A RE-AIM evaluation in early adopters to iteratively improve the online BeUpstanding™ program supporting workers to sit less and move more

Abstract Background The web-based BeUpstanding program supports desk workers to sit less and move more. Successfully translated from a research-delivered intervention, BeUpstanding has gone through iterative development and evaluation phases in preparation for wide-scale implementation. In the third planned “early-adopters” phase (01/09/2017–11/06/2019), the program was made freely-available online. An integrated delivery and evaluation platform was also developed to enable workplace champions to run and evaluate the intervention within their work team independent of researcher support. Using the RE-AIM (Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation, Maintenance) framework, this study reports on the extent to which the program and processes were “fit-for-purpose” for a national implementation trial across the indicators of uptake (reach and adoption), implementation and engagement, and effectiveness for behaviour change. Methods Data were collected via the online surveys embedded in the program and through program access analytics. Descriptive data (with linearized variance for the clustered staff-level data) and results from mixed models (repeated data and clustering for pre-post changes) are reported. Results Despite purposeful limited promotion, uptake was good, with 182 Australian users initially registering (208 total) and 135 (from 113 organisations) then completing the sign-up process. Recruitment reached users across Australia and in 16 of 19 Australian industries. Implementation was inconsistent and limited, with signed-up users completing 0 to 14 of the program’s 14 steps and only 7 (5.2%) completing all seven core steps. Many champions (n = 69, 51.1%) had low engagement (1 day toolkit usage) and few (n = 30, 22%) were highly engaged (> 1 day toolkit usage and surveyed staff). Although only 18 users (7 organisations) performed the pre- and post-program staff evaluations (337 and 167 staff, respectively), pre-post changes showed the program effectively reduced workplace sitting by − 9.0% (95% CI -12.0, − 5.9%). Discussion The program had uptake across industries and across Australia, but implementation and engagement varied widely. Few workplaces completed the evaluation components. In those that did, the program was effective for the primary outcome (workplace sitting). Conducting a planned early adopters phase and a comprehensive evaluation according to RE-AIM helped highlight necessary program improvements to make it more suitable for wide-scale implementation and evaluation. Trial registration Australian and New Zealand Clinic Trials Registry ACTRN12617000682347. Date registered: 12/05/2017.

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The GOS4M Knowledge Hub: A web-based effectiveness evaluation platform in support of the Minamata Convention on Mercury

Environmental Science & Policy ◽

10.1016/j.envsci.2021.06.021 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 124 ◽

pp. 235-246

Author(s):

Francesco De Simone ◽

Francesco D’Amore ◽

Mariantonia Bencardino ◽

Francesco Carbone ◽

Ian M. Hedgecock ◽

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Keyword(s):

Effectiveness Evaluation ◽

Web Based ◽

Minamata Convention On Mercury ◽

Evaluation Platform

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Legalization of Medical Cannabis and Site of Death: Evidence From National Vital Statistics Mortality Data

Journal of Applied Gerontology ◽

10.1177/07334648211058720 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 073346482110587

Author(s):

Divya Bhagianadh ◽

Kanika Arora

Keyword(s):

State Level ◽

Positive Association ◽

Vital Statistics ◽

Mortality Data ◽

Medical Cannabis ◽

Difference In Differences ◽

Early Adopters ◽

Level Data ◽

Hospital Deaths ◽

Poor Outcomes

We examined whether Medical Marijuana Legislation (MML) was associated with site of death. Using state-level data (1992–2018) from the National Vital Statistics System (NVSS), we employed difference-in-differences method to compare changes in death rate among older adults at four sites—nursing home (NH), hospital, home, hospice/other—over time in states with and without MML. Heterogeneity analyses were conducted by timing of MML adoption, and by decedent characteristics. Results show a negative association between MML implementation and NH deaths. Among early adopters (states with weakly regulated programs) and decedents with musculoskeletal disorders, there was a positive association between MML implementation and hospital deaths, whereas among late adopters (states with “medicalized” programs), there was a positive association between MML implementation and hospice deaths. Decline in NH deaths may reflect increased likelihood of transfers due to threat of Federal enforcement, penalties for poor outcomes, and liability concerns. Future studies should examine these associations further.

