Main results 26 RCTs and 6 CCTs met the selection criteria (3706 children and adolescents). The self management educational programmes evaluated in individual trials differed by type of session (group, individual, or both), intensity (single session, 2 sessions, or ≥ 3 sessions), self management strategy (peak flow or symptom based strategy), and length of the intervention (mean 3.8 mo, range 1...

BACKGROUND Poor adherence to evidence-based medications in heart failure (HF) is a major cause of avoidable hospitalizations, disability, and death. To test the feasibility of improving medication adherence, we performed a randomized proof-of-concept study of a self-management intervention in high-risk patients with HF. METHODS Patients with HF who screened positively for poor adherence (<6 M...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To provide a definition, describe uses, and identify essential attributes of symptom management by emphasizing the philosophical base for the concept. DATA SOURCES 51 references (i.e., books and articles) published from 1980-2003 and located through the Ovid database. DATA SYNTHESIS Symptoms are subjective and personal phenomena, incorporating the dimensions of symptom oc...

Abstract Introduction Nasal obstruction is a common patient complaint in the sleep clinic. The nasal symptom evaluation (NOSE) scale validated questionnaire to assess symptoms and quality of life. However, it has weaknesses when evaluating patients clinic because does not differentiate awake related obstruction. Our primary goal was compare old NOSE new that separates Methods A retrospective st...

BACKGROUND Before the introduction of the immunomodulatory therapies for multiple sclerosis (MS), treatment options for MS consisted of symptomatic management (physical therapy and pharmacological treatment for symptom management). Symptomatic management for MS has been supplemented in the past decade by 2 new classes of immunomodulatory therapies that have been approved as first-line treatment...

Title of Document: THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN NEGATIVE CONFLICT BEHAVIOR AND SUBCLINICAL LEVELS OF PSYCHOPATHOLOGY SYMPTOMS IN CLINIC COUPLES: AN ACTOR-PARTNER INTERDEPENDENCE MODEL APPROACH EXAMINING MEDIATION BY PERCEIVED CRITICISM AND MODERATION BY POSITIVE COMMUNICATION Anna Alice White, Master of Science, 2015 Directed By: Dr. Norman B. Epstein, Department of Family Science Past research on f...

introduction: diabetes mellitus is one of the most frequent causes of morbidities , mortalities and increasing cost of health care services all over the world. diabete’s clinical information system which is part of diabete’s information management system make it possible to manage this illness. this study aimed at comparing the diabetes clinical information systems in the u.s. , scotland and fi...

abstract personal knowledge management has been developed in various fields such as knowledge management, personal information management, communication psychology and philosophy of science, management, communications, and so a lot of research to a few experimental or approved about (pkm) is a research that the original data is just a few pages. so research in this area seems to be very focused...