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Showing 1 to 20 of 86 for “"randomized control trial"”.
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Predictors of Weight Loss in the Healthy Living Partnership to Prevent Diabetes: A Randomized Control Trial
Type 2 diabetes affects 8.3% of the U.S. adult population and is the leading cause of kidney failure nondramatic lower limb amputation and blindness (CDC, 2011). With the continuing increase in the prevalence of the disease, clinicians and researchers have focused on preventing diabetes in those …
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Virtual Reality and Nursing Education: A Randomized Control Trial of the Effectiveness of Virtual Reality as a Simulation Modality
… nursing students in clinical skills via a randomized control design (post-test only). Data was collected from two cohorts of first-year nursing students who were randomly assigned to a VR intervention group (n = 41) or to a control group that did not have access to the VR platform (n = 42). …
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The effect of 6-week deep water running intervention on physical fitness of female football players : a randomized control trial
Inngangur: Djúpvatnshlaup (DWR) hefur verið notað við þjálfun hlaupara og endurhæfingu slasaðra íþróttamanna. Rannsóknir benda til þess að hægt sé að auka hámarkssúrefnisu pptöku (VO2max) með DWR en það eru ekki mikið vitað um áhrif DWR á aðra líkamlega getu íþróttafólks. Markmið þessarar …
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Opening the black box of an entrepreneurial training program focused on the scientific approach to decision-making : Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial
L'abstract è presente nell'allegato / the abstract is in the attachment
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"Item Sampling in Service Quality Assessment Surveys to Improve Response Rates and Reduce Respondent Burden: The ""Libqual+rtm Lite"" Randomized Control Trial (Rct)"
"The matrix sampling method, the randomized control trial framework, and the statistical analysis methods outlined in the current study are useful heuristic methods for other high stakes library survey implementations whether for a physical as well as a digital library environment. These …
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Item sampling in service quality assessment surveys to improve response rates and reduce respondent burden: The “LibQUAL+® Lite” randomized control trial (RCT)
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Financial Inclusion: Using a Randomized Control Trial to Assess the Impact of Loan Amounts and Tenors on Customers' Loan Take-Up and Repayment
… of the country's financial ecosystem. A Randomized Control Trial (RCT) is conducted with a view to answering two questions: (1) What is the optimal amount to lend to a customer? (2) How long should the loan tenor be? The objectives of the RCT were to track product take-up and product …
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Application of The Theory of Planned Behavior in a Randomized Control Trial Targeting Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Intake and Physical Activity in Southwest Virginia
… the behavior), and perceived behavioral control (perception of the ease with which the behavior can be performed). According to literature, behavioral intentions predict 20% - 40% of the variance in health behaviors with attitudes beings the strongest predictor of diet, and perceived …
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The Impact of Text Messages on Adoption and Knowledge of Integrated Pest Management Practices: A Randomized Control Trial Study of Potato Farmers in Carchi, Ecuador
… of text messages on IPM adoption, we conducted a Randomized Control Trial (RCT) among potato farmers in Carchi, Ecuador. The RCT allowed us to identify the causal impact of text messages by comparing adoption rates and knowledge scores between farmers who received text messages (treatment), and …
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A randomized control trial investigating the effects of a play-informed care-giver implemented home-based intervention on playfulness for HIV positive children aged 10 months to 8 years on HAART from a low socio-economic status
Introduction: Play is foundational to learning and well-being, and prepares children for functional participation later in life. Playfulness forms a critical aspect to play, and describes a general disposition to play. There is currently no reported research study on playfulness levels for children …
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The impact of play-informed caregiver-implemented home-based intervention on the academic learning outcomes for HIV positive children (aged 5 years to 8 years) on Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) living in low income conditions: a randomized control trial
… conventional one-on-one occupational therapy (control group) and play-informed caregiver-implemented home-based intervention (PICHIBI) (experimental group), in promoting academic learning for HIV positive children aged 5 to 8 year olds on ART. METHODS: The research project followed a pragmatic, …
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Policing and the rule of law in weak states : evidence from Liberia
… The first reports results from a large-scale, randomized control trial evaluation of the Liberian National Police's "Confidence Patrols" community policing program in rural Liberia.
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An investigation of the effectiveness of TWA on reading comprehension of students with and at-risk for emotional and behavioral disorders
… for emotional and behavioral disorders, using a randomized control trial pretest-posttest design. Results suggested no statistical significance between the reading comprehension of the treatment and control group following the intervention. Limitations are discussed and suggestions for future …
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Sequential short-text classification with neural networks
… for sequential sentence classification in randomized control trial abstracts.
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Effect of individualized social activities on quality of life among older adults with mild to moderate cognitive impairment in a geriatric psychiatry facility
… in a geriatric psychiatry facility. This randomized control trial consisted of 52 older adults (65 years of age or older). A 2 (group condition) x 2 (time of measurement) design was used to compare the control (treatment-as-usual) and intervention (treatment-as-usual plus ISAI) conditions …
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Therapeutic Alliance with Autistic Transition-Aged Youth
… to alliance formation. Data from an ongoing randomized control trial (RCT; n = 55, 72.7% male) were analyzed to determine whether client traits impact therapeutic alliance and whether alliance impacts outcomes in TAY. Alliance was coded from videos of therapist-client pairs participating in …
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Effects of Shoe Donations on Children’s Time Allocation TOMS Shoes in El Salvador
… years in El Salvador. By taking advantage of a Randomized Control Trial performed between January 15, 2012 and February 21, 2013 I study time allocation differences between baseline and follow-up periods among treatment and control groups. The primary findings of the study show that children …
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Purposeful Simulation Role Assignment
… various simulation roles. A double-blind, randomized control trial was conducted to explore the impact of purposeful simulation role assignment, using preferred learning styles, on prelicensure nursing students’ clinical reasoning. A convenience sample of pre-licensure nursing students from …
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A GLMM analysis of data from the Sinovuyo Caring Families Program (SCFP)
… an analysis of the data from a longitudinal randomized control trial that assesses the impact of an intervention program aimed at improving the quality of childcare within families. The SCFP was a group-based program implemented over two separate waves conducted in Khayelitsha and Nyanga. The …
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A Fare Approach to Attracting Transit Ridership After COVID-19
… potential new or modified fare products and one randomized control trial and suggests a strategy for transit agencies to attract ridership as employers reopen their downtown offices. The research analyzes the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), the regional transit agency for …
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