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LandScape: a web application for interactive genomic summary visualization

10.1101/866087 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Wenlong Jia ◽

Hechen Li ◽

Shiying Li ◽

Shuaicheng Li

Keyword(s):

Genetic Information ◽

Web Application ◽

Genomic Research ◽

File Format ◽

Data Types ◽

Web Based ◽

Link Type ◽

Level Data ◽

Real Time Visualization ◽

Information Landscape

ABSTRACTSummaryVisualizing integrated-level data from genomic research remains a challenge, as it requires sufficient coding skills and experience. Here, we present LandScapeoviz, a web-based application for interactive and real-time visualization of summarized genetic information. LandScape utilizes a well-designed file format that is capable of handling various data types, and offers a series of built-in functions to customize the appearance, explore results, and export high-quality diagrams that are available for publication.Availability and implementationLandScape is deployed at bio.oviz.org/demo-project/analyses/landscape for online use. Documentation and demo data are freely available on this website and GitHub (github.com/Nobel-Justin/Oviz-Bio-demo)[email protected]

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Abstract 13590: Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Patients With Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy in a Large, Nationwide Us Cohort

Circulation ◽

10.1161/circ.142.suppl_3.13590 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 142 (Suppl_3) ◽

Author(s):

Michael Butzner ◽

Phil Sarocco ◽

Ethan J Rowin ◽

Martin S Maron ◽

Laura A Robertson

Keyword(s):

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy ◽

Clinical Characteristics ◽

National Sample ◽

Centers Of Excellence ◽

Septal Myectomy ◽

Level Data ◽

Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy ◽

Integrated Delivery ◽

Comorbidity Index ◽

Delivery Networks

Background: Obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (oHCM) has mostly been studied in patients treated in advanced comprehensive Centers of Excellence (COE). Understanding the true prevalence of patients with oHCM in the general US population may improve the screening, identification, and treatment outside of COEs. Objectives: To describe the demographics and clinical characteristics of patients with oHCM. Methods: This is a retrospective cohort study to assess patient-level data from the IBM Explorys database (observational period: January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2018). The Explorys database amassed electronic medical records from 39 Integrated Delivery Networks (IDN) from ~12,982,704 patients. We identified adult patients (>18 years old) with oHCM and report their demographics and clinical characteristics from index date to the end of study period. Results: Of 8,792 patients, 53.0% were female, and 81.2% Caucasian (mean index age: 61.8 years). Primary insurance type was private (58.9%); 54.9% of patients lived in the Midwest. Mean BMI at index was 30.4; 30.9% were nondrinkers. The mean Quan-Charlson Comorbidity Index was 6.35% with the most common comorbidities being congestive heart failure (31.9%), chronic pulmonary disease (20.1%), and diabetes without chronic complications (16.9%). CV drug rates included β-blockers (80.5%), CCBs (46.0%), ACE inhibitors (27.7%), ARBs (18.8%), disopyramide (2.4%) and amiodarone (13.0%). Surgical procedure rates included septal myectomy (22%), ablation (19.8%), implantable cardioverter defibrillator (11.2%), and heart transplantation (0.3%). Major residual side effects subsequent to surgical procedures included atrial fibrillation (31.4%) and reintervention (15.6%). Common reintervention procedures included ablation and septal myectomy. Conclusions: This is the first study to examine a national sample of oHCM patients using clinical data from more than 39 IDNs. Leveraging the Explorys database allowed us to analyze a larger, more diverse cohort of oHCM patients across the entire broader US. The results from this analysis may be used to compare the characteristics of patients with oHCM in the general population with those treated in COE.

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Student and Teacher Perspectives Testing a System for Adaptive e-Learning

Dynamic Advancements in Teaching and Learning Based Technologies ◽

10.4018/978-1-60960-153-9.ch002 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 16-45

Author(s):

Carla Limongelli ◽

Filippo Sciarrone ◽

Marco Temperini ◽

Giulia Vaste

Keyword(s):

Intelligent Systems ◽

Comprehensive Evaluation ◽

Point Of View ◽

Added Value ◽

Web Based ◽

Life Long Learning ◽

E Learning ◽

Didactic Material ◽

Amount Of Knowledge ◽

Didactic Strategies

Personalization is becoming a mandatory requirement in Web-based Education and long distance learning in general, representing a flexible way of learning the exact amount of knowledge to reach a given learning goal. This approach saves time and money and it is particularly suited for life-long learning. The drawback is that the teacher has to produce some effort to prepare didactic material and while research in this field proposes several intelligent systems providing personalization with advanced didactic strategies, teacher’s point of view is less considered. In this chapter we extend our previous work that aimed to build an adaptive system for education called LS-Plan, taking into account both teacher’s and student’s needs. In particular we carried out a comprehensive evaluation of the system embedded into an Adaptive Educational Hypermedia called Lecomps5, in order to experiment and prove the added value of the system.

