Effectiveness of Caregiver Intervention for Improving Medication Adherence on Level of Medication Adherence and Attitude toward Medications among Nonadherent Patients with Mental I... by Simrat Kaur, Renju Sussan Baby, Susanta Kumar Padhy

“…Eighty nonadherent patients with mental illness and their primary caregivers were randomly allocated to the experimental and control group using the concealment allocation method. …”
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The efficacy of virtual reality in adults during puncture biopsy: A protocol of a systematic review and meta-analysis. by Xueling Qiu, Lukun Sun, Lu Tang, Xiaochen Jiang, Weifeng Wang, Fan Sun, Chenxi Sun, Tianyi Song

“…The quality of the inclusion of randomized controlled trials in terms of methodological quality will be assessed by the Cochrane Risk of Bias Assessment Tool. …”
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Prevalence and risk factors of gastroesophageal reflux disease among adults attending primary healthcare in Bahrain by Dhuha F. Alqassab, Maryam J. Hasan, Ayman M. AlSaadoon, Aysha J. AlMuqahwi, Farah A. AlAwadhi, Samya A. Bahram, Adel S. Alsayyad

“…The sample was collected randomly through an interview-based validated questionnaire from 10 health centers selected randomly. …”
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Comparison of mediastinoscopy and thoracoscope minimally invasive esophagectomy in the treatment of esophageal cancer: a meta-analysis and system review by Jincheng Wang, Linxian Zhao, Jie Lin, Yating Yu, Ti Tong, Yinghao Zhao

“…Meta-analysis was performed using randomized/fixed-effects models and heterogeneity was assessed. …”
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Influence of nutritional status on rehabilitation efficacy of patients after stroke—a scoping review by Huan Chen, Caihong Fu, Weihao Fang, Zhenyao Wang, Dawei Zhang, Hu Zhang

“…The selection was restricted to randomized controlled clinical trials, irrespective of language or publication date. …”
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Impact of Using the INTUSTEL Model in Creative Thinking and the Acquisition of Performing Some of the Football Skills by Students by Entethar Faroq Allyas Soran, Stefan Jajo Marzena Garash

“…As for the sample, it was limited to students selected randomly through a lottery, totalling (48) female students. …”
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Postural Stability in Parkinson’s Disease Patients Is Improved after Stochastic Resonance Therapy by Oliver Kaut, Daniel Brenig, Milena Marek, Niels Allert, Ullrich Wüllner

“…We performed a double-blind, randomized sham-controlled study to test the effects of stochastic resonance (whole body vibration) therapy on postural stability in PD. …”
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Teaching Residents Chest Tubes: Simulation Task Trainer or Cadaver Model? by Ting Xu Tan, Paula Buchanan, Erin Quattromani

“…Sixteen residents were randomized to cadaver (n=8) and simulation (n=8) groups. …”
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A new method of distracting attention: Is it effective for pain and fear during phlebotomy in children? by Mine Aydemir Sahin, Yeliz Cigerci, Hamide Nur Cevik Ozdemir

“…A total of 246 children who underwent phlebotomy between January and March 2019 in the pediatric blood collection unit were included in this randomized controlled trial. The participants (n = 246) were randomized to the intervention (n = 123) and control groups (n = 123). …”
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Impact of Childhood Cancer on Family Functioning and Family Quality of Life in the Western Region of Saudi Arabia by Tagwa Yousif Omer

“…This study was a quantitative, randomized, cross-sectional study. 187 participants were randomly selected from the population of parents whose children have cancer and treated at Princess Noorah Oncology Center in King Abdulaziz Medical City, Jeddah. …”
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Vacuum Assisted Closure Therapy versus Standard Wound Therapy for Open Musculoskeletal Injuries by Kushagra Sinha, Vijendra D. Chauhan, Rajesh Maheshwari, Neena Chauhan, Manu Rajan, Atul Agrawal

“…Study Design and Setting. Prospective, randomized, and interventional at tertiary care hospital, from 2011 to 2012. …”
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Dynamic evaluation of vertebral alveolar echinococcosis using MR T2 mapping by Jinhuan Han, Yushan Chang, Hui Guo

“…Materials and methods 24 New Zealand white rabbits were randomly divided into the experimental group ( n = 16), saline control group ( n = 4), and blank control group ( n = 4). …”
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Interventions to improve primary healthcare in rural settings: A scoping review. by Kris Aubrey-Basler, Krystal Bursey, Andrea Pike, Carla Penney, Bradley Furlong, Mark Howells, Harith Al-Obaid, James Rourke, Shabnam Asghari, Amanda Hall

“…Very few studies of rural primary care use randomized designs.…”
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A Comparative Study of Physical Activity Levels Between Rural and Urban Settings in Zimbabwe by Norman Manyeruke, Kerry Vermaak, Nicholas Mudonhi, Wilfred Njabulo Nunu

“…In total, 10 enumeration areas were randomly selected, and 40 households were randomly selected in each of these enumeration areas. …”
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Efficacy of green tea mouth wash as an adjunct to non-surgical periodontal treatment in patients with chronic periodontitis by Sarwar Qasim Mustafa, Dilyar Ahmed Baban

“…Patients and methods: A randomized controlled trial on 45 healthy humans with mild to moderate localized chronic periodontitis. …”
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The Effect of Cell Salvage on Bleeding and Transfusion Needs in Cardiac Surgery by Frixos Tachias, Evangelia Samara, Anastasios Petrou, Agathi Karakosta, Stavros Siminelakis, Efstratios Apostolakis, Petros Tzimas

“…Materials and Methods. Patients were randomly chosen to receive (cell-salvage group, 99 patients) or not to receive (control group, 110 patients) the centrifuged product of a cell salvage apparatus. …”
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Impacts of Selective Predation on Infection Prevalence and Host Susceptibility by Stephanie O. Gutierrez, Ximena E. Bernal, Catherine L. Searle

“…We used a host–parasite system in the laboratory (Daphnia dentifera infected with the horizontally transmitted fungus, Metschnikowia bicuspidata) to artificially manipulate selective predation by removing infected, uninfected, or randomly selected prey over approximately 8–9 overlapping generations. …”
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Comparison of Intervention Programs to Improve Trunk Stability for Active Females by Kate Schwartzkopf-Phifer, Katie Whetstone, Mark Marchino, Kevin Brown, Kyle Matsel

“…Subjects were randomized into the NEATS (n=17) or the Pilates group (n=19). …”
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Influence of teaching a structured and humanized method of care on the perception of medical student attitudes in the doctor-patient relationship. by Higor Chagas Cardoso, Edna Regina Silva Pereira, Viviane Soares, Marcelo Fouad Rabahi

“…<h4>Materials and methods</h4>Single-blind, randomized controlled experimental study that evaluated medical students in relation to patient care, based on a pre-post design, using the Patient-Practitioner Orientation Scale (PPOS). …”
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A Supportive-Educational Intervention for Heart Failure Patients in Iran: The Effect on Self-Care Behaviours by Vahid Zamanzadeh, Leila Valizadeh, A. Fuchsia Howard, Fatemeh Jamshidi

“…This research was a prospective, randomized trial of a supportive-educational intervention. …”
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