BACKGROUND Although many men who have sex with men (MSM) in Peru are unaware of their HIV status, they are frequent users of the Internet, and can be approached by that medium for promotion of HIV testing. METHODS We conducted an online randomized controlled trial to compare the effect of HIV-testing motivational videos versus standard public health text, both offered through a gay website. T...

introduction: laryngeal dysfunction may be divided into three categories; organic, neurologic and functional disorders. dysphonia and hoarseness are the most common symptoms and, in some cases, the only signs of laryngeal dysfunction. in differential diagnosis of any type of chronic hoarseness, a neoplastic process must be considered and, thus continuous light video laryngoscopy can provide imp...

UNLABELLED The primary objective of this pilot study was to evaluate the effect of active video games on children's physical activity levels.Twenty children (mean +/- SD age = 12 +/- 1.5 years; 40% female) were randomised to receive either an active video game upgrade package or to a control group (no intervention). Effects on physical activity over the 12-week intervention period were measured...

OBJECTIVES This experimental study examined whether a brief video intervention identifying the artificial nature of media images could protect adolescent girls from negative media exposure effects and body dissatisfaction. DESIGN A 2 (intervention condition)×2 (exposure condition) between-groups design was used. METHODS Participants were 127 British girls aged between 10 and 13 recruited fr...

OBJECTIVE This primary objective of this pilot randomized, controlled trial was to determine whether a brief video intervention delivered after a pediatric office visit could improve inhaler technique in children with asthma immediately and one month later. The intervention's effect on children's inhaler self-efficacy and asthma control was also evaluated. METHODS Children (n=91) ages 7-17 ye...

Reality video is a promising but less studied intervention in behavioral sciences whereas video modeling has proven to be a well-validated intervention. Based on the multiple code theory (Bucci, 1997) in cognitive science, this research proposes that reality video, portraying real people in real-life situations, can connect to its audience strongly in all four domains of experience (non-verbal ...

OBJECTIVE To study the effect of health educational video instruction on increasing patients' knowledge in a hospital waiting area of a developing country. METHODS An educational video on signs, symptoms, and risk factors of myocardial infarction (MI) was played in an Emergency Department (ED) patient waiting area of an urban tertiary care hospital in India. Participants (n = 217) were random...