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The Design and Implementation of Net English Teaching System Based on WEB Technology

Applied Mechanics and Materials ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.687-691.1852 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 687-691 ◽

pp. 1852-1855 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Li Ping Gong

Keyword(s):

Design Thinking ◽

Action Learning ◽

Future Research ◽

Learning Resources ◽

Web Based ◽

College English ◽

Self Regulated Learning ◽

Learning Platform ◽

Regulated Learning ◽

Evaluation Platform

In this paper, the author first analyze the current situation of the present domestic Web-based college English learning platform, analyze and summarize the problems exists, and propose research objectives of this subject. Then, to explore the guidance of theory that design and develop a web-based college English self-regulated learning platform required for; On this basis, according to relevant learning theories and principles of design and development in light of the characteristics of college English and the actual needs, put forward the overall design thinking of developing a web-based College English self-regulated learning platform, constructed the whole platform, design the function and the database detailed, and to carry out specific development. The platform provides students with learning tools, learning resources, exchange platform, test and evaluation platform; can evaluate the learning action, learning processes and learning outcomes of students, students can understand their own learning from the evaluation platform, and then adjust their own learning to obtain high quality and efficiency of learning. Teachers can also use the course release module to enrich the learning resources and realize to share labor of a number of teachers. In order to test the real application of this platform, tested this platform in practice teaching to analyze self-learning process of the students, and an analysis of the data collated. Finally, sum up the characteristics of the platform, as well as inadequacies, and in the basis, outlook the future research direction and focus for future research.

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A web based subjective evaluation platform

2013 Fifth International Workshop on Quality of Multimedia Experience (QoMEX) ◽

10.1109/qomex.2013.6603196 ◽

2013 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Benjamin Rainer ◽

Markus Waltl ◽

Christian Timmerer

Keyword(s):

Subjective Evaluation ◽

Web Based ◽

Evaluation Platform

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Foreign Language Online Course Evaluation Platform Based on Fuzzy Comprehensive Evaluation Method

2015 International Conference on Intelligent Transportation, Big Data and Smart City ◽

10.1109/icitbs.2015.111 ◽

2015 ◽

Author(s):

Fang Li-Xia

Keyword(s):

Foreign Language ◽

Evaluation Method ◽

Comprehensive Evaluation ◽

Fuzzy Comprehensive Evaluation ◽

Course Evaluation ◽

Online Course ◽

Fuzzy Comprehensive Evaluation Method ◽

Comprehensive Evaluation Method ◽

Evaluation Platform

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NCBI BLAST+ integrated into Galaxy

10.1101/014043 ◽

2015 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Peter J. A. Cock ◽

John M. Chilton ◽

Björn Grüning ◽

James E. Johnson ◽

Nicola Soranzo

Keyword(s):

Biomedical Data ◽

Command Line ◽

Web Based ◽

Early Adopters ◽

Modern Molecular Biology ◽

The Galaxy ◽

Pcr Products ◽

Genome Analyses ◽

Analysis Platform ◽

Ncbi Blast

Background: The NCBI BLAST suite has become ubiquitous in modern molecular biology, used for small tasks like checking capillary sequencing results of single PCR products through to genome annotation or even larger scale pan-genome analyses. For early adopters of the Galaxy web-based biomedical data analysis platform, integrating BLAST was a natural step for sequence comparison workflows. Findings: The command line NCBI BLAST+ tool suite was wrapped for use within Galaxy, defining appropriate datatypes as needed, with the goal of making common BLAST tasks easy, and advanced tasks possible. Conclusions: This effort has been come an informal international collaborative effort, and is deployed and used on Galaxy servers worldwide. Several example use-cases are described herein.

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