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Bond University
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Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 20-06-2019
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 02-02-2017
DOI: 10.1111/JHN.12456
Abstract: Despite the significance placed on lifestyle interventions for obesity management, most weight loss is followed by weight regain. Psychological concepts of habitual behaviour and automaticity have been suggested as plausible explanations for this overwhelming lack of long-term weight loss success. Interventions that focus on changing an in idual's behaviour are not usually successful at changing an in idual's habits because they do not incorporate the strategies required to break unhealthy habits and/or form new healthy habits. A narrative review was conducted and describes the theory behind habit formation in relation to weight regain. The review evaluated the effectiveness of using habits as tools to maintain weight loss. Three specific habit-based weight loss programmes are described: '10 Top Tips', 'Do Something Different' and 'Transforming Your Life'. Participants in these interventions achieved significant weight loss compared to a control group or other conventional interventions. Habit-based interventions show promising results in sustaining behaviour change. Weight loss maintenance may benefit from incorporating habit-focused strategies and should be investigated further.
Publisher: Royal College of General Practitioners
Date: 09-12-2021
Abstract: Non-bullous impetigo is typically treated with antibiotics. However, the duration of symptoms without their use has not been established, which h ers informed decision making about antibiotic use. To determine the natural history of non-bullous impetigo. Systematic review. The authors searched PubMed up to January 2020, as well as reference lists of articles identified in the search. Eligible studies involved participants with impetigo in either the placebo group of randomised trials, or in single-group prognostic studies that did not use antibiotics and measured time to resolution or improvement. A modified version of a risk of bias assessment for prognostic studies was used. Outcomes were percentage of participants who had either symptom resolution, symptom improvement, or failed to improve at any timepoint. Adverse event data were also extracted. Seven randomised trials (557 placebo group participants) were identified. At about 7 days, the percentage of participants classified as resolved ranged from 13% to 74% across the studies, whereas the percentage classified as ‘failure to improve’ ranged from 16% to 41%. The rate of adverse effects was low. Incomplete reporting of some details limited assessment of risk of bias. Although some uncertainty around the natural history of non-bullous impetigo remains, symptoms resolve in some patients by about 7 days without using antibiotics, with about one-quarter of patients not improving. Immediate antibiotic use may not be mandatory, and discussions with patients should include the expected course of untreated impetigo and careful consideration of the benefits and harms of antibiotic use.
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 21-06-2021
DOI: 10.1111/HEX.13286
Abstract: Current guidelines recommend that patients attending general practice should be screened for excess weight, and provided with weight management advice. This study sought to elicit the views of people with overweight and obesity about the role of GPs in initiating conversations about weight management. Participants with a body mass index ≥25 were recruited from a region in Australia to take part in a Community Jury. Over 2 days, participants (n = 11) deliberated on two interconnected questions: ‘Should GPs initiate discussions about weight management?’ And ‘if so, when: (a) opportunistically, (b) in the context of disease prevention, (c) in the context of disease management or (d) other?’ The jury deliberations were analysed qualitatively to elicit their views and recommendations. The jury concluded GPs should be discussing weight management, but within the broader context of general health. The jury were ided about the utility of screening. Jurors felt GPs should initiate the conversation if directly relevant for disease prevention or management, otherwise GPs should provide opportunities for patients to consent to the issue being raised. The jury's verdict suggests informed people affected by overweight and obesity believe GPs should discuss weight management with their patients. GPs should feel reassured that discussions are likely to be welcomed by patients, particularly if embedded within a more holistic focus on person‐centred care. Members of the public took part in the conduct of this study as jurors, but were not involved in the design, analysis or write‐up.
Publisher: JMIR Publications Inc.
Date: 31-05-2021
DOI: 10.2196/24418
Abstract: Systematic reviews (SRs) are considered the highest level of evidence to answer research questions however, they are time and resource intensive. When comparing SR tasks done manually, using standard methods, versus those same SR tasks done using automated tools, (1) what is the difference in time to complete the SR task and (2) what is the impact on the error rate of the SR task? A case study compared specific tasks done during the conduct of an SR on prebiotic, probiotic, and synbiotic supplementation in chronic kidney disease. Two participants (manual team) conducted the SR using current methods, comprising a total of 16 tasks. Another two participants (automation team) conducted the tasks where a systematic review automation (SRA) tool was available, comprising of a total of six tasks. The time taken and error rate of the six tasks that were completed by both teams were compared. The approximate time for the manual team to produce a draft of the background, methods, and results sections of the SR was 126 hours. For the six tasks in which times were compared, the manual team spent 2493 minutes (42 hours) on the tasks, compared to 708 minutes (12 hours) spent by the automation team. The manual team had a higher error rate in two of the six tasks—regarding Task 5: Run the systematic search, the manual team made eight errors versus three errors made by the automation team regarding Task 12: Assess the risk of bias, 25 assessments differed from a reference standard for the manual team compared to 20 differences for the automation team. The manual team had a lower error rate in one of the six tasks—regarding Task 6: Deduplicate search results, the manual team removed one unique study and missed zero duplicates versus the automation team who removed two unique studies and missed seven duplicates. Error rates were similar for the two remaining compared tasks—regarding Task 7: Screen the titles and abstracts and Task 9: Screen the full text, zero relevant studies were excluded by both teams. One task could not be compared between groups—Task 8: Find the full text. For the majority of SR tasks where an SRA tool was used, the time required to complete that task was reduced for novice researchers while methodological quality was maintained.
