Randomised controlled trials included. The main characteristics of the 1177 RCTs are shown in Table 2. Most of the RCTs (78.2%) were conducted in high-income countries, and only 18.3% of the 1177 RCTs recruited patients in middle-income countries (none from low-income countries). ...
This is a pragmatic randomized controlled superiority trial. In the Stuttgart region, 400 patients with substance-related problems will be randomly assigned to prompt treatment coordination based on an online assessment or to the waitlist control group, with a 1:1 allocation. Participants in the wai...
For example, it should be noted that the seminar instructors cannot be blinded with regard to the corresponding intervention group and resulting effects cannot be controlled accordingly. Furthermore, the voluntary nature of the patients’ participation could lead to patients participating who have a ...
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This parallel, randomized controlled trial examined intrinsic motivation, adherence and motor function improvement demonstrated by two groups of subjects that performed a 12-week, home-based upper extremity rehabilitation program. Seventeen subjects played scaffolded games, presenting eight to twelve discrete...
et al. Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of sector-independent treatment coordination for people with substance-related disorders following an online assessment (ASSIST): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials 23, 448 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-022-06343-4 Download ...
There are several meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) demonstrating the benefits of virtual reality (VR) training as an intervention for motor performance, activity of daily living (ADL) and quality of life (QoL) outcomes in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). However, the...
This study was a two-arm, multicenter, randomized controlled trial registered on ClinicalTrials.gov (registration number: NCT03972631). Participants were recruited from health management centers and nutrition outpatients of seven Chinese hospitals (the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, the ...
The efficacy of the Body Project in terms of a reduction of ED risk factors, symptoms, and illness onset was shown in a number of large-scale randomized controlled trials (RCTs) (e.g., [24]). More recently, Internet-based versions of dissonance-based interventions have been introduced [...
Despite limited effectiveness of short-term psychotherapy for chronic depression, there is a lack of trials of long-term psychotherapy. Our study is the first to determine the effectiveness of controlled long-term psychodynamic and cognitive-behavioral (CBT) treatments and to assess the effects of pr...