Family practice
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study
Effectiveness of antitussives, anticholinergics, and honey versus usual care in adults with uncomplicated acute bronchitis: a multiarm randomized clinical trial.
Despite the frequent use of symptomatic therapies in cough, evidence of their benefits is lacking. ⋯ The symptomatic treatment evaluated has shown to be ineffective against cough.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Implementing a home-based virtual hypertension programme-a pilot feasibility study.
Implementing a health system-based hypertension programme may lower blood pressure (BP). ⋯ A home-based virtual hypertension programme using team-based care, technology, and a logical integration of evidence-based strategies is safe, acceptable, and feasible to intended users. These pilot data support studies to assess the effectiveness of this programme at a larger scale.
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Children with overweight and obesity in socially deprived areas (SDAs) are less likely to complete and be compliant to a weight-loss programme. ⋯ Children from SDA participating in a weight-loss programme have a relatively high dropout and a low compliance rate. Parental weight seems to be an important predictor for dropout of children from SDA, where children with normal weight or obese parents have the highest risk of dropout compared with children of overweight parents.
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General practice is well situated to promote physical activity (PA), but with PA levels declining after 45 years of age, often those who are most likely to benefit from interventions tend to be the least likely recruited to participate in research. ⋯ This systematic review has presented deficits in the reporting of both demographics and recruitment. Future research should aim for a standardized approach to reporting.