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 23-04-2018
DOI: 10.1038/S41366-018-0067-4
Abstract: The objective of this study was to determine whether habit-based interventions are clinically beneficial in achieving long-term (12-month) weight loss maintenance and explore whether making new habits or breaking old habits is more effective. Volunteer community members aged 18-75 years who had overweight or obesity (BMI ≥ 25 kg/m Of the 130 participants assessed for eligibility, 75 adults (mean BMI 34.5 kg/m Habit-based weight-loss interventions-forming new habits (TTT) and breaking old habits (DSD), resulted in clinically important weight-loss maintenance at 12-month follow-up.
Publisher: BMJ
Date: 05-2018
Publisher: JMIR Publications Inc.
Date: 18-09-2020
Abstract: ystematic reviews (SRs) are considered the highest level of evidence to answer research questions however, they are time and resource intensive. hen comparing SR tasks done manually, using standard methods, versus those same SR tasks done using automated tools, (1) what is the difference in time to complete the SR task and (2) what is the impact on the error rate of the SR task? case study compared specific tasks done during the conduct of an SR on prebiotic, probiotic, and synbiotic supplementation in chronic kidney disease. Two participants (manual team) conducted the SR using current methods, comprising a total of 16 tasks. Another two participants (automation team) conducted the tasks where a systematic review automation (SRA) tool was available, comprising of a total of six tasks. The time taken and error rate of the six tasks that were completed by both teams were compared. he approximate time for the manual team to produce a draft of the background, methods, and results sections of the SR was 126 hours. For the six tasks in which times were compared, the manual team spent 2493 minutes (42 hours) on the tasks, compared to 708 minutes (12 hours) spent by the automation team. The manual team had a higher error rate in two of the six tasks—regarding i Task 5: Run the systematic search /i , the manual team made eight errors versus three errors made by the automation team regarding i Task 12: Assess the risk of bias /i , 25 assessments differed from a reference standard for the manual team compared to 20 differences for the automation team. The manual team had a lower error rate in one of the six tasks—regarding i Task 6: Deduplicate search results /i , the manual team removed one unique study and missed zero duplicates versus the automation team who removed two unique studies and missed seven duplicates. Error rates were similar for the two remaining compared tasks—regarding i Task 7: Screen the titles and abstracts /i and i Task 9: Screen the full text /i , zero relevant studies were excluded by both teams. One task could not be compared between groups— i Task 8: Find the full text /i . or the majority of SR tasks where an SRA tool was used, the time required to complete that task was reduced for novice researchers while methodological quality was maintained.
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 16-09-2019
DOI: 10.1007/S10865-019-00100-W
Abstract: Habit-based interventions are a novel and emerging strategy to help reduce excess weight in in iduals with overweight or obesity. This systematic review and meta-analysis aims to determine the efficacy of habit-based interventions on weight loss. We identified potential studies through electronic searches in February 2019. Included studies were randomized/quasi randomized controlled trials comparing weight loss interventions founded on habit-theory with a control (active or non-active) and enrolled adults with overweight or obesity (body mass index ≥ 25 kg/m
Publisher: University Library System, University of Pittsburgh
Date: 04-2020
Abstract: Background: Searching for studies to include in a systematic review (SR) is a time- and labor-intensive process with searches of multiple databases recommended. To reduce the time spent translating search strings across databases, a tool called the Polyglot Search Translator (PST) was developed. The authors evaluated whether using the PST as a search translation aid reduces the time required to translate search strings without increasing errors.Methods: In a randomized trial, twenty participants were randomly allocated ten database search strings and then randomly assigned to translate five with the assistance of the PST (PST-A method) and five without the assistance of the PST (manual method). We compared the time taken to translate search strings, the number of errors made, and how close the number of references retrieved by a translated search was to the number retrieved by a reference standard translation.Results: Sixteen participants performed 174 translations using the PST-A method and 192 translations using the manual method. The mean time taken to translate a search string with the PST-A method was 31 minutes versus 45 minutes by the manual method (mean difference: 14 minutes). The mean number of errors made per translation by the PST-A method was 8.6 versus 14.6 by the manual method. Large variation in the number of references retrieved makes results for this outcome unreliable, although the number of references retrieved by the PST-A method was closer to the reference standard translation than the manual method.Conclusion: When used to assist with translating search strings across databases, the PST can increase the speed of translation without increasing errors. Errors in search translations can still be a problem, and search specialists should be aware of this.
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