objectives: this study aimed at investigating the effectiveness of mindfulness based cognitive therapy (mbct) in management of pain and functional limits of chronic pain patients. methods & materials: in this semi-experimental study, 30 volunteer female patients suffering from chronic pain attending a clinical assessment for treatment of chronic pain were recruited using the convenience samplin...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the protective eyewear promotion (PEP) project, which was a comprehensive educational strategy to increase the use of appropriate protective eyewear by squash players. METHODS An ecological study design was used. Four squash venues in one playing association were randomly chosen to receive PEP and four in another association maintained usual practice and hence formed a c...

PURPOSE The aim of our study was to investigate gender differences in factors related to prehospital delay and identify whether the knowledge of acute myocardial infarction symptoms affects this delay in Korean patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 350 patients (286 men, 64 women) with confirmed STEMI were interviewed to investigate socio-d...

Bleeding avoidance strategies for percutaneous coronary interventions continue to evolve with the availability of newer antiplatelet and anticoagulation therapies. Advances in interventional practices have altered the balance between ischemic and bleeding complications. With the availability of rapidly-acting platelet adenosine diphosphate-receptor antagonists, the need for routine glycoprotein...

AIMS Medications, when combined with psychosocial therapy, can improve treatment outcomes in alcoholics; however, medications are not widely utilized in community-based addiction treatment centres. Of interest is how non-medical addiction treatment professionals in these facilities view adjunctive pharmacotherapies for alcoholism. The present report focuses on baseline data collected during the...

This article tries to analyze the interaction between the implementation of a microfinance project in a rural area and the social and cultural infrastructure prevailing in the project site. In 2000, 53 women in a small village in central Iran formed an association of beekeepers with the support of a developmental intervention promoting microfinance as a strategy for poverty alleviation. Because...

PURPOSE To assess the impact of a six-month stage-based intervention on fruit and vegetable intake, regarding perceived benefits and barriers, and self-efficacy among adolescents. DESIGN Randomized treatment-control, pre-post design. SUBJECTS/SETTING Schools were randomized between control and experimental groups. 860 adolescents from ten public schools in Brasília, Federal District, Brazil...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the effect of a two-component intervention to change hospital practice with regard to the timing of umbilical cord clamping. METHODS A pre-/post-study design was used to measure the effect of a two-component intervention on mean time to clamp the umbilical cord. The study took place at Hospital Iquitos "César Garayar García" in Iquitos, Peru. A total of 224 women were...

UNLABELLED Process evaluations can help us to better interpret intervention effects and provide guidance in improving interventions. This study describes the use and appreciation of FATaintPHAT, a computer-tailored intervention to prevent excessive weight gain in adolescents and link these data to the intervention effects. Use and appreciation were assessed among students (12-13 years old) from...

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