After the sessions were taped a member of the research team selected, “3 sessions for each of 3 participants in both treatment groups” (Lin et al., 2004). This was to ensure that therapies were being delivered consistently in treatment groups. Since no members of the treatment were conducting sessions, Lin et al. ensure that the providers had been practicing for at least 20 years in the specific treatment
After a two month adjustment period, the hospital began to record data on the use of SwabKit®. A reduction of 70.4% was seen in CLABSIs in the first six months of hospital wide use. The number of infections went from 14 cases to 4 cases. At the time the study was written in May 2012, there have been 0 cases of CLABSIs since February 2012 (McCalla, et al.,
Objective: To determine whether a pharmacist-led telehealth disease management program is superior to usual care in improving diabetes medication treatment adherence in patients with concomitant diabetes and depression. Methods: We propose to conduct a randomized, controlled pilot study of 80 patients with concomitant diagnosis of diabetes and depression with a hemoglobin A1C > 8%. Forty patients will be randomly assigned to receive the pharmacist-led telehealth program (experimental arm), which will include an initial visit to learn about the technology, weekly monitoring of telehealth data, followed by telephone calls when alerted by the telehealth system for 6 months. Another 40 patients will be allocated to usual care (control arm). The primary outcome will be the change in diabetes and depression medication adherence rates.
8 hours. Then was transferred to a different hospitals ER again by ambulance and was isolated as Measles was the probable diagnosis. The family members were also told to isolate themselves. Laboratory serologic test confirmed a recent measles in the fifteen and sixteen yr. old. There were 97 contacts that had been interviewed and three of these which had been verified with
Research Critique Pamela Caviness Liberty University The title “Intensive Case Management Before and After Prison Release is No More Effective Than Comprehensive Pre-Release Discharge Planning in Linking HIV-Infected Prisoners to Care: A Randomized Trial” fits well with the content of the article. The article reports the results of a randomized controlled trial bridging case management intervention beginning approximately 3 months prior to and continuing 6 months after release versus a standard of care prison administered discharge release program for HIV-infected state prison inmates. The variables of interest are clearly defined independent/dependent. The independent variable was the intensive case management post release and the dependent variable was identified as access to medical services. The primary outcome variable was self-reported access to post-release medical care and/or community medical records.
It is only there to help one recognize or identify their learning preference. It also seeks to bring out new ways of learning by helping the individual to realize that they can incorporate other learning styles to their current one. There is no right or wrong mix of learning style and there is no sequence or set pattern. Finally, VARK is there to help improve the speed and quality of learning and is in a way a favorable and effective tool for identifying learning styles. It is such tools that will help produce qualified ,capable and competent private and public health workers who are ready to take the health care system even to a much higher level in as far as delivery of quality health care is concerned (healthy
TITLE SMILES Supporting the Modification of Lifestyle In Lowered Emotional States’ (SMILES). Objective: To evaluate if a structured dietary support, focusing on improving diet quality using a modified Mediterranean diet model, would be superior to a social support control condition (befriending) in reducing the severity of depressive symptomatology Design: A 12-weeks, parallel group, single blinded randomised controlled trial whereby researchers responsible for mental health assessment were blinded to the group allocation Population: All patients with moderate to severe depression based on the MADRS scale Sample: 67 patients recruited from two Health centres in Victoria, Australia (Barwon Health in Geelong and St. Vincent’s Health in Melbourne
Cognitive behavioral therapy is a way to monitor any behaviors that may eventually lead the adolescent to commit suicide. In cognitive behavioral therapy, the person is made aware of how his or her actions towards certain thoughts and feelings can lead to unhealthy moods. It focuses on fixing the person’s thoughts and feelings in order to help treat depression. According to editors and writers for the periodical Drug Week, “[c]ognitive behavioral therapy, a form of psychotherapy, was found to be effective if combined with fluoxetine use” (2005). A study was conducted by Dr. Graham Emslie, a professor at UT Southwestern, within the last decade that included 334 teenagers, all of whom suffered from major depression.
Title: Frequency of Suicide Ideation and Attempt in HIV Infected Patients Referred to Behavioral Health Counseling Centers of Rafsanjan (RUMS) and Kerman University of Medical Sciences (KUMS) in 2012 Running Title: Suicide Ideation and Attempt in HIV patients Abstract Aim and Background: Suicidal behavior and HIV/AIDS are considered as significant public health concerns. HIV infection has been associated with elevated risk of suicidal ideation. Methods and Materials: Cross-sectional and descriptive research design was used to record socio-demographic data of the study. The suicidal ideation scale BECK was used to determine and measure the frequency of suicide ideation and attempt in HIV infected (HIV+) persons referred to behavioral health counseling center of Rafsanjan university of medical sciences (RUMS) and Kerman university of medical sciences (KUMS) in 2012. Results: Men had more suicidal ideation than women after the diagnosis of infection with HIV.
Exercise Exercise as a Successful Treatment for Depression LIB100, Write Your Class Section Here Student’s Name Professor Kahn Summer 2011 Topic: Exercise as a Successful Treatment for Depression Thesis statement: Moderately strenuous exercise performed three times a week for forty-five minutes to an hour can relieve moderate depression. Similarly, moderately strenuous exercise performed for thirty minutes three to five times a week may help relieve severe depression. Search strategy and evaluation of resources: I began my research about treating depression through the use of exercise by performing a keyword search for the words depression exercise in the Gale Virtual Reference Library which I accessed through the ASA Library Dabases and eBooks. I chose an entry about how exercise can successfully treat depression from the Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine because this is a subject specific encyclopedia that provides background information about medical topics. The entry was written by L. Fleming Fallon, a Professor of Public Health at Bowling Green State University making him an authority on medical issues.