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Showing 1 to 20 of 61 for “"treatment success"”.
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Improving outcomes for obese children with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia (ALL): a clinical collaboration to understand the influence of obesity on treatment success.
… are less likely respond to standard cancer treatment, it is more difficult to achieve a complete remission in obese children, they are subject to higher minimal residual disease risk, poorer event free survival and increased risk of metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular disease later in …
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Assessing physical therapy outcomes for women with urinary incontinence
… selected patient-related characteristics and treatment success; and 3) describe interventions utilized to manage the care of women with urinary incontinence.</p><p> Methods: A pragmatic study design was used to explore study aims. The physical therapy records of 100 female patients with …
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Women's Compliance in Outpatient Substance Abuse Treatment: The Role of Children and Mental Health
… and mental illness in women's compliance in a treatment program for substance abuse. Information was retrieved from medical records of female clients (<em> N</em>=221) who took part in a community-based day treatment program for substance abuse in a large city in southeastern Virginia during a …
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Orthodontic Treatment of Anterior Open-bite With and Without Skeletal Anchorage
… evidence of benefits that TADs may offer in treatment of anterior open bite (AOB), there remains a lack of studies comparing outcomes and stability in patients treated with and without skeletal anchorage in growing versus non-growing individuals. The purpose of this study is to compare …
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The treatment of animals with acupuncture
… veterinary practitioners and their perception of treatment success rates.
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Health workers' knowledge, attitudes and practices of tuberculosis-directly observed treatment (TB-DOT) in the Grootfontein district of Otjozondjupa region in Namibia
… Grootfontein health district, directly observed treatment (DOT) services, a component of directly observed treatment short-course (DOTS) strategy (whereby tuberculosis (TB) patients take medicine under proper supervision and support) is available at all public health facilities. Yet the TB …
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Blinded, randomized, placebo-controlled study of the efficacy of bupivacaine liposomal suspension using static body weight distribution and subjective pain scoring in dogs after tibial plateau leveling osteotomy (TPLO) surgery
… every 12 hours. Rescue analgesia was provided. Treatment success was defined as not requiring rescue analgesia over the 48 hour postoperative period. Results: There was no difference between treatment success, postoperative opioid consumption, CMPS-SF pain scores, or %BW[subscript dist] in dogs …
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Variables predictive of assessment and treatment outcome in adult sex offenders in Western Australia
… differences between a) sex offenders who entered treatment (N = 117) and those who did not enter treatment (N =51), and b) sex offenders who completed treatment successfully (N = 83) and those who did not complete successfully (N = 22), The two samples were derived from a total sample pool of 199 …
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Outcomes of patients undergoing lung resection for drug-resistant TB and the prognostic significance of pre-operative positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) in predicting treatment failure
… reserve, surgery is an important adjunctive treatment. However, there are no outcome data from TB endemic countries, and the prognostic significance of pre-operative PET-CT findings remains unknown. Objectives: To report outcomes for resectional surgery in our setting, and to study whether …
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The outcomes of intravesical botox a injections in patients with refractory overactive bladder syndrome treated in GSH from 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2018
… detrusor over activity. This modality of treatment has been offered at Groote Schuur Hospital (GSH) in South Africa since 2012. Therefore, a review of our outcomes is necessary. Objective: Primary: 1. Determine the subjective success following intravesical Botox injections for the …
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Overcoming therapeutic resistance in glioblastoma using novel electroporation-based therapies
… GBM-induced therapeutic resistance and improve treatment success. Chapter 1 opens with an overview of GBM and known barriers to treatment success. Here, we emphasize the utility of spontaneous canine gliomas as an ideal translational model for investigations into novel treatment approaches. …
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Constructing A Successful Therapeutic Experience With Adolescent Clients: A Qualitative Study Of Adolescent Experiences In Family Therapy
… and 20, to discover what helps teenagers have a successful family therapy experience. From the interviews, five main categories emerged; (1) client/therapist relationship, (2) talking and being heard in both individual and family sessions, (3) gaining insight during therapy, (4) taking personal …
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Social Markers of Maturation and the Transition to Young Adulthood: The Life Courses of Adolescent Substance Users After Treatment
… include the need for broader definitions of treatment ""success"" and more consumer input into this definition, the use of continuing care post-primary treatment through assertive secondary care and through interventions that target community, such as recovery schools. Finally, because these …
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Evaluating Knowledge of a Function-based Cognitive-Behavioural Treatment for Obsessive Compulsive Behaviour in Autism Spectrum Disorder
… and their family. Preliminary studies have shown success in using adapted Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) to treat these behaviors in children with high functioning ASD. Using a hypothetical vignette, this thesis attempted to examine procedural knowledge that the children and their parents …
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Thiopurine methyltransferase phenotyping and genotyping in clinical practice preferred access arrangement
… between individuals and this can influence treatment success. Rapid and accurate assays of TPMT and 6TGN, the active thiopurine metabolites, are increasingly recognised as valuable clinical tools, to guide dosing and treatment. This work examines and develops methods for determining a …
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An investigation of the relationship between the psychological needs, values and elements of personal adjustment of a group of male juvenile delinquents in a reformatory and its usefulness in a dimensional framework as a basis for a differential rehabilitation programme
… of knowledge about the ethology, prevention and treatment of juvenile delinquency has given rise to a variety of treatment programmes over the two decades since 1960. These treatment approaches range from the community-oriented, non-restrictive methods to the strict incarceration of juvenile …
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THE EFFECTS OF ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT TRAINING ON RECALL IN OLDER ADULTS WITH MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT AND DEMENTIA
… Currently there is no cure for dementia, however treatment success encompasses increasing the time that an individual can function independently as well as slowing the rate of the decline. Acceptance and Commitment Training (ACT) has been used effectively with older adults to regulate emotions and …
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A Qualitative Study of Parents' Experiences of Having Had an Adolescent Son in a Residential Substance Abuse Treatment Program
… of their adolescent or their views of treatment success--and seemingly none did so for the purpose of allowing parents to tell their own story in their own words. Furthermore, most of the existing literature has tended to see such parents in terms of their deficits, even when advocating …
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Therapeutic alliance and treatment outcome in cognitive-behavioral and supportive psychotherapy for intermittent explosive disorder
… one of the factors most associated with treatment success in psychotherapy across a variety of outcomes. However, these effects may differ based on treatment approach or who is rating alliance (client, therapist, or third-party observer). Notably, research on this relationship among …
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