Preventive medicine
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Preventive medicine · Feb 2007
Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Clinical TrialA cluster randomized controlled trial of school-based prevention of tobacco, alcohol and drug use: the EU-Dap design and study population.
The empirical evidence of effectiveness of many school-based programs against substance abuse is rather weak. The EU-Dap study is a multicenter cluster randomized community trial (CRCT) designed to evaluate such a program. This paper presents study design and baseline characteristics of the study population. ⋯ EU-Dap is the first European multicenter randomized study to evaluate the effectiveness of a school program targeting tobacco, alcohol and drug use. The baseline assessment showed high prevalence and wide geographical variations of substance use.
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Preventive medicine · Feb 2007
Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical TrialEvaluating a community-based walking intervention for hypertensive older people in Taiwan: a randomized controlled trial.
To study the effect of a community-based walking intervention on blood pressure among older people. ⋯ Among hypertensive older people, a six-month community-based walking intervention was effective in increasing their exercise self-efficacy and reducing systolic blood pressure.