OBJECTIVE Loss of wife besides the phenomenon of aging could cause some psychological disorders and may shorten the duration of this stage of life. The aim of this study was to examine the efficacy of treatment reminders of life with emphasis on integrative reminiscence on self-esteem and anxiety in widowed old men. METHOD This was a clinical trial with pre-test and post-test design with a co...

BACKGROUND Patient adherence to follow-up plays a key role in the medical surveillance of chronic diseases and affects the implementation of clinical research by influencing cost and validity. We previously reported a randomized controlled trial (RCT) on short message service (SMS) reminders, which significantly improved follow-up adherence in pediatric cataract treatment. METHODS RCTs publis...

Assistive technologies which provide reminders to assist older people in decision making, particularly in a just-in-time fashion, have significant potential to help older people and their carers. However the requirements of these technologies are not well understood and demonstration systems often rely on complex equipment which is difficult to imagine installed in a normal home setting. This s...

BACKGROUND A cloud-based clinical decision support system (CDSS) was implemented to remotely provide evidence-based guideline reminders in support of preventative health. Following implementation, we measured the agreement between preventive care reminders generated by an existing, local CDSS and the new, cloud-based CDSS operating on the same patient visit data. METHODS Electronic health rec...

OBJECTIVE To understand how a pilot intervention combining SMS reminders with real-time adherence monitoring improved adherence to HIV antiretroviral therapy (ART) for adults initiating treatment in rural Uganda. DESIGN Qualitative study, conducted with a pilot randomized controlled trial. METHODS Sixty-two pilot intervention study participants took part in qualitative interviews on: prefer...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The vast majority of youth who lived through the Bosnian war were exposed to multiple traumatic events, including interpersonal violence, community destruction, and the loss of a loved one. This study examined factors that predict post-war psychological adjustment, specifically posttraumatic stress, in Bosnian adolescents. DESIGN Regression analyses evaluated theoriz...