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- Bed rest during pregnancy for preventing miscarriage
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 20-Apr-2005
Miscarriage is pregnancy loss before 23 weeks of gestational age. It happens in 10% to 15% of pregnancies depending on maternal age and parity. It is associated with chromosomal defects in about a half or two-thirds of cases. Many interventions have been
- Bed rest for acute uncomplicated myocardial infarction
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 18-Apr-2007
Bed rest is prescribed to all patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI), but to a variable extent. Current guidelines (American College of Cardiology/ American Heart Association) recommend at least 12 hours bed rest in patients with uncomplicated ST
- Bed rest for pressure ulcer healing in wheelchair users
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 17-Oct-2016
Pressure ulcers, which are localised injury to the skin or underlying tissue, or both, occur when people are unable to reposition themselves to relieve pressure on bony prominences. Pressure ulcers are often difficult to heal, painful, and impact negative
- Bed rest in hospital for suspected impaired fetal growth
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 22-Apr-1996
Bed rest in hospital or at home is widely advised for many complications of pregnancy. The increased clinical supervision needs to be balanced with the risk of thrombosis, the stress on the pregnant women, as well as the costs to families and health servi
- Bed rest in singleton pregnancies for preventing preterm birth
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 30-Mar-2015
Bed rest in hospital or at home is widely recommended for the prevention of preterm birth. This advice is based on the observation that hard work and hard physical activity during pregnancy could be associated with preterm birth and with the idea that bed
- Bed rest with and without hospitalisation in multiple pregnancy for improving perinatal outcomes
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 6-Mar-2017
Strict or partial bed rest in hospital or at home is commonly recommended for women with multiple pregnancy to improve pregnancy outcomes. In order to advise women to rest in bed for any length of time, a policy for clinical practice needs to be supported
- Bed rest with or without hospitalisation for hypertension during pregnancy
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 19-Oct-2005
Bed rest or restriction of activity, with or without hospitalisation, have been advocated for women with hypertension during pregnancy to improve pregnancy outcome. However, benefits need to be demonstrated before such interventions can be recommended sin
- Bed sharing versus no bed sharing for healthy term neonates
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 8-Apr-2021
There is great global variation in the sleeping arrangements for healthy newborn infants. Bed sharing is a type of sleeping practice in which the sleeping surface (e.g. bed, couch or armchair, or some other sleeping surface) is shared between the infant a
- Beds, overlays and mattresses for preventing and treating pressure ulcers: an overview of Cochrane Reviews and network meta‐analysis
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 16-Aug-2021
Pressure ulcers (also known as pressure injuries, pressure sores and bed sores) are localised injuries to the skin or underlying soft tissue, or both, caused by unrelieved pressure, shear or friction. Specific kinds of beds, overlays and mattresses are wi
- Beds, overlays and mattresses for treating pressure ulcers
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 10-May-2021
Pressure ulcers (also known as pressure injuries, pressure sores, decubitus ulcers and bed sores) are localised injuries to the skin or underlying soft tissue, or both, caused by unrelieved pressure, shear or friction. Beds, overlays or mattresses are wid
- Beginning reading interventions for children and adolescents with intellectual disability
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 5-Dec-2019
Historically, students with intellectual disability were not expected to learn to read, and thus were excluded from reading instruction. Over the past decades, societal expectations for this group of learners have changed in that children and adolescents
- Behavioral interventions for improving condom use for dual protection
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 16-Oct-2013
Unprotected sex is a major risk factor for disease, disability, and mortality in many areas of the world due to the prevalence and incidence of sexually transmitted infections (STI) including HIV. The male condom is one of the oldest contraceptive methods
- Behavioral interventions for improving contraceptive use among women living with HIV
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 9-Aug-2016
Contraception services can help meet the family planning goals of women living with HIV as well as prevent mother-to-child transmission. Due to antiretroviral therapy, survival has improved for people living with HIV, and more HIV-positive women may desir
- Behavioral interventions for improving dual-method contraceptive use
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 24-Mar-2014
Dual-method contraception refers to using condoms as well as another modern method of contraception. The latter (usually non-barrier) method is commonly hormonal (e.g., oral contraceptives) or a non-hormonal intrauterine device. Use of two methods can bet
- Behavioral interventions to promote condom use among women living with HIV
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 18-Jan-2012
High rates of HIV infection among women of reproductive age have dramatic consequences for personal and public health. Prophylaxis during sexual intercourse in the form of condoms has been the most effective way to prevent both STI and HIV transmission am
- Behavioral interventions to reduce risk for sexual transmission of HIV among men who have sex with men
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 14-May-2008
Men who have sex with men (MSM) remain at great risk for HIV infection. Program planners and policy makers need descriptions of interventions and quantitative estimates of intervention effects to make informed decisions concerning prevention funding and r
- Behavioral interventions to reduce the transmission of HIV infection among sex workers and their clients in high-income countries
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 4-Nov-2011
Interventions to change behaviour among sex workers and their clients have been identified as a strategy to reduce HIV transmission. However, there has been no systematic review that has examined and summarized their effects.
- Behavioral interventions to reduce the transmission of HIV infection among sex workers and their clients in low- and middle-income countries
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 17-Jan-2012
Various interventions have been adopted to reduce HIV transmission among sex workers and their clients but the effectiveness of these strategies has yet to be investigated using meta-analytic techniques.
- Behavioural activation therapy for depression in adults
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 6-Jul-2020
Behavioural activation is a brief psychotherapeutic approach that seeks to change the way a person interacts with their environment. Behavioural activation is increasingly receiving attention as a potentially cost-effective intervention for depression, wh
- Behavioural activation therapy for depression in adults with non‐communicable diseases
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 6-Aug-2020
Depression is common in people with non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer, and chronic respiratory conditions. The co-existence of depression and NCDs may affect health behaviours, compliance with treatment, phy
