Andrews, Gavin Williams, Alishia D
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Clinical psychology review
Depression is a global health problem but only a minority of people with depression receive even minimally adequate treatment. Internet delivered automated cognitive behaviour therapy (iCBT) which is easily distributed and in which fidelity is guaranteed could be one solution to the problem of increasing coverage. In this review of iCBT for Major D...
Elad, Sharon Thierer, Todd
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Clinical Oral Investigations
ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to explore whether management of mucositis with Chlorhexidine (CHX) mouthwash could be a cost-effective method to decrease the risk of mortality and economic burden in hemato-oncologic or hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) patients.MethodsA cost-effectiveness analysis model of prophylactic CHX mouthwas...
Zeidan, Amer M Al Ali, Najla H Padron, Eric Lancet, Jeffrey List, Alan Komrokji, Rami S
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Clinical lymphoma, myeloma & leukemia
Lenalidomide appears to yield a higher HI-E rate in non-del5q LR-MDS when used as first-line therapy after ESA treatments failure. If validated in larger cohorts, lenalidomide rather than azacitidine should be considered for first-line therapy after ESA treatment failure.
Gonzalez-Ceron, Lilia Rodriguez, Mario H. Sandoval, Marco A. Santillan, Frida Galindo-Virgen, Sonia Betanzos, Angel F. Rosales, Angel F. Palomeque, Olga L.
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Malaria Journal
BackgroundIn Mexico, combined chloroquine (CQ) and primaquine (PQ) treatment has been used since the late 1950s to treat Plasmodium vivax infections. Although malaria transmission has declined, current treatment strategies must be evaluated to advance towards malaria elimination.MethodsThe clinical and parasitological outcome of treating symptomati...
Bayley-Veloso, René Salmon, Paul G.
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Mindfulness
As the popularity of yoga has increased in mainstream society, its role as a form of complementary healthcare in clinical settings continues to grow as well. However, until recently, the popularity of yoga as a cultural phenomenon has not been matched by a commensurate increase in the rigor of research methods designed to assess its effectiveness i...
Remschmidt, Cornelius Wichmann, Ole Harder, Thomas
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BMC Infectious Diseases
BackgroundEvidence on influenza vaccine effectiveness (VE) is commonly derived from observational studies. However, these studies are prone to confounding by indication and healthy vaccinee bias. We aimed to systematically investigate these two forms of confounding/bias.MethodsSystematic review of observational studies reporting influenza VE and in...
Arafa, Mostafa A
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World journal of clinical oncology
Two similar words, effectiveness and efficacy, have comparable insight and nearly describe analogous meaning for a screening test, yet clear understanding and perception of their diverse meanings will help clarify the basis of the differing conclusions about whether screening tests for different cancers reduce morbidity and mortality. Screening tes...
Lavorel, Sabine
La succession de ces sommets constitue un processus qui ne relève pas du désarmement stricto sensu mais davantage de la maîtrise des matériaux nucléaires. Cet article en retrace la genèse. Il présente le déroulement des 3 sommets de Washington (2010), Séoul (2012) et La Haye (2014) et les évalue en termes d’adaptation, effectivité et efficacité ava...
Dupont, Lionel Lauras, Matthieu Yugma, Claude
The objective of covering set location models consists in designing or modifying a network (commercial shops, antennas, drugstores, etc.) in order to cover totally or partially the demand related to a given area. When an area is covered by several activities (multi coverage), this can improve the responsiveness of the network (in case of congestion...
Haigh, Fiona Harris, Elizabeth Harris-Roxas, Ben Baum, Fran Dannenberg, Andrew L. Harris, Mark F. Keleher, Helen Kemp, Lynn Morgan, Richard NG Chok, Harrison
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BMC Public Health
BackgroundWhile many guidelines explain how to conduct Health Impact Assessments (HIAs), less is known about the factors that determine the extent to which HIAs affect health considerations in the decision making process. We investigated which factors are associated with increased or reduced effectiveness of HIAs in changing decisions and in the im...
