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Showing 1 to 20 of 152 for “"reminders"”.
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Uncanny Reminders: The 'Nazi' in Popular Culture
The ubiquity of the ‘Nazi’ – the fictional Doppelgänger of the historical Nazi – in the various media of popular culture is both disturbing and fascinating. There is an important relationship between the ‘Nazi’ and its audience; related to but separate from the historical Nazi, the creation and …
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Exploring the Role of Prospective Memory in Location-Based Reminders
Location-based reminder systems (LBRs) are typically used to remind people to complete a to-do task at a particular location. People use their prospective memory to remember future to-do tasks. However, the current design of LBRs fails to take advantage of human prospective memory theory. In this …
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Investigating mobile graphic-based reminders to support compliance of tuberculosis treatment
… study proposed that the mobile graphic-based reminders be used to support tuberculosis patients to improve compliance with treatment regimens, especially for semi-literate and illiterate patients. A review of the literature and initial investigation study were carried out. The findings from …
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Covert Reminders: The Use of Distraction to Enhance Memory in Older Adults
… demonstrate that distraction can serve as covert reminders for older adults, a finding with implications for the reduction of prevalent age differences in explicit memory performance.
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Improving Compliance via Education, Reminders, and Evaluating Physician-Patient Concerns in Glaucoma
… treatment compliance via education, medication reminders, and understanding of patient and physician concerns. DESIGN: Prospective Comparative Case Series SUBJECTS: 194 consecutive eligible patients diagnosed with primary open angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension at a single academic center (92 …
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Text Reminders in Pyrexial Paediatric Patients (TRIPPP): a randomized controlled pilot study
Transitions in care – including at the point of discharge from a hospital - may potentially place patients in a position of increased risk and vulnerability.(1) This is recognised to be of particular concern for paediatric patients, compounded by the fact that no widely accepted or used standards …
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Mobile phone text message reminders to improve vaccination uptake: a systematic review
… strategies, such as mobile phone text message reminders (MPTMRs), have been explored and implemented globally to facilitate the increase in vaccination uptake and recall rates. This systematic review, employing best practice, evaluated the most recent scientific evidence for the use of MPTMRs …
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A Multimodal Assessment of Disgust in Response to Traumatic Event Reminders Among Adolescents
… indicators of disgust elicited by trauma reminders presented during a script-driven imagery procedure. In contrast to hypotheses, adolescents exposed to reminders of their interpersonal traumatic event did not report greater self-reported, behavioral, or physiological disgust compared to …
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The design and evaluation of a mobile handheld intervention for providing context-sensitive medication reminders
… that situates the timing and location of reminders based on contextual information about the user. The system consists of three major components: 1) a handheld computing interface for providing reminders, 2) a sensor subsystem integrated into the home environment, and 3) a central server …
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The effects of task interruption on user performance in a multitasking environment: implications for computerized reminders
… study introduced the use of computer- based “reminders.” The purpose of this study was to: (1) establish a baseline measure of multitasking, (2) examine the effects of interruptions on task performance, and (3) explore the use of computer-based "reminders." The results revealed subjects could …
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The impact of short message service reminders on returning to test for HIV at a community center in Seattle, WA
… the impact of short message service (SMS) text reminders on returning for a second HIV test. In addition, we investigated whether certain client characteristics were associated with return. Methods: We evaluated data on HIV testing between September 2016 and December 2019. Clients who tested at …
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Using Computer Generated Reminders as Time Management Support to Influence Assignment Completion Rates and Course Completion in an Online Masters Program
… investigated the influence of computer-generated reminders on the rate in which distance learners submitted assignments and completed courses. The computer-generated reminders, sent via email, served as a time management support strategy. Participants were randomly divided into two groups: control …
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COVID-19’s Effects on Mortality Salience, Death Anxiety, and Worldview Defense
… invisible killer: COVID-19. With near constant reminders of the virus the knowledge that a tiny viral particle has potential to harm or even kill has become overwhelming for many. Terror Management Theory (TMT) suggests that when individuals are reminded of their own death people take part in …
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Death in the Curriculum: A Terror Management Theory Assessment of Emotions and Mortality Reminders in Post-Secondary Interdisciplinary Environmental Education Courses at Selected Canadian Universities
… the interaction between mortality salience reminders (MSR) and emotions in the Canadian post-secondary IEE curriculum. Content analysis of faculty interviews and curricular materials revealed Fear as the prevalent emotion associated with death-thought prompts and an overall negative …
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Systematic opportunistic screening for type 2 diabetes in general practice
… of the most promising strategies are computer reminders within a medical consultation and having patients influence doctors. Literature reviews cover GP attitudes to diabetes, guidelines and preventive care and the role of a computer in a GP consultation. The Mail Survey (response rate 154/212, …
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Determination of the Effectiveness of the Immunization Auto Dialer and Post Card Reminder System
… the same time frame who chose not to receive reminders. The theoretical framework utilized is Nola Fender's Health Promotion Model. The autodialer is a computerized phone call back system. Demographic data along with the immunization schedule was entered into the computer. Postcard reminders …
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Improving Appointment Keeping at an Eye Care Clinic Using a Revised Process Package
… This package included training, mailed postcard reminders and two phone call reminders. Results indicate appointment keeping by pre-appointed patients increased over baseline. The intervention was also shown to be cost-beneficial.
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A clinician-mediated, longitudinal tracking system for the follow-up of clinical results
… follow-up visits or by leaving physical reminders, most feel that automated, computerized systems to track abnormal test results would be useful. While existing clinical decision support systems and computerized clinical reminders focus on providing assistance with choosing the …
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