Learning Through Reflection: A Team’s Reflection on a Digital, Text-based Positive Health Coaching Intervention for Healthcare Professionals by Croia Loughnane, Róisín O’Donovan, Ashley P. Duggan, Pádraic Dunne

“…This article explores a coach’s reflections during a recent Randomised Controlled Trial (RCT) that examined the feasibility of text-based digital coaching for healthcare workers. …”
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Exploring correlations between Conners’ Continuous Performance Test and subjective measures of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder symptoms in a paediatric clinical sample by Xue Wei Wendy Poh, Shernice Shi Yun Lim, Ying Yin Chew, Nikki Shi Jie Lim-Ashworth, Choon Guan Lim

“…Methods: The data, gathered from a large-scale randomised controlled trial involving 172 children aged 6–12 years with ADHD, was pooled, and a Pearson correlation analysis was conducted. …”
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Depression in adolescence and the understanding of health-A phenomenographic study. by Klara Danielsson, Mikael Ahlborg, Rebecca Mortazavi, Håkan Jarbin, Ingrid Larsson

“…Interviews were performed with adolescents 13-17 years old (n = 33) who participated in a randomised controlled trial evaluating the effects of aerobic group exercise versus leisure group activities for adolescents with depression. …”
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How to conduct and report checking transitivity and inconsistency in network-meta-analysis: a narrative review including practical worked examples, code and source data for sports... by Patrick J Owen, Daniel L Belavy, Adriani Nikolakopoulou, Tobias Saueressig, Svenja Kaczorowski

“…The use of network meta-analysis (NMA) in sport and exercise medicine (SEM) research continues to rise as it enables the comparison of multiple interventions that may not have been assessed in a single randomised controlled trial. NMA can then inform clinicians on potentially better interventions. …”
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What Drives Responses to Willingness-to-pay Questions? A Methodological Inquiry in the Context of Hypertension Self-management by Billingsley Kaambwa, Stirling Bryan, Emma Frew, Emma Bray, Sheila Greenfield, Richard J McManus

“…**Methods:** Data for this study were collected as part of the first major randomised controlled trial of self-monitoring combined with self-titration in hypertension (TASMINH2). …”
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Is End-Stage Ankle Arthrosis Best Managed with Total Ankle Replacement or Arthrodesis? A Systematic Review by Robert W. Jordan, Gurdip S. Chahal, Anna Chapman

“…Further research is indicated and should be in the form of an adequately powered randomised controlled trial.…”
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Effects Of Metformin And Myo-Inositol In Combination Versus Metformin As Monotherapy On The Metabolic Profile Of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Patients With Infertility by Hira Ehsan Khattak, Muhammad Imran Aftab, Tayyaba Anis Chaudhry, Jaleel Kamran, Zoia Ehsan Khattak, Misbah Ehsan Khattak

“…Methods: A randomised controlled trial that was double-blinded was conducted from September 2022 to February 2023. …”
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Topical Osmoprotectant for the Management of Postrefractive Surgery-Induced Dry Eye Symptoms: A Randomised Controlled Double-Blind Trial by R. M. Hazarbassanov, N. G. T. Queiroz-Hazarbassanov, J. N. Barros, J. A. P. Gomes

“…Double-masked randomised controlled trial. Methods. Twenty-two refractive surgery patients oriented to apply FreshTears (FT; n=13) or Optive (Op; n=9), topically, QID, for 3 months. …”
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Comparative Effectiveness of Ultrasound-Guided Intratendinous Prolotherapy Injection with Conventional Treatment to Treat Focal Supraspinatus Tendinosis by John George, Shyan Ch’ng Li, Zulkarnain Jaafar, Mohamad Shariff A. Hamid

“…This study was registered under Current Controlled Trials (UK) and given International Standard Randomised Controlled Trial Number (ISRCTN) of 43520960.…”
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Reducing the urge to be physically active in patients with anorexia nervosa through virtual reality: protocol for a randomised-controlled feasibility trial by Nina Timmesfeld, Georgios Paslakis, Georg Halbeisen

“…This trial will evaluate the feasibility of a virtual reality (VR)-based intervention as an add-on treatment to psychotherapy to improve activity urges and, consequently, initial treatment responses on core outcomes as targeted per AN treatment guidelines.Methods and analysis This single-centre feasibility trial adopts the single-blind, two-arm design and outcome measures of an intended full-scale randomised controlled trial (RCT) in order to establish that all necessary trial components work together as intended. …”
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Co-design of ‘Ways of Being’, a web-based experience to optimise online arts and culture for mental health in young people by Rebecca J. Syed Sheriff, Eloise Sinclair, Jen Young, Sophia Bhamra, Louise Chandler, Tharuka Arachchige, Helen Adams, Laura Bonsaver, Evgenia Riga, Laura Bergin, Negin Mirtorabi, Leenah Abuelgasim, Hadassah Beuchner, John Geddes

