Articles: outcome-assessment-health-care.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study
Effectiveness of rocker sole shoes in the management of chronic low back pain: a randomized clinical trial.
Multicenter, assessor-blind, randomized, clinical trial. ⋯ N/A.
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Disaster Med Public Health Prep · Oct 2013
Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Comparative StudyEffectiveness of a primary health care program on urban and rural community disaster preparedness, Islamic Republic of Iran: a community intervention trial.
To evaluate the effectiveness of a capacity-building intervention administered through a primary health care (PHC) system on community disaster preparedness in Iran. ⋯ An educational intervention administered through the PHC system effectively improved disaster awareness and readiness at a community level. For sustainability, community disaster reduction programs must be integrated into routine public health service delivery.
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World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg · Oct 2013
Multicenter StudyFunctionally univentricular heart and the fontan operation: lessons learned about patterns of practice and outcomes from the congenital heart surgery databases of the European association for cardio-thoracic surgery and the society of thoracic surgeons.
"The term "functionally univentricular heart" describes a spectrum of congenital cardiovascular malformations in which the ventricular mass may not readily lend itself to partitioning that commits one ventricular pump to the systemic circulation and another to the pulmonary circulation." The purpose of this article is to review patterns of practice and outcomes in the Congenital Heart Surgery Databases (CHSDBs) of the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) in patients with functionally univentricular hearts undergoing the Fontan operation. ⋯ The STS database is largest CHSDB in North America. The EACTS database is largest CHSDB in Europe. This review of data from EACTS and STS allows for unique documentation of practice patterns and outcomes. From this analysis, it is clear that patients with functionally univentricular hearts present a challenging problem; however, exclusive of Fontan revision or conversion (Re-do Fontan), the Fontan operation has a discharge mortality of 2.3%.
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Multicenter Study
Reliability and validity of the Swedish version of the Scoliosis Research Society-22 (SRS-22r) patient questionnaire for idiopathic scoliosis.
Two quality-of-life questionnaires were completed, once or twice, by patients with idiopathic scoliosis from 3 centers for scoliosis care in Sweden. These patients were under observation, during brace treatment, or after treatment with either a brace or surgery. ⋯ N/A.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study
Outcomes of usual chiropractic. The OUCH randomized controlled trial of adverse events.
Blinded parallel-group randomized controlled trial. ⋯ 2.