Exploring sandbagging behaviors, effort, and perceived utility of the ImPACT Baseline Assessment in college athletes.

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 243-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip Schatz ◽  
R. J. Elbin ◽  
Melissa N. Anderson ◽  
Jennifer Savage ◽  
Tracey Covassin
Keyword(s):  
College Athletes ◽  
Baseline Assessment ◽  
Perceived Utility ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals The Rapid and Accurate Categorisation of Critically Ill Patients (RACE) to Identify Outcomes of Interest for Longitudinal Studies: A Feasibility Study

2017 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
pp. 476-484 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. M. Deane ◽  
C. L. Hodgson ◽  
P. Young ◽  
L. Little ◽  
V. Singh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gold Standard ◽  
Functional Outcomes ◽  
Clinical Approach ◽  
Baseline Assessment ◽  
Inception Cohort ◽  
Eligibility Criteria ◽  
Standard Assessment ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Blinded Assessor

The capacity to measure the impact of an intervention on long-term functional outcomes might be improved if research methodology reflected our clinical approach, which is to individualise goals of care to what is achievable for each patient. The objective of this multicentre inception cohort study was to evaluate the feasibility of rapidly and accurately categorising patients, who were eligible for simulated enrolment into a clinical trial, into unique categories based on premorbid function. Once a patient met eligibility criteria a rapid ‘baseline assessment’ was conducted to categorise patients into one of eight specified groups. A subsequent ‘gold standard’ assessment was made by an independent blinded assessor once patients had recovered sufficiently to allow such an assessment to occur. Accuracy was predefined as agreement in >80% of assessments. One hundred and twenty-two patients received a baseline assessment and 104 (85%) were categorised to a unique category. One hundred and six patients survived to have a gold standard assessment performed, with 100 (94%) assigned to a unique category. Ninety-two patients had both a baseline and gold standard assessment, and these agreed in 65 (71%) patients. It was not feasible to rapidly and accurately categorise patients according to premorbid function.

Cardiovascular Risk Reduction in the Workplace With CAMMPUS (Cardiovascular Assessment and Medication Management by Pharmacists at the UBC Site)

2019 ◽  
Vol 53 (6) ◽  
pp. 574-580 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Gobis ◽  
Anita I. Kapanen ◽  
Jillian Reardon ◽  
Jason Min ◽  
Kathy H. Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Medication Adherence ◽  
Risk Reduction ◽  
Medication Management ◽  
Baseline Assessment ◽  
Cardiovascular Risk Reduction ◽  
Cardiovascular Assessment ◽  
Preventive Health Programs ◽  
The Impact

Background: Cardiovascular (CV) disease is a leading cause of death despite being largely preventable. Employers increasingly offer preventive health programs in the workplace, and pharmacists are well suited to provide these programs. Objective: To evaluate the impact of a pharmacist-led service on CV risk in University of British Columbia (UBC) employees. Methods: This was a prospective observational pre-and-post design study, with participants as their own controls. Employees >18 years of age in the UBC health plan with a Framingham Risk Score (FRS) ≥10% or ≥1 medication-modifiable CV risk factor were included. Participants received a baseline assessment, individualized consultation for 12 months, and a final assessment by a pharmacist at the UBC Pharmacists Clinic. The primary end point was FRS reduction. Results: Baseline assessment of 512 participants between September 2015 and October 2016 yielded 207 (40%) participants, of whom 178 (86%) completed the 12-month intervention. Participants were 54% female and 55% Caucasian, with an average age of 51 (SD = 9.1) years. FRS at baseline was <10 in 45.8%, 10 to 19.9 in 37.9%, and ≥20 in 16.4% of participants. Over 12 months, significant reductions in average FRS (from 11.7 [SD = 7.7] to 10.7 [SD = 7.3]; P = 0.0017) and other parameters were observed. Significant improvements in quality of life (EQ5D change of 0.031 [95% CI = 0.001, 0.062] P = 0.023) and medication adherence (MMAS-8 change of 0.42 [ P = 0.019]) were also noted. Conclusions and Relevance: UBC employees had improvements in health markers, self-reported quality of life, and medication adherence after receiving a 12-month pharmacist-led intervention. Pharmacists are encouraged to provide CV risk reduction services in workplaces.

