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Obstetric fistula has severe psychological consequences, but no evidence-based interventions exist to improve mental health in this population. This pilot trial evaluated a psychological intervention for women...
Pilot and Feasibility Studies 2017 3:35
Published on: 12 September 2017
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Hearing and vision impairments are among the most common and disabling comorbidities in people living with dementia. Intervening to improve sensory function could be a means by which the lives of people living...
Pilot and Feasibility Studies 2017 3:38
Published on: 11 September 2017
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Alcohol is a major risk factor for preventable illness, with huge cost to healthcare economies. There is a role for alcohol-specific digital health interventions (DHI), but there have been few randomised contr...
Pilot and Feasibility Studies 2017 3:34
Published on: 21 August 2017
Erratum
Pilot and Feasibility Studies 2017 3:33
Published on: 18 August 2017
The original article was published in Pilot and Feasibility Studies 2017 3:26
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A healthy lifestyle can reduce cardiovascular risk (CVR) and prevent premature death. Usually most patients at increased CVR have difficulties implementing the necessary health behavior changes, such as smokin...
Pilot and Feasibility Studies 2017 3:32
Published on: 8 August 2017
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Impaired mobility is a cardinal feature of multiple sclerosis (MS) and is rated by people with MS as their highest priority. By the secondary progressive phase, balance, mobility and physical activity levels a...
Pilot and Feasibility Studies 2017 4:26
Published on: 27 July 2017
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Patellofemoral pain (PFP) is one of the most common forms of knee pain in adults under the age of 40, with a prevalence of 23% in the general population. The long-term prognosis is poor, with only one third of...
Pilot and Feasibility Studies 2017 4:24
Published on: 20 July 2017
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Fear of recurrence (FoR) is a major concern for patients following treatment for primary breast cancer, affecting 60–99% of breast cancer survivors. Mini-AFTER is a brief intervention developed to address this...
Pilot and Feasibility Studies 2017 4:22
Published on: 20 July 2017
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A general practitioner (GP)-targeted intervention aimed at improving the prescribing of appropriate polypharmacy for older people was previously developed using a systematic, theory-based approach based on th...
Pilot and Feasibility Studies 2017 4:23
Published on: 20 July 2017
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Dysarthria, a disordered speech production resulting from neuro-muscular impairment, is a common symptom after stroke. It causes significant problems for patients’ speech intelligibility, communication, psycho...
Pilot and Feasibility Studies 2017 4:25
Published on: 20 July 2017
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Women infected with HIV have a risk of preterm birth (PTB) that is twice that among uninfected women, and treatment with antiretroviral therapy (ART) may further increase this risk. Progesterone supplementatio...
Pilot and Feasibility Studies 2017 4:21
Published on: 18 July 2017
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Implementation intentions enable individuals to translate good intentions into action. Parents and children can find maintaining oral health difficult, as evidenced by the presence of tooth decay. This is a co...
Pilot and Feasibility Studies 2017 4:20
Published on: 17 July 2017
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A novel peer-led manual wheelchair (MWC) training program may support the training needs of older adults, but establishing program feasibility is a pragmatic first step. The purpose of this study was to evalua...
Pilot and Feasibility Studies 2017 4:18
Published on: 17 July 2017
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Approximately 11,000 people die in Scotland each year as a result of smoking-related causes. Quitting smoking is relatively easy; maintaining a quit attempt is a very difficult task with success rates for unai...
Pilot and Feasibility Studies 2017 4:19
Published on: 14 July 2017
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Weight gain often occurs after breast cancer (BC) diagnosis and obesity along with sedentary behavior are associated with increased risk of BC recurrence and mortality. The primary objective of this study was ...
Pilot and Feasibility Studies 2017 4:17
Published on: 10 July 2017
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Despite the increasing use of hip arthroscopy for hip pain, there is no level 1 evidence to support physiotherapy rehabilitation programs following this procedure. The aims of this study were to determine (i) ...
Pilot and Feasibility Studies 2017 4:16
Published on: 7 July 2017
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Rates of common mental health problems are much higher in prison populations, but access to primary care mental health support falls short of community equivalence. Discontinuity of care on release is the norm...
Pilot and Feasibility Studies 2017 4:15
Published on: 7 July 2017
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In the USA, stillbirth (in utero fetal death ≥20 weeks gestation) is a major public health issue. Women who experience stillbirth, compared to women with live birth, have a nearly sevenfold increased risk of a...
Pilot and Feasibility Studies 2017 4:12
Published on: 6 July 2017
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Endometriosis is the most common cause of chronic pelvic pain worldwide. Non-surgical treatments are effective for only 30–50% of women and have a significant side effect burden that leads to high discontinuat...
Pilot and Feasibility Studies 2017 4:10
Published on: 6 July 2017
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An evaluation study was carried out to determine the feasibility of integrating the Adolescent Diabetes Needs Assessment Tool (ADNAT) App into UK paediatric diabetes care, to ascertain best practice standards ...
Pilot and Feasibility Studies 2017 4:13
Published on: 6 July 2017
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The aim was to assess the feasibility of a single-centre, single-blind, randomized, crossover design to explore the effects of two slow-release dopamine agonists, ropinirole and pramipexole, on cued recall in ...
Pilot and Feasibility Studies 2017 4:11
Published on: 6 July 2017
Study Protocol
Research has repeatedly demonstrated that exercise has a positive impact on physical function and is beneficial in the treatment of physical frailty. However, an even more effective strategy for managing physi...
Pilot and Feasibility Studies 2017 4:8
Published on: 6 July 2017
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Heart failure (HF) affects 20% of long-term care (LTC) residents and is associated with significant morbidity, acute care visits, and mortality. Barriers to HF management are staff knowledge gaps and ineffecti...
Pilot and Feasibility Studies 2017 4:9
Published on: 6 July 2017
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The development of a patient-reported outcome measure (PROM) for polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR), a condition that causes pain, stiffness and disability, is necessary as there is no current validated disease-spec...
Pilot and Feasibility Studies 2017 4:7
Published on: 6 July 2017
Editorial
With continuously increasing costs of conducting trials, use of innovative approaches—such as pragmatic trials, registry-based randomised trials, adaptive trials, personalised medicine trials, platform trials,...
Pilot and Feasibility Studies 2017 4:14
Published on: 6 July 2017
