scholarly journals Correction to: Promoting healthy teenage behaviour across three European countries through the use of a novel smartphone technology platform, PEGASO fit for future: study protocol of a quasi-experimental, controlled, multi-Centre trial

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elisa Puigdomenech ◽  
Anne Martin ◽  
Alexandra Lang ◽  
Fulvio Adorni ◽  
Santiago Felipe Gomez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Study Protocol ◽  
Future Study ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Technology Platform ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Smartphone Technology

scholarly journals The Healthy Primary School of the Future: study protocol of a quasi-experimental study

2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Willeboordse ◽  
M. W. Jansen ◽  
S. N. van den Heijkant ◽  
A. Simons ◽  
B. Winkens ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Study Protocol ◽  
Future Study ◽  
The Future ◽  
Quasi Experimental

scholarly journals Promoting healthy teenage behaviour across three European countries through the use of a novel smartphone technology platform, PEGASO fit for future: study protocol of a quasi-experimental, controlled, multi-Centre trial

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elisa Puigdomenech ◽  
◽  
Anne Martin ◽  
Alexandra Lang ◽  
Fulvio Adorni ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Behaviour Change ◽  
Study Protocol ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Behavioural Change ◽  
Intervention Group ◽  
Dimensional System ◽  
Anthropometric Measures ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Smartphone Technology

Abstract Background Behaviour change interventions targeting physical activity, diet, sleep and sedentary behaviour of teenagers show promise when delivered through smartphones. However, to date there is no evidence of effectiveness of multicomponent smartphone-based interventions. Utilising a user-centred design approach, we developed a theory-based, multi-dimensional system, PEGASO Fit For Future (PEGASO F4F), which exploits sophisticated game mechanics involving smartphone applications, a smartphone game and activity sensors to motivate teenagers to take an active role in adopting and maintaining a healthy lifestyle. This paper describes the study protocol to assess the feasibility, usability and effectiveness (knowledge/awareness and behavioural change in lifestyle) of the PEGASO system. Methods We are conducting a quasi-experimental controlled cluster trial in 4 sites in Spain, Italy, and UK (England, Scotland) over 6 months. We plan to recruit 525, in a 2:1 basis, teenagers aged 13–16 years from secondary schools. The intervention group is provided with the PEGASO system whereas the comparison group continues their usual educational routine. Outcomes include feasibility, acceptance, and usability of the PEGASO system as well as between and within group changes in motivation, self-reported diet, physical activity, sedentary and sleeping behaviour, anthropometric measures and knowledge about a healthy lifestyle. Discussion PEGASO F4F will provide evidence into the cross-cultural similarities and differences in the feasibility, acceptability and usability of a multi-dimensional smartphone based behaviour change intervention for teenagers. The study will explore facilitating factors, challenges and barriers of engaging teenagers to adapt and maintain a healthy lifestyle when using smartphone technology. Positive results from this ICT based multi component intervention may have significant implications both at clinical level, improving teenagers health and at public health level since it can present an influential tool against the development of chronic disease during adulthood. Trial registration https://clinicaltrials.gov Registration number: NCT02930148, registered 4 October 2016.

scholarly journals Erratum to: The Healthy Primary School of the Future: study protocol of a quasi-experimental study

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Willeboordse ◽  
M. W. Jansen ◽  
S. N. van den Heijkant ◽  
A. Simons ◽  
B. Winkens ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Study Protocol ◽  
Future Study ◽  
The Future ◽  
Quasi Experimental

scholarly journals Improving continuity of patient care across sectors: study protocol of the process evaluation of a quasi-experimental multi-centre study regarding an admission and discharge model in Germany (VESPEERA)

BMJ Open ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. e031245
Author(s):  
Johanna Forstner ◽  
Aline Kunz ◽  
Cornelia Straßner ◽  
Lorenz Uhlmann ◽  
Stephanie Kuemmel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
General Practice ◽  
Patient Care ◽  
Process Evaluation ◽  
Study Protocol ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Total N ◽  
Outcomes Evaluation ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Discharge Model ◽  
General Practices

