatbot to support first-time parents
… that we evaluated in a two-week pilot feasibility trial. The results of the trial demonstrated that familiar social messaging interfaces and robust menu designs enhance usability, even without fully interactive chatbot features, and highlighted the importance of aligning chatbot content …
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ParentCoach: co-designing a chatbot to support first-time parents
… that we evaluated in a two-week pilot feasibility trial. The results of the trial demonstrated that familiar social messaging interfaces and robust menu designs enhance usability, even without fully interactive chatbot features, and highlighted the importance of aligning chatbot content …
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Content complexity of nutrition apps
… developing an objective app evaluation method; feasibility testing of app incorporation into a University Extension heart health program; and assessment of app incorporation into dietetics practice. Objective 1 was met through systematic review using the PICOS statement “for adults without …
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The MenFAS Study: Understanding Mental Fatigue after Stroke
… A cross sectional observation study pre-trialling the use of a novel measurement strategy involving 32 patients at the early phase (>2 months) post-stroke experiencing PSF, confirmed a relationship between sustained attention and mental and physical fatigue within a very short time-frame, …
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Investigating the Role of Eating Behaviour Traits in Behavioural Weight Management Interventions from a Precision Treatment Perspective
… a systematic review and meta-analysis of 27 trials and found that BWMIs had small to moderate effects on restraint and uncontrolled eating, though I found no evidence to support changes in emotional eating. Subgroup analyses suggested that 3wCBT-based intervention types, including BWMIs based …
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Improving pain management for children
… analgesia was studied in children with an open feasibility trial in 1990(Lawrie et al., 1990) using conventional electronic syringe pumps and a further innovative study of a disposable elastomeric reservoir device in 1992(Irwin et al., 1992). The optimum regimen for PCA in children was …