Journal of general internal medicine
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Routine vs. On-Demand Discharge Planning Strategy in Intermediate-Risk Patients for Complex Discharge: a Cluster-Randomized, Multiple Crossover Trial.
Early hospital discharge planning can help to reduce the length of stay and unplanned readmission in high-risk patients. Therefore, it is important to select patients who can benefit from a personalized discharge planning based on validated tools. The modified Blaylock Risk Assessment Screening Score (BRASS) is routinely used in the Molinette Hospital (Turin, Italy) to screen patients at high risk for discharge, but the effectiveness of the discharge planning is uncertain in intermediate-risk patients. ⋯ This is one of the largest randomized study conducted to compare the effectiveness of two different hospital discharge planning strategies. In patients with intermediate risk of hospital discharge, a RDP offers no advantage over a DDP and results in an unnecessary increase in staff workload.
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Comment Letter Randomized Controlled Trial
Teaching Medical Students to Help Patients Manage Their Weight: Outcomes of an Eight-School Randomized Controlled Trial.
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Comment Letter Randomized Controlled Trial
Letter to the Editor: Teaching Medical Students to Help Patients Manage Their Weight: Outcomes of an Eight-School Randomized Controlled Trial.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Efficacy of CBT for Treatment Seeking (CBT-TS) in Untreated Veterans and Service Members at Risk for Suicidal Behavior.
Military members and Veterans at-risk for suicide are often unlikely to seek behavioral health treatment. The primary aim of this study was to test the efficacy of brief CBT for Treatment Seeking (CBT-TS) to improve behavioral health treatment utilization among U.S. military service members and Veterans at-risk for suicide. ⋯ This study employed a low-cost, easily implementable one-session intervention administered by phone. The study provides evidence that CBT-TS is efficacious in promoting behavioral health treatment initiation in an adult population at risk for suicidal behavior and showed enduring benefits for 6-12 months. CBT-TS provides a unique strategy for treatment engagement for at-risk adults unlikely to seek treatment.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Yoga Versus Education for Veterans with Chronic Low Back Pain: a Randomized Controlled Trial.
Yoga is effective for chronic low back pain (cLBP) in civilians but understudied among Veterans. ⋯ NCT02224183.