Key Messages 1. A randomised controlled trial was conducted to determine the effectiveness of a computerised, errorless, learning-based, training programme to enhance schizophrenic patients’ cognitive functions and vocational outcomes. 2. A total of 80 Chinese with schizophrenia were randomly assigned to a 4-week, computerassisted, errorless-learning (CAEL) group, a therapistadministered (TA) g...

1. This was an 18-week prospective, randomised, double-blind, placebocontrolled clinical study on a Chinese herbal medicine— MaZiRenWan (MZRW)—for the treatment of functional constipation. 2. 120 subjects with functional constipation (Rome III criteria) were randomised (60 per arm) into the MZRW and placebo groups. Respective responder rates for the two groups were 43.3% and 8.3% during treatme...

Relapse of congestive heart failure (CHF) frequently occurs and has serious consequences in terms of morbidity, mortality, and health care expenditure. Many studies have investigated the aetiological and prognostic factors of CHF, but there are only limited data on the role of precipitating factors that trigger relapse of CHF. Knowledge of potential precipitating factors may help to optimise tr...

To download this publication and learn about others as they become available, visit us online at www.commonwealthfund.org and register to receive Fund e-Alerts. Commonwealth Fund pub. 1528 Vol. 15 The mission of The Commonwealth Fund is to promote a high performance health care system. The Fund carries out this mandate by supporting independent research on health care issues and making grants t...

OBJECTIVE Understand patients' experiences with primary care services for congestive heart failure (CHF) and explore the relationship between health services and self-management. METHODS We conducted semi-structured interviews with thirty-nine patients with CHF receiving care at one Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VA). We analyzed data using thematic content analysis. RESULTS Participants ...

BACKGROUND Little is known about the frequency and range of symptoms experienced by community-dwelling older persons with advanced chronic disease who are not enrolled in hospice. The objectives of our study were to determine (1) the prevalence of a range of symptoms among older persons with advanced chronic disease and (2) whether the prevalence of symptoms is similar across diagnoses. METHO...

CONTACT: Sandra Ressl, MA IPF Institute for Pharmaeconomic Research Wolfengasse 4/7 1010 Vienna, Austria Tel +43-1-5132007-13 Fax +43-1-5132007-15 Email: [email protected] Web: www.ipf-ac.at Objectives Iron deficiency (ID), a non-cardiovascular comorbidity, is highly prevalent in chronic heart failure (CHF) patients and imposes a significant disease burden for CHF patients with enormous impact ...

Perspectives Since its inception in 2002 – in partnership with civil society, donors, governments, people affected by the target diseases and the private sector – the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has supported and championed country ownership of programmes that, together, have saved over 20 million lives. 1 While substantial progress has been made, attempts to achieve tar...

Table 1. Garfield Memorial Fund Board of Directors Jed Weissberg, MD; GMF Board Chair, Associate Executive Director, Quality and Performance Improvement, The Permanente Federation Edward Thomas, RN, MBA; GMF Director, The Permanente Federation Bob Crane; Senior Vice President, Health Policy Institute, KFHP/H Phil Madvig, MD; Associate Executive Director, TPMG Joanne Schottinger, MD; Assistant t...

PROBLEM Birth registration remains far from complete in many developing countries. This was true of Ghana before a major registration campaign was undertaken. APPROACH This study, based on survey data, assesses the results of a registration campaign initiated in 2004-2005 in Ghana. Key strategies included: extending the legal period for free registration of infants; incorporating registration...