Adherence to medication among individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is suboptimal and has negative impacts on survival and health care costs. No systematic review has examined the effectiveness of interventions designed to improve medication adherence. Electronic databases Medline and Cochrane were searched using a combination of MeSH and keywords. Eligible studies were ...

BACKGROUND Transfusion services have used various techniques to reduce blood product utilization. Given the potential adverse effects of transfusions and the resources consumed in implementing strategies to reduce transfusions, there is a need to understand their effectiveness. Therefore, we performed a systematic review of the literature to examine the effectiveness of behavioral interventions...

Background and objectives: Approaches to translating medical error information into effective interventions have not been well described. The Applied Strategies for Improving Patient Safety (ASIPS) Collaborative developed a mixed-methods approach to analyze medical errors to (1) develop an initial conceptual framework for depicting specific clinical processes at risk for error, (2) validate the...

research background approved weight loss would result in improvement of lipid profile. nowadays, weight management is attained by modifying psychological mediators, as well as dieting and making individuals do more physical activity. hence, this research was performed to compare effectiveness of different psychological interventions on lipid profile improvement among individuals with overweight...

vascular complications by compromising the blood flow to the allograft can have significant and sometimes life-threating consequences for the patient. high level of suspicion and aggressive utilization of diagnostic modalities can lead to early diagnosis and salvage of the allograft.  this review will summarize the current trends in the management of vascular complications after liver transplan...

INTRODUCTION Recently, there has been a steady increase in mobile health (mHealth) interventions aimed at improving maternal health of women in low-income and middle-income countries. While there is evidence indicating that these interventions contribute to improvements in maternal health outcomes, other studies indicate inconclusive results. This uncertainty has raised additional questions, on...

Improving the recovery capabilities of the tennis athlete is receiving more emphasis in the research communities, and also by practitioners (coaches, physical trainers, tennis performance specialists, physical therapists, etc). The purpose of this article was to review areas of recovery to limit the severity of fatigue and/or speed recovery from fatigue. This review will cover four broad recove...