Activity-in-a-Box for engaging persons with dementia in groups: Implications for therapeutic recreation practice

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiska Cohen-Mansfield, PhD ◽  
Karen Hirshfeld, MA, CTRS ◽  
Rachel Gavendo, BA, CTRS ◽  
Erin Corey, BA, CTRS ◽  
Tasmia Hai, MEd
Keyword(s):  
Therapeutic Recreation ◽  
Group Activities ◽  
Staff Members ◽  
Perceived Utility ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
The Impact

Therapeutic recreation (TR) activities benefit the affect and behavior of persons with dementia. The authors examine the perceived utility of an Activity-in-a-Box methodology as part of a larger study examining the impact of group activities on persons with dementia. The box contained items such as a program protocol and materials adapted to the abilities of persons with dementia. This article reports about the perceptions of 10 TR staff concerning the utility of the Activity-in-a-Box format. Staff reported that materials were very useful and enumerated multiple benefits, including: enhancing therapists’ ability to engage participants in different activities, facilitating new types of activities for staff members to try, and a useful tool for training. The authors recommend further investment in enhancing the scope and the quality of Activities-in-a-Box materials.

Direct and Indirect Effects of Socioeconomic Status on Public Affairs Knowledge

1994 ◽  
Vol 71 (2) ◽  
pp. 433-442 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas M. McLeod ◽  
Elizabeth M. Perse
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
News Media ◽  
Indirect Effects ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Public Affairs ◽  
Direct And Indirect Effects ◽  
Perceived Utility ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Lisrel Model

This study investigates the impact of socioeconomic status (SES), perceived utility indicators, and news media use on public affairs knowledge. A LISREL model was used to evaluate various theoretical arguments that have been used to account for public affairs knowledge. Results reveal that SES was significantly linked to knowledge through each of the aforementioned factors. In addition, we located a strong direct SES effect on public affairs knowledge.

What Makes an Effective Psychoeducational Report? Perceptions of Teachers and Psychologists

2015 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janet Fletcher ◽  
Tara Hawkins ◽  
Jenna Thornton
Keyword(s):  
Reading Level ◽  
Lower Grade ◽  
Teacher Report ◽  
Technical Language ◽  
Perceived Utility ◽  
Technical Report ◽  
Grade Reading Level ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Perceptions Of Teachers

The psychoeducational report has many purposes and many readers. Given this, it is imperative that psychoeducational reports are well written, as well as acceptable to and understood by the readers. This study aimed to determine from the perspective of both teacher (report reader) and psychologist (report writer) the factors that make an effective psychoeducational report. The current study examined the effects of report style and language on satisfaction with and understanding and perceived utility of psychoeducational reports as rated by teachers and psychologists with varying degrees of experience. We expected that reports which contained a theme-based organisation and a lower grade reading level would receive significantly higher ratings of satisfaction and utility, and be understood by teachers and psychologists at significantly higher levels than reports with neither or only one of these two characteristics. Results indicated that while teachers in the present study were not more satisfied with the theme-based non-technical report and did not rate it as more useful, they did consider non-technical language easier to understand. Psychologists, in contrast, were not impacted by either variation in report style. The impact of differences between writer and reader on perceived understandability of reports is discussed.

scholarly journals Acceptability of Intervention Design Factors in mHealth Intervention Research: Experimental Factorial Study (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank T Materia ◽  
Joshua M Smyth
Keyword(s):  
Behavior Change ◽  
Intervention Research ◽  
Intervention Design ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Research Participants ◽  
Mhealth Intervention ◽  
Perceived Utility ◽  
Multiple Devices ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Design Factors

BACKGROUND With the growing interest in mobile health (mHealth), behavioral medicine researchers are increasingly conducting intervention studies that use mobile technology (eg, to support healthy behavior change). Such studies’ scientific premises are often sound, yet there is a dearth of implementational data on which to base mHealth research methodologies. Notably, mHealth approaches must be designed to be acceptable to research participants to support meaningful engagement, but little empirical data about design factors influencing acceptability in such studies exist. OBJECTIVE This study aims to evaluate the impact of two common design factors in mHealth intervention research—requiring multiple devices (eg, a study smartphone and wrist sensor) relative to requiring a single device and providing individually tailored feedback as opposed to generic content—on reported participant acceptability. METHODS A diverse US adult convenience sample (female: 104/255, 40.8%; White: 208/255, 81.6%; aged 18-74 years) was recruited to complete a web-based experiment. A 2×2 factorial design (number of devices×nature of feedback) was used. A learning module explaining the necessary concepts (eg, behavior change interventions, acceptability, and tailored content) was presented, followed by four vignettes (representing each factorial cell) that were presented to participants in a random order. The vignettes each described a hypothetical mHealth intervention study featuring different combinations of the two design factors (requiring a single device vs multiple devices and providing tailored vs generic content). Participants rated acceptability dimensions (interest, benefit, enjoyment, utility, confidence, difficulty, and overall likelihood of participating) for each study presented. RESULTS Reported interest, benefit, enjoyment, confidence in completing study requirements, and perceived utility were each significantly higher for studies featuring tailored (vs generic) content, and the overall estimate of the likelihood of participation was significantly higher. Ratings of interest, benefit, and perceived utility were significantly higher for studies requiring multiple devices (vs a single device); however, multiple device studies also had significantly lower ratings of confidence in completing study requirements, and participation was seen as more difficult and was associated with a lower estimated likelihood of participation. The two factors did not exhibit any evidence of statistical interactions in any of the outcomes tested. CONCLUSIONS The results suggest that potential research participants are sensitive to mHealth design factors. These mHealth intervention design factors may be important for initial perceptions of acceptability (in research or clinical settings). This, in turn, may be associated with participant (eg, self) selection processes, differential compliance with study or treatment processes, or retention over time. CLINICALTRIAL

