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Intervention Studies - Research News and Information
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Definition of 'Intervention Studies'Epidemiologic investigations designed to test a hypothesized cause-effect relation by modifying the supposed causal factor(s) in the study population. Common names: Intervention Studies; Intervention Study; Studies, Intervention; Study, Intervention |
29 Sep 2008
OBJECTIVE: Delivery of high-quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation increases survival from cardiac arrest, yet studies have shown that cardiopulmonary resuscitation quality is often poor during actual in-hospital resuscitation. Furthermore, recent ... Read more...
No change in weight-based teasing when school-based obesity policies are implemented.
29 Sep 2008
OBJECTIVES: To examine rates of weight-based teasing before initiation of school-based childhood obesity prevention policies (Arkansas Act 1220 of 2003) and during the 2 years following policy implementation, as well as demographic factors related ... Read more...
20 Sep 2008
BACKGROUND: The workplace is an ideal setting for health promotion. Helping employees to be more physically active can not only improve their physical and mental health, but can also have economic benefits such as reduced sickness absence. The ... Read more...
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- Improving cardiopulmonary resuscitation quality and resuscitation training by combining audiovisual feedback and debriefing.
29 Sep 2008 - No change in weight-based teasing when school-based obesity policies are implemented.
29 Sep 2008 - Evidence, theory and context: using intervention mapping to develop a worksite physical activity intervention.
20 Sep 2008 - Effect of nurse-led multidisciplinary rounds on reducing the unnecessary use of urinary catheterization in hospitalized patients.
30 Aug 2008 - Improving communicable disease outbreak preparedness in residential aged care facilities using an interventional interview strategy.
30 Aug 2008 - The effects of scale display of visual feedback on postural control during quiet standing in healthy elderly subjects.
30 Aug 2008 - Construct validity and invariance of four factors associated with colorectal cancer screening across gender, race, and prior screening.
30 Aug 2008 - Engaging participants in a complex intervention trial in Australian General Practice.
11 Aug 2008 - Poor quality of reporting confounding bias in observational intervention studies: a systematic review.
7 Aug 2008 - Functional electrical stimulation (FES) may modify the poor prognosis of stroke survivors with severe motor loss of the upper extremity: a preliminary study.
30 Jul 2008 - A video game improves behavioral outcomes in adolescents and young adults with cancer: a randomized trial.
30 Jul 2008 - Clinical effort against secondhand smoke exposure: development of framework and intervention.
30 Jul 2008 - Effect of pediatric physical therapy on deformational plagiocephaly in children with positional preference: a randomized controlled trial.
30 Jul 2008 - Insulin resistance status: predicting weight response in overweight children.
30 Jul 2008 - Single risk factor interventions to promote physical activity among patients with chronic diseases: systematic review.
30 Jul 2008 - Emergency department tobacco cessation program: staff participation and intervention success among patients.
30 Jul 2008 - ProsCan for men: randomised controlled trial of a decision support intervention for men with localised prostate cancer.
22 Jul 2008 - Effect of dissemination of evidence in reducing injuries from falls.
15 Jul 2008 - Aortic plaque regression as determined by magnetic resonance imaging with high-dose and low-dose statin therapy.
29 Jun 2008 - The efficacy of a multidisciplinary falls prevention clinic with an extended step-down community program.
29 Jun 2008
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Technical information about 'Intervention Studies'
Definition: Epidemiologic investigations designed to test a hypothesized cause-effect relation by modifying the supposed causal factor(s) in the study population.
Descriptor UI: D016033
Alternative terms: Intervention Studies; Intervention Study; Studies, Intervention; Study, Intervention;
Tree Number: E05.318.760.565; N05.715.360.775.390; N06.850.520.450.565;
History Note: 90
Technical Notes: "intervention" refers to a modification of the research design, not surg or pharmacol intervention: read MeSH definition; IM GEN only; coord NIM with specific study (IM); no qualif