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- Interventions for enhancing medication adherence
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 20-Nov-2014
People who are prescribed self administered medications typically take only about half their prescribed doses. Efforts to assist patients with adherence to medications might improve the benefits of prescribed medications.
- Interventions for female pattern hair loss
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 26-May-2016
Female pattern hair loss (FPHL), or androgenic alopecia, is the most common type of hair loss affecting women. It is characterised by progressive shortening of the duration of the growth phase of the hair with successive hair cycles, and progressive folli
- Interventions for helping people recognise early signs of recurrence in bipolar disorder
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 1-Nov-2008
Recurrence rates for bipolar disorder are high despite effective treatments with mood stabiliser drugs. Self-help treatments and psychological treatments that teach patients to recognise and manage early warning symptoms and signs (EWS) of impending manic
- Interventions for improving adherence to treatment in patients with high blood pressure in ambulatory settings
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 12-Aug-2008
Lack of adherence to blood pressure lowering medication is a major reason for poor control of hypertension worldwide. Interventions to improve adherence to antihypertensive medication have been evaluated in randomised trials but it is unclear which interv
- Interventions for improving adherence to treatment recommendations in people with type 2 diabetes mellitus
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 27-Oct-2008
Research suggests adherence to treatment recommendations is low. In type 2 diabetes, which is a chronic condition slowly leading to serious vascular, nephrologic, neurologic and ophthalmological complications, it can be assumed that enhancing adherence to
- Interventions for improving communication with children and adolescents about a family member's cancer
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 7-Jul-2008
A diagnosis of cancer creates multiple problems for affected families, including major changes in living patterns, roles and relationships. It has not been common practice for families and health practitioners to share information with children or adolesc
- Interventions for improving communication with children and adolescents about their cancer
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 6-Mar-2012
Communication with children and adolescents with cancer about their disease and treatment and the implications of these is an important aspect of good quality care. It is often poorly performed in practice. Various interventions have been developed that a
- Interventions for improving mobility after hip fracture surgery in adults
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 13-Feb-2011
Hip fracture mainly occurs in older people. Strategies to improve mobility include gait retraining, various forms of exercise and muscle stimulation.
- Interventions for improving older patients' involvement in primary care episodes
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 9-Jul-2008
There is a growing expectation among patients that they should be involved in the delivery of medical care. Accumulating evidence from empirical studies shows that patients of average age who are encouraged to participate more actively in treatment decisi
- Interventions for improving patients' trust in doctors and groups of doctors
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 4-Mar-2014
Trust is a fundamental component of the patient-doctor relationship and is associated with increased satisfaction, adherence to treatment, and continuity of care. Our 2006 review found little evidence that interventions improve patients' trust in their do
- Interventions for ingrowing toenails
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 7-Mar-2012
Ingrowing toenails are a common problem in which part of the nail penetrates the skinfold alongside the nail, creating a painful area. Different non-surgical and surgical interventions for ingrowing toenails are available, but there is no consensus about
- Interventions for learning disabled sex offenders
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 23-Jan-2008
The management of sex offenders is a major public concern. Behavioural and pharmacological interventions have been used for many years and more recently cognitive behavioural based interventions have become popular around the world. Programmes designed fo
- Interventions for motor apraxia following stroke
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 25-Aug-2008
Apraxia is a cognitive disorder that can occur after stroke. It prevents a person from carrying out a learned movement. Various interventions are used to treat apraxia but evidence of their benefit has been lacking.
- Interventions for noisy breathing in patients near to death
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 23-Jan-2008
This is an updated version of the original Cochrane review published in Issue 1, 2008. Noisy breathing (death rattle) occurs in 23 to 92% of people who are dying. The cause of noisy breathing remains unproven but is presumed to be due to an accumulation o
- Interventions for paracetamol (acetaminophen) overdose
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 23-Feb-2018
Paracetamol (acetaminophen) is the most widely used non-prescription analgesic in the world. Paracetamol is commonly taken in overdose either deliberately or unintentionally. In high-income countries, paracetamol toxicity is a common cause of acute liver
- Interventions for pathological gambling
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 31-Oct-2008
With the legalization of new forms of gambling there are increasing numbers of individuals who appear to have gambling related problems and who are seeking help.
- Interventions for photodamaged skin
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 2-Jun-2015
Photodamage describes skin changes such as fine and coarse wrinkles, roughness, freckles and pigmentation changes that occur as a result of prolonged exposure to the sun. Many treatments are available to reverse the damage, but it is unclear which work an
- Interventions for preoperative smoking cessation
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 27-Mar-2014
Smokers have a substantially increased risk of postoperative complications. Preoperative smoking intervention may be effective in decreasing this incidence, and surgery may constitute a unique opportunity for smoking cessation interventions.
- Interventions for preventing and treating low‐back and pelvic pain during pregnancy
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 30-Sep-2015
More than two-thirds of pregnant women experience low-back pain and almost one-fifth experience pelvic pain. The two conditions may occur separately or together (low-back and pelvic pain) and typically increase with advancing pregnancy, interfering with w
- Interventions for preventing bone disease in kidney transplant recipients
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 22-Oct-2019
People who have chronic kidney disease (CKD) have important changes to bone structure, strength, and metabolism. Children experience bone deformity, pain, and delayed or impaired growth. Adults experience limb and vertebral fractures, avascular necrosis,