scholarly journals The relationship between college athletes' health literacy and COVID-19 anxiety levels

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-42
Author(s):  
Sinan Uğraş ◽  
Ahmet E. Sağın ◽  
Ömer Karabulut ◽  
Gökmen Özen
Keyword(s):  
Health Literacy ◽  
Health Information ◽  
College Athletes ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Anxiety Level ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Significance Level ◽  
Elite College ◽  
Anxiety Levels ◽  
The Impact

Background and Study Aim. Health literacy is the ability to access health information, understand, evaluate and apply health information. The health literacy of athletes may be determinant in the understanding of the COVID-19 pandemic process and in the level of the impact of this health-related anxiety factor. Therefore, the aim of this study is to examine whether there is a relationship between college athletes' COVID-19 anxiety levels and their health literacy levels during the COVID-19 pandemic. Material and Methods. College athletes between the ages of 18 and 32 participated in the study and the average age was 24.2. A total of 234 elite collage athletes participated in the study. 133 of the participants were males and 101 were females. COVID-19 Anxiety Scale was used to determine the COVID-19 anxiety states and Health Literacy index was used to the level of health literacy of the participants in the COVID-19 pandemic process. Pearson correlation analysis and stepwise regression analysis were performed for statistical analyses. Significance level in analysis has been accepted as p. < 05. Results. Our findings revealed that there were significant relationships between elite athletes' health literacy sub-dimension scores and COVID-anxiety level. In addition, it was determined that access to information and understanding information sub-dimensions from health literacy sub-dimensions predicted elite college athletes’ the COVID-19 anxiety level at 21.2%. As a result, elite college athletes had low levels of anxiety against COVID-19, and this situation associated with their high level of health literacy. Conclusions. The increase of elite college athletes' the level of health literacy will decrease their anxiety levels. It will be beneficial to implement training programs that can increase their health literacy levels in order to reduce the impact of the unexpected health crisis due to COVID-19, especially the anxiety levels of college athletes.

scholarly journals The perceived time value importance for enrolment in online masters courses: an extension of the Technology Acceptance Model

2020 ◽  
pp. 475-494
Author(s):  
Mohammad Reza Mazandarani ◽  
Marcelo Royo-Vela
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Technology Acceptance ◽  
Technology Acceptance Model ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Time Value ◽  
Perceived Utility ◽  
Acceptance Model ◽  
The Impact

Purpose. The main objective of this research is to obtain a better understanding of the impact of perceived time value on the intention of pursuing an online Master’s degree for its applicants. For this reason, perceived time value is added to the Technology Acceptance Model. Design/methodology/approach. Data are collected from a purposive sample of 147 individuals, who were interested to continue their higher education. Both, online and personal surveys are used to collect data. Achieved data are analysed by structural equation modelling. Findings. The results show that the perceived time value is significantly related to the ease of use and perceived utility, which in turn, show a significant effect on the attitude towards enrolment. Also the attitude towards enrolment is positively and significantly related to the Behavioural Intention towards studying an online Master (BIS). On the other hand, the perceived utility does not show a significant relationship with BIS. Research limitations/implications. This paper only examines the perceived time value before attending an online Masters. This perception may change after starting such courses. Additionally, there might be more factors influencing their intention toward a particular higher education system that is not mentioned in this article. Practical implications. This research can help the designers of these courses to understand the perception of the value of the time of the applicants before starting an online Master and thus, help them to plan their future marketing strategies more successfully. Originality/value. This article demonstrates the effect of the motivating factors of the applicants for enrolment in an online Master by analyzing the importance of managing and saving time, resulting in more free time.

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