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0000-0002-0300-3448
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Nanyang Technological University
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Publisher: JMIR Publications Inc.
Date: 18-08-2020
DOI: 10.2196/22286
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Date: 12-2020
Publisher: IEEE
Date: 2006
Publisher: IEEE
Date: 12-2009
Publisher: IEEE
Date: 2006
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 29-04-2022
DOI: 10.1186/S12904-022-00945-0
Abstract: Narrative e-Writing Intervention (NeW-I) is a novel psycho-socio-spiritual intervention which aims to bridge gaps in paediatric palliative care by providing anticipatory grief support to parent-caregivers who are looking after their child with a chronic life-threatening illness in Singapore. This is done via a therapist-facilitated smartphone app that focuses on strengths and meaning derived from parents’ caregiving journey. NeW-I is empirically informed by an international systematic review and a Singapore-based qualitative inquiry on the lived experience of parental bereavement and supported by anticipatory grief interventions literature for improving the holistic well-being for parent-caregivers of seriously ill children. NeW-I is implemented in Singapore as an open-label two-armed randomized controlled trial comprising an intervention and control group. This study examined the acceptability (via analysis of participants’ post-intervention qualitative feedback and responses to a post-intervention evaluation survey) and feasibility (via records and memos of therapists’ experience of delivering the intervention) of NeW-I among 26 intervention participants drawn from the larger trial. Framework analysis of participants’ post-intervention feedback revealed four themes, namely: (i) Meaningful opportunity for reflection, (ii) Congruity with parent-caregivers’ needs, (iii) Compatibility of online narrative writing and (iv) Sustainability and enhancement recommendations. The post-intervention evaluation survey showed that participants were overall satisfied with their NeW-I experience with a large number of participants acknowledging that NeW-I had improved their spiritual well-being, hopefulness about the future and perception of social support that was available to them, as well as lessened their feelings of sadness and depression, caregiver burden and fear and anxiety about their child’s illness. The research team found it feasible to deliver the intervention in the current setting. NeW-I is an innovative e-health tool that could immeasurably value-add to paediatric palliative care services for Asian families in Singapore and around the world. ClinicalTrials.gov, ID: NCT03684382 , Verified: September 2018.
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Date: 2020
Publisher: IEEE
Date: 2005
DOI: 10.1109/IAT.2005.25
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Date: 2001
DOI: 10.1109/91.963762
Publisher: IEEE
Date: 2006
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Date: 2010
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Date: 02-2010
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Date: 2022
Publisher: IEEE
Date: 06-2011
Publisher: World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt
Date: 10-2001
DOI: 10.1142/S0218194001000669
Abstract: This paper proposes an Agent Inference Model (AIM) for constructing intelligent software agents. AIM has the ability of representing various types of fuzzy concepts, temporal concepts, and dynamic causal relationships between concepts. It also has the ability of handling feedback and analyzing inference patterns over different causal impact models. Based on AIM, a new type of intelligent agent, Dynamic Inference Agent (DIA) is presented. A dynamic inference agent has the ability to model, infer and make decisions on behalf of human beings. It uses numeric representations and computation instead of symbolic representation and logic deduction to represent knowledge and to carry out the inferences respectively. Thus the construction of DIA is simplified and the implementation code is compact. The application of DIA to various areas, especially for electronic commerce over the Internet is exemplified.
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Date: 2022
Publisher: JMIR Publications Inc.
Date: 07-07-2020
Abstract: novel evidence-based Narrative e-Writing Intervention (NeW-I) has been developed and tested in Singapore to advance psychosociospiritual support for parents of children with chronic life-threatening illnesses. NeW-I is informed by an international systematic review and a Singapore-based qualitative inquiry on the lived experience of parental bereavement and supported by literature on anticipatory grief interventions for improving the holistic well-being of parent caregivers of seriously ill children. his study's aim was to provide an accessible platform, NeW-I—which is a strengths- and meaning-focused and therapist-facilitated mobile app and web-based counseling platform—that aims to enhance quality of life, spiritual well-being, hope, and perceived social support and reduce depressive symptoms, caregiver burden, and risk of complicated grief among parents of children with chronic life-threatening illnesses. he NeW-I therapist-facilitated web-based platform comprises a mobile app and a website (both of which have the same content and functionality). NeW-I has been implemented in Singapore as a pilot open-label randomized controlled trial comprising intervention and control groups. Both primary and secondary outcomes will be self-reported by participants through questionnaires. In collaboration with leading pediatric palliative care providers in Singapore, the trial aims to enroll 36 participants in each group (N=72), so that when allowing for 30% attrition at follow-up, the s le size will be adequate to detect a small effect size of 0.2 in the primary outcome measure, with 90% power and two-sided significance level of at least .05. The potential effectiveness of NeW-I and the accessibility and feasibility of implementing and delivering the intervention will be assessed. unding support and institutional review board approval for this study have been secured. Data collection started in January 2019 and is ongoing. eW-I aspires to enhance holistic pediatric palliative care services through a structured web-based counseling platform that is sensitive to the unique cultural needs of Asian family caregivers who are uncomfortable with expressing emotion even during times of loss and separation. The findings of this pilot study will inform the development of a full-scale NeW-I protocol and further research to evaluate the efficacy of NeW-I in Singapore and in other Asian communities around the world. linicalTrials.gov NCT03684382 t2/show/NCT03684382 ERR1-10.2196/22286
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Date: 2022
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 02-2012
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 08-2009
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Date: 08-2023
Publisher: Springer US
Date: 03-12-2010
Publisher: JMIR Publications Inc.
