Feasibility study on the adoption of the WHO safe childbirth checklist by front-line healthcare providers and managers in Burkina Faso and Côte d’IvoirePilot and Feasibility Studies - Tập 6 - Trang 1-11 - 2020
Kadidiatou Raissa Kourouma, Wambi Maurice Evariste Yaméogo, Daouda Doukouré, Marie Laurette Agbré Yacé, Akoua Tano Kamelan, Soltié Aminata Coulibaly-Koné, Tiéba Millogo, Séni Kouanda
The World Health Organization Safe Childbirth Checklist tool was specifically designed for developing countries such as sub-Saharan African countries, to ensure safety and security of the couple mother and newborn around the time of childbirth. However, the implementation of the Safe Childbirth Checklist tool requires a good knowledge of the context setting to face challenges. Our study objectives...... hiện toàn bộ
A self-management support intervention for patients with atrial fibrillation: a randomized controlled pilot trialPilot and Feasibility Studies - Tập 6 - Trang 1-18 - 2020
Stefan Jobst, Lynn Leppla, Stefan Köberich
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia worldwide. Despite effective treatment, it is characterized by frequent recurrences. Optimal therapeutic management of AF requires active participation and self-management from patients. Two major components of self-management are self-monitoring and sign-and-symptom management. Pulse self-palpation (PSP) is a method of self-monitoring; howeve...... hiện toàn bộ
Development of an intervention to increase adherence to nebuliser treatment in adults with cystic fibrosis: CFHealthHubPilot and Feasibility Studies - Tập 7 - Trang 1-18 - 2021
M. A. Arden, M. Hutchings, P. Whelan, S. J. Drabble, D. Beever, J. M. Bradley, D. Hind, J. Ainsworth, C. Maguire, H. Cantrill, A. O’Cathain, M. Wildman
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a life-limiting genetic condition in which daily therapies to maintain lung health are critical, yet treatment adherence is low. Previous interventions to increase adherence have been largely unsuccessful and this is likely due to a lack of focus on behavioural evidence and theory alongside input from people with CF. This intervention is based on a digital platform that col...... hiện toàn bộ
Home-based tDCS for apathy in Alzheimer’s disease: a protocol for a randomized double-blinded controlled pilot studyPilot and Feasibility Studies - Tập 9 - Trang 1-8 - 2023
Antonio L. Teixeira, Laís Bhering Martins, Thiago Macedo e Cordeiro, Lijin Jose, Robert Suchting, Holly M. Holmes, Ron Acierno, Hyochol Ahn
Apathy is among the most common behavioral symptoms in dementia and is consistently associated with negative outcomes in Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Despite its prevalence and clinical relevance, available pharmacological and non-pharmacological strategies to treat apathy in AD have been marked, respectively, by potentially severe side effects and/or limited efficacy. Transcranial direct current sti...... hiện toàn bộ
Testing the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effect of a novel deliberate practice intervention to reduce diagnostic error in trauma triage: a study protocol for a randomized pilot trialPilot and Feasibility Studies - Tập 8 - Trang 1-11 - 2022
Deepika Mohan, Jonathan Elmer, Robert M. Arnold, Raquel M. Forsythe, Baruch Fischhoff, Kimberly Rak, Jacqueline L. Barnes, Douglas B. White
Non-compliance with clinical practice guidelines in trauma remains common, in part because physicians make diagnostic errors when triaging injured patients. Deliberate practice, purposeful participation in a training task under the oversight of a coach, effectively changes behavior in procedural domains of medicine but has rarely been used to improve diagnostic skill. We plan a pilot parallel rand...... hiện toàn bộ
Protocol for a feasibility randomized controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy, safety and tolerability of N-acetylcysteine in reducing adverse drug reactions among adults treated for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in TanzaniaPilot and Feasibility Studies - Tập 9 Số 1
Stellah Mpagama, Happiness C Mvungi, Peter M. Mbelele, Hadija Semvua, Alphonce Liyoyo, Kristen Petros de Guex, Derek Sloan, Gibson Kibiki, Martin J. Boeree, Patrick Phillips, Scott K Heysell
Abstract
Background
Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) frequently occur in patients using second-line anti-tuberculosis medicine for treatment of multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). ADRs contribute to treatment interruptions which can compromise treatment response and risk acquired drug resistance...... hiện toàn bộ
Determining sample size for progression criteria for pragmatic pilot RCTs: the hypothesis test strikes back!Pilot and Feasibility Studies - Tập 7 Số 1 - 2021
Martyn Lewis, Kieran Bromley, Cara Sutton, Gareth McCray, Helen Myers, Gillian Lancaster
Abstract
Background
The current CONSORT guidelines for reporting pilot trials do not recommend hypothesis testing of clinical outcomes on the basis that a pilot trial is under-powered to detect such differences and this is the aim of the main trial. It states that primary evaluation should focus on ...... hiện toàn bộ
A comparison of earlier and enhanced rehabilitation of mechanically ventilated patients in critical care compared to standard care (REHAB): study protocol for a single-site randomised controlled feasibility trialPilot and Feasibility Studies - - 2017
Catherine Snelson, Charlotte Jones, Gemma Atkins, James Hodson, Tony Whitehouse, Tonny Veenith, David Thickett, Emma Reeves, Aisling McLaughlin, Lauren Cooper, David McWilliams