IntroductionHospital stays are critical events as they often disrupt continuity of care. This process evaluation aims to describe and explore the implementation of the VESPEERA programme (Improving continuity of patient care across sectors: An admission and discharge model in general practices and hospitals, Versorgungskontinuitaet sichern: Patientenorientiertes Einweisungs- und Entlassmanagement in Hausarztpraxen und Krankenhauesern). The evaluation concerns the intervention fidelity, reach in targeted populations, perceived effects, working mechanisms, feasibility, determinants for implementation, including contextual factors, and associations with the outcomes evaluation. The aim of the VESPEERA programme is the development, implementation and evaluation of a structured admission and discharge programme in general practices and hospitals.Methods and analysisThe process evaluation is linked to the VESPEERA outcomes evaluation, which has a quasi-experimental multi-centre design with four study arms and is conducted in hospitals and general practices in Germany. The VESPEERA programme comprises several components: an assessment before admission, an admission letter, a telephonic discharge conversation between hospital and general practice before discharge, discharge information for patients, structured planning of follow-up care after discharge in the general practice and a telephone monitoring for patients with a risk of rehospitalisation. The process evaluation has a mixed-methods design, incorporating interviews (patients, both care providers who do and do not participate in the VESPEERA programme, total n=75), questionnaires (patients and care providers who participate in the VESPEERA programme, total n=475), implementation plans of hospitals, data documented in general practices, claims-based data and hospital process data. Data analysis is descriptive and explorative. Qualitative data will be transcribed and analysed using framework analysis based on the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research. Associations between the outcomes of the program and measures in the process evaluation will be explored in regression models.Ethics and disseminationEthics approval has been obtained by the ethics committee of the Medical Faculty Heidelberg prior to the start of the study (S-352/2018). Results will be disseminated through a final report to the funding agency, articles in peer-reviewed journals and conferences.Trial registration numberhttp://www.drks.de/DRKS00015183.Trial statusThe study protocol on hand is the protocol V.1.1 from 18 June 2018. Recruitment for interviews started on 3 September 2018 and will approximately be completed by the end of May 2019.

scholarly journals COBA-Cohort: a prospective cohort of HIV-negative men who have sex with men, attending community-based HIV testing services in five European countries (a study protocol)

BMJ Open ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (7) ◽  
pp. e011314 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicolas Lorente ◽  
Laura Fernàndez-López ◽  
Ricardo Fuertes ◽  
Daniela Rojas Castro ◽  
François Pichon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hiv Testing ◽  
Study Protocol ◽  
Prospective Cohort ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Hiv Testing Services ◽  
Sex With Men ◽  
Hiv Negative

Pilot Study Protocol: Cervical Spine Joint Pain and Stiffness - Accuracy of Physical Assessment in Nursing (Preprint)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruno Garrido Soares ◽  
Fatima Raquel Fonseca ◽  
Patrícia Fonseca ◽  
Paulo Jorge Alves
Keyword(s):  
Cervical Spine ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Study Protocol ◽  
Joint Stiffness ◽  
Upper Cervical Spine ◽  
Physical Assessment ◽  
Stomatognathic System ◽  
Upper Cervical ◽  
Quasi Experimental

BACKGROUND Cervical spine dysfunction (CSD) is a problem with high personal, social and economic impact worldwide. Although its etiology is described as multifactorial, there is a need for better clarification. Literature has shown the relationship between the cervical condition, the mandibular functioning and the visceral condition. In order to guide and contribute to the accuracy of the physical assessment performed by nurses, we decided to study the influence of the stomatognathic system (SS) and viscerosomatic reflexes (VR) on pain and joint stiffness of the cervical spine. OBJECTIVE Describe the pilot study protocol of the influence of SS and RV on cervical structures. METHODS Pilot study, with a quasi-experimental design, carried out in 2019, with 50 volunteer participants from the university population of the Academic Federation of Porto, where the influence of the usual intercuspation change, the occlusal deprogramming and the pressure stimulus of the reflex skin region of the ilium/colon in the cervical spine were analyzed. This study was divided into two moments, where we first performed the kinematic and pain analysis in the passive mobilization of the upper cervical spine, using the Motion Capture System® and the Visual Analog Scale. In the second moment, we evaluated the pain threshold on palpation of the erector neck muscles and the structures of the stomatognathic system, using algometry. The influence of viscerosomatic reflexes on the structures of the stomatognathic system was also analyzed. RESULTS Selection and preparation of the data collection site, acquisition of materials, constitution of the sample group and data collection were completed. The analysis of the results is being carried out. CONCLUSIONS The data from this study will allow the observation of the possible influence of SS and VR on pain and range of motion of the upper cervical spine, providing data for future randomized studies. Potential limitations have been identified.

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