“…Co-design allowed the theoretical basis to be followed and refined to create an engaging, practical and testable web experience, aiming to optimise the mental health benefits of online arts and culture for young people in a randomised controlled trial. …”
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Improving children’s cooperativeness during magnetic resonance imaging using interactive educational animated videos: a prospective, randomised, non-inferiority trial by Evelyn Gabriela Utama, Seyed Ehsan Saffari, Phua Hwee Tang

“…Introduction: A previous prospective, randomised controlled trial showed that animated videos shown to children before magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan reduced the proportion of children needing repeated MRI sequences and improved confidence of the children staying still for at least 30 min. …”
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The Interactive Relationship between Pain, Psychosis, and Agitation in People with Dementia: Results from a Cluster-Randomised Clinical Trial by Torstein F. Habiger, Elisabeth Flo, Wilco P. Achterberg, Bettina S. Husebo

“…Secondary analyses are from a cluster-randomised controlled trial including 352 patients with advanced dementia and agitation from 18 nursing homes in Western Norway. …”
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Isosorbide mononitrate for preinduction cervical ripening at or post-term pregnancy: randomised placebo-controlled clinical trial by Ramy Mohamed El-Naggar, Ahmed Nagy Shaker, Mohamed Attia Raslan, Heba Rady El-Bassyouny

“…This study evaluates the efficacy and safety of ISMN for cervical ripening before labour induction at term or post-term.Methods In this double-blinded randomised controlled trial, 160 primigravidas with an unripe cervix (Bishop score<6) undergoing labour induction at term or post-term were enrolled. …”
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Effects of whole-body vibration training on lower limb motor function and neural plasticity in patients with stroke: protocol for a randomised controlled clinical trial by Mingkai Zhang, Jianing Wei, Xueping Wu

“…The prior purpose of this study is to explore effects of WBVT on lower limb motor function and neuroplasticity in patients with stroke.Methods A single-blind randomised controlled trial will be conducted. Sixty patients with stroke will be recruited and allocated randomly to WBVT, routine rehabilitation training (RRT) and control group (CG). …”
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A Long-Term Follow-Up Programme for Maintenance of Motor Function after Stroke: Protocol of the life after Stroke—The LAST Study by Torunn Askim, Birgitta Langhammer, Hege Ihle-Hansen, Jon Magnussen, Torgeir Engstad, Bent Indredavik

“…This is a prospective, multi-site randomised controlled trial, with blinded assessment 18 months after inclusion. …”
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Health literacy in context: struggling to self-manage diabetes – a longitudinal qualitative study by Xavier Debussche, Maryvette Balcou-Debussche, Delphine Ballet, Jessica Caroupin-Soupoutevin

“…The purpose of this qualitative study was to provide a detailed analysis of the health literacy of people with type 2 diabetes in relation to their daily self-care practices.Design Nested qualitative study in the ERMIES randomised controlled trial testing a 2-year structured care in type 2 diabetes. …”
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Prevention and management of unprofessional behaviour among adults in the workplace: A scoping review. by Andrea C Tricco, Patricia Rios, Wasifa Zarin, Roberta Cardoso, Sanober Diaz, Vera Nincic, Alekhya Mascarenhas, Sabrina Jassemi, Sharon E Straus

“…The studies were 12 uncontrolled before and after studies, 6 controlled before and after studies, 2 cluster-randomised controlled trials (RCTs), 1 RCT, 1 non-randomised controlled trial and 1 quasi-RCT. …”
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Conductive Education as a Method of Stroke Rehabilitation: A Single Blinded Randomised Controlled Feasibility Study by Judith Bek, Melanie R. Brown, Jagjeet Jutley-Neilson, Nicholas C. C. Russell, Pia A. J. Huber, Catherine M. Sackley

“…This study assessed the feasibility of a definitive randomised controlled trial to evaluate efficacy. Methods. Adult stroke survivors were recruited through local community notices. …”
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Whole-body photobiomodulation therapy for chronic pain: a protocol for a feasibility trial by Nicola R Heneghan, Andrew Soundy, Bethany Fitzmaurice, Asius Rayen

“…Outcome measures will focus on acceptability of trial processes with a view to guiding a definitive randomised controlled trial. Analyses will use descriptive statistics for quantitative aspects. …”
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