BACKGROUND There are high rates of treatment non-completion for personality disorder and those who do not complete treatment have poorer outcomes. A goal-based motivational interview may increase service users' readiness to engage with therapy and so enhance treatment retention. We conducted a feasibility study to inform the design of a randomized controlled trial. The aims were to test the fea...

BACKGROUND Diarrhea remains a high burden disease, responsible for nine percent of deaths in children under five globally. We analyzed diarrhea management practices in young children and their association with the source of care. METHODS We used Demographic and Health Survey data from 12 countries in sub-Saharan Africa with high burdens of childhood diarrhea. We classified the quality of diar...

INTRODUCTION Treating concomitant diseases in obese patients generates costs which are twice as high as the costs of the therapies in individuals with a normal weight. The conservative management of obesity involving lifestyle and dietary modifications and medical treatment shows only short-term efficacy and carries a 90% risk of recurrence. The intragastric balloon causes a permanent feeling o...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the clinical effectiveness of a self-managed single exercise programme versus usual physiotherapy treatment for rotator cuff tendinopathy. DESIGN Multi-centre pragmatic unblinded parallel group randomised controlled trial. SETTING UK National Health Service. PARTICIPANTS Patients with a clinical diagnosis of rotator cuff tendinopathy. INTERVENTIONS The interventio...

Abstract: Introduction In 2018, within the Horizon 2020 program, RECOVER-E project activities were initiated in Montenegro. During years 2019 and Community mental health team (CMHT) Special Psychiatric Hospital Kotor was established. This became responsible for management of treatment a group users with severe illnesses, based on principles „Flexible Assertive Treatment (FACT – A Dutch model). ...

BACKGROUND Exercise is a potential treatment for depression. However, few studies have evaluated the role of adjunct exercise in the treatment of severely major depressed inpatients. The goal of this study was to evaluate the effects of add-on exercise on the usual treatment of severely depressed inpatients. METHODS Fifty participants were randomized to an exercise (exercise + usual treatment...