Search for dissertations about: "treatment assignment"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 37 swedish dissertations containing the words treatment assignment.

2. 1. On Sequential Treatment Allocations in Clinical Trials

   Author : Carl-Fredrik Burman; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; treatment assignment; clinical trial; biased coin designs; balance of prognostic factors; sequential design; randomization test; expected p-value; deficiency; efficiency; efficiency;

   Abstract : This dissertation treats baseline-dependent sequential designs of two-treatment parallel-group clinical trials. The treatment assignments are chosen in order to minimize the variance, in a linear model, of the treatment effect. This is done for each new allocation using a generalized biased coin design, or a non-randomized minimization' method. READ MORE

4. 2. Treatment Adherence in Internet-Based CBT : The Effects of Presentation, Support and Motivation

   Author : Sven Alfonsson; Timo Hursti; Jansson-Fröjmark Markus; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Cognitive Behavior Therapy; Internet; Treatment adherence; Compliance; Motivation; Medicinsk vetenskap; Medical Science;

   Abstract : Homework assignments that patient work with between sessions is a key component in both face-to-face and Internet-based Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT). However, adherence to assignments is often low and it is largely unclear what factors predict or affect treatment adherence, and in the end, treatment outcomes. READ MORE

5. 3. Long-term perspectives on musculoskeletal pain : Health care utilization and integration of behavioral medicine treatment into physical therapy

   Author : Christina Emilson; Pernilla Åsenlöf; Ingrid Demmelmaier; Stefan Bergman; Ida Flink; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : Chronic pain; health care utilization; behavioral medicine; stratified treatment; prognostic factors; physical therapy; primary care; Medicinsk vetenskap; Medical Science;

   Abstract : There are currently no effective methods for treating and preventing chronic pain. The aim of this thesis was to study prognostic factors for health care utilization, and the long-term outcomes of tailored behavioral medicine treatment for patients with musculoskeletal pain. READ MORE

6. 4. Essays on the Evaluation of Public Policies

   Author : Michihito Ando; Matz Dahlberg; Che-Yuan Liang; David Neumark; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Local income growth; Local employment; Nuclear power facilities; Synthetic control method; Quantitative case study; Regression kink design; Endogenous treatment; Intergovernmental grants; Flypaper effect; Treatment effect heterogeneity; Instrumental variable; Oral health; Dentures; Price elasticity; Regression discontinuity design; Cost sharing; Randomization test; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of four self-contained papers.Essay 1: This paper uses the synthetic control (SC) method to examine how the establishment of Nuclear Power Facilities (NPFs) in Japan in the 1970s and 1980s has affected local per capita income levels in the municipalities in which they were located (NPF municipalities). READ MORE

7. 5. Preference Effects in the Treatment of Panic Disorder

   Author : Martin Svensson; Institutionen för psykologi; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Preference effects; Doubly randomised controlled preference trial; ; Panic disorder; Cognitive behavioural therapy; Psychodynamic therapy;

   Abstract : Patient preferences have drawn considerable attention as a potential moderator of treatment outcome. The Doubly Randomised Controlled Preference Trial (DRCPT) in which patients are randomised to a choice between two or more treatments or random assignment to one of these same treatments is considered one of the most rigorous tests of the effects of patient preferences on outcomes. READ MORE