Date: 05-07-2020
DOI: 10.2196/17561
Abstract: A novel evidence-based Narrative e-Writing Intervention (NeW-I) has been developed and tested in Singapore to advance psychosociospiritual support for parents of children with chronic life-threatening illnesses. NeW-I is informed by an international systematic review and a Singapore-based qualitative inquiry on the lived experience of parental bereavement and supported by literature on anticipatory grief interventions for improving the holistic well-being of parent caregivers of seriously ill children. This study's aim was to provide an accessible platform, NeW-I—which is a strengths- and meaning-focused and therapist-facilitated mobile app and web-based counseling platform—that aims to enhance quality of life, spiritual well-being, hope, and perceived social support and reduce depressive symptoms, caregiver burden, and risk of complicated grief among parents of children with chronic life-threatening illnesses. The NeW-I therapist-facilitated web-based platform comprises a mobile app and a website (both of which have the same content and functionality). NeW-I has been implemented in Singapore as a pilot open-label randomized controlled trial comprising intervention and control groups. Both primary and secondary outcomes will be self-reported by participants through questionnaires. In collaboration with leading pediatric palliative care providers in Singapore, the trial aims to enroll 36 participants in each group (N=72), so that when allowing for 30% attrition at follow-up, the s le size will be adequate to detect a small effect size of 0.2 in the primary outcome measure, with 90% power and two-sided significance level of at least .05. The potential effectiveness of NeW-I and the accessibility and feasibility of implementing and delivering the intervention will be assessed. Funding support and institutional review board approval for this study have been secured. Data collection started in January 2019 and is ongoing. NeW-I aspires to enhance holistic pediatric palliative care services through a structured web-based counseling platform that is sensitive to the unique cultural needs of Asian family caregivers who are uncomfortable with expressing emotion even during times of loss and separation. The findings of this pilot study will inform the development of a full-scale NeW-I protocol and further research to evaluate the efficacy of NeW-I in Singapore and in other Asian communities around the world. ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03684382 t2/show/NCT03684382 DERR1-10.2196/17561
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Date: 2011
Publisher: JMIR Publications Inc.
Date: 08-01-2020
Abstract: novel evidence-based Narrative e-Writing Intervention (NeW-I) has been developed and tested in Singapore to advance psychosociospiritual support for parents of children with chronic life-threatening illnesses. NeW-I is informed by an international systematic review and a Singapore-based qualitative inquiry on the lived experience of parental bereavement and supported by literature on anticipatory grief interventions for improving the holistic well-being of parent caregivers of seriously ill children. his study's aim was to provide an accessible platform, NeW-I—which is a strengths- and meaning-focused and therapist-facilitated mobile app and web-based counseling platform—that aims to enhance quality of life, spiritual well-being, hope, and perceived social support and reduce depressive symptoms, caregiver burden, and risk of complicated grief among parents of children with chronic life-threatening illnesses. he NeW-I therapist-facilitated web-based platform comprises a mobile app and a website (both of which have the same content and functionality). NeW-I has been implemented in Singapore as a pilot open-label randomized controlled trial comprising intervention and control groups. Both primary and secondary outcomes will be self-reported by participants through questionnaires. In collaboration with leading pediatric palliative care providers in Singapore, the trial aims to enroll 36 participants in each group (N=72), so that when allowing for 30% attrition at follow-up, the s le size will be adequate to detect a small effect size of 0.2 in the primary outcome measure, with 90% power and two-sided significance level of at least .05. The potential effectiveness of NeW-I and the accessibility and feasibility of implementing and delivering the intervention will be assessed. unding support and institutional review board approval for this study have been secured. Data collection started in January 2019 and is ongoing. eW-I aspires to enhance holistic pediatric palliative care services through a structured web-based counseling platform that is sensitive to the unique cultural needs of Asian family caregivers who are uncomfortable with expressing emotion even during times of loss and separation. The findings of this pilot study will inform the development of a full-scale NeW-I protocol and further research to evaluate the efficacy of NeW-I in Singapore and in other Asian communities around the world. linicalTrials.gov NCT03684382 t2/show/NCT03684382 ERR1-10.2196/17561
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 03-2002
Publisher: IEEE
Date: 2005
DOI: 10.1109/IAT.2005.80
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Date: 2005
DOI: 10.1007/11596448_54
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-2011
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Date: 2010
Publisher: IEEE
Date: 12-2009
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Date: 2012
Publisher: IEEE
Date: 12-2008
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Date: 2009
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