A meta-analysis of computer-tailored interventions for health behavior change

TL;DR: A meta-analysis suggests that Web-based lifestyle programs can positively influence brain health outcomes and have the potential to contribute to the prevention of dementia.

TL;DR: There is an urgent need for increased implementation of lifestyle change as medicine as a key pillar of prevention, management, and treatment of chronic diseases that are consuming far too many healthcare dollars and robbing us of precious time with loved ones.

TL;DR: Individual preconditions should be considered when developing physical activity interventions to improve social participation and time had a significant effect on physical activity and the extent of social participation among older adults.

TL;DR: Overall, GPs are positive about the adoption of self-regulation techniques for health promotion in their practice, however, they raised doubts about the adopted eHealth programme in general practice.

TL;DR: In this paper, a rank-based data augmentation technique is proposed for estimating the number of missing studies that might exist in a meta-analysis and the effect that these studies might have had on its outcome.

TL;DR: This paper presents a meta-analysis procedure called “Meta-Analysis Interpretation for Meta-Analysis Selecting, Computing and Coding the Effect Size Statistic and its applications to Data Management Analysis Issues and Strategies.

TL;DR: This report hopes this report will generate further thought about ways to improve the quality of reports of meta-analyses of RCTs and that interested readers, reviewers, researchers, and editors will use the QUOROM statement and generate ideas for its improvement.

TL;DR: The Panel recognized that variations in study inclusion criteria sometimes were warranted and made recommendations based on evidence, which occurred with topics such as tobacco dependence treatment in specific populations, tailoring interventions, and cost-effectiveness of Tobacco dependence treatment.