Search for dissertations about: "Randomized trial"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 702 swedish dissertations containing the words Randomized trial.
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1. Localized Prostate Cancer : Results From a Randomized Clinical Trial
Abstract : The aims of the thesis were to• explore whether radical prostatectomy is beneficial compared with watchful waiting in survival and disease progression• find possible effect modifiers• evaluate a protocol of multiple biopsies and investigate if men with previous benign prostate biopsies are a group at risk for later prostate cancer• inquire into patients’ and clinicians’ experiences of randomization in order to find out what made this study possible to conduct, and thereby contribute to improve randomization in the futureThe background material was a large randomized clinical trial, the Scandinavian Prostatic Cancer Group Study Number 4, or SPCG-4, which was open for inclusion from February 1989 through December 1999. It comprised 695 men in Sweden, Finland and Iceland who had localized prostate cancer and were randomized to either radical prostatectomy or watchful waiting. READ MORE
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2. Complementary and alternative medicine in cancer : from utilization to a randomized controlled trial
Abstract : Background: Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) are non-conventional health care approaches used in parallel with or instead of conventional medicine. Little is known about Swedish patients’ patterns of complementary CAM use in the context of cancer. READ MORE
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3. Trauma-focused digital support, momentary psychological states, and long-term symptoms : Randomized controlled trial and ecological momentary assessment
Abstract : Perceived health, symptoms, and emotional states may fluctuate in response to coping efforts and support. The short- and long-term effects, benefits, and harms of trauma-focused self-management apps should be investigated. READ MORE
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4. Sector resection and axillary dissection with or without postoperative radiotherapy : results from a randomized trial
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5. Postnatal Peer Counseling on Exclusive Breastfeeding of Low-birthweight Filipino Infants : Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial
Abstract : In a Manila hospital, 204 mothers were randomized into three groups: two intervention groups receiving home-based counseling visits, one of them (n=68) by counselors trained to use a locally developed, two-tiered program of breastfeeding counseling, and the other by counselors trained in general childcare (n=67), were compared with a control group of mothers (n=69) who did not receive any counseling. All infants were scheduled for seven visits to the hospital for follow-up. READ MORE