survivors of car accidents not only are physically challenged, but also from psychological trauma, such as post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd) also suffers. in recent years, ptsd disorder and other psychological reactions is increased after an accident. ptsd is a disorder with special signs after stressful events such as accidents can be seen psychological. ptsd is common responses that peopl...

Abstract In a randomized field experiment, we show that low-cost intervention, weekly email reminders, increases the exercising frequency of gym members by 13%, with effect being larger for class training (19%) than free (11%). We find nearly all types individuals benefit from reminders (e.g., students, nonstudents, women, men, new members, recurring members), and this persists in three-month p...

BACKGROUND People with active tuberculosis (TB) require six months of treatment. Some people find it difficult to complete treatment, and there are several approaches to help ensure completion. One such system relies on reminders, where the health system prompts patients to attend for appointments on time, or re-engages people who have missed or defaulted on a scheduled appointment. OBJECTIVE...

Choosing messages to encourage charitable bequest giving may be particularly challenging given sensitivity to personal mortality reminders. Previous research suggests that people often react to mortality reminders with avoidance, including distancing themselves from those associated with death. We compare the effects of otherwise similar living and deceased bequest donor stories on subsequent i...

Money has been said to change people's motivation (mainly for the better) and their behavior toward others (mainly for the worse). The results of nine experiments suggest that money brings about a self-sufficient orientation in which people prefer to be free of dependency and dependents. Reminders of money, relative to nonmoney reminders, led to reduced requests for help and reduced helpfulness...

ciated with removal of 59% of unnecessary catheters. As did a previous study suggesting that physicians were unaware of their patients having urinary catheters, we found that reminders to physicians with less training who were directly involved in patient care enhanced the effectiveness the reminder systems. We also identified 2 potentially modifiable gaps in knowledge of inappropriate urinary ...

D a t a e x t r a c t i o n Data were extracted on patient age (newborn to adult); setting (academic, public health, or private); intervention delivery (letter, postcard, telephone, autodialer, or in person), specificity (generic or personal reminders), and number (1-time or multiple reminders); and vaccination schedule. Study quality was assessed (allocation concealment, blinding, follow-up, r...

We provide evidence from field experiments with three different banks, that reminder messages increase commitment attainment for clients who recently opened commitment savings accounts. Messages that mention both savings goals and financial incentives are particularly effective, while other content variations such as gain versus loss framing do not have significantly different effects. Nor do w...

Millions of people in Bangladesh drink arsenic-contaminated water despite increased awareness of consequences to health. Theory-based and evidence-based interventions are likely to have greater impact on people switching to existing arsenic-safe wells than providing information alone. To test this assumption, we first developed interventions based on an empirical test of the Risk, Attitudes, No...