The phrase "a combined programme" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a program that integrates multiple elements or components into a single cohesive unit.
Example: "The university offers a combined programme in business and environmental science, allowing students to explore both fields simultaneously."
Alternatives: "an integrated program" or "a joint program".
Within the combined programme, a multidisciplinary approach is taken with practitioners discussing the patients in case meetings to ensure that the psychological and nutritional aspects complement each other to achieve the best outcome.
If the vaccine can disrupt meningococcal transmission more cases are prevented in the long term with an infant and adolescent combined programme (51.8% after 30 years), which could be cost effective at £4 a vaccine dose.
The pilot study will be based on the combined programme of hand exercises and joint protection, and will take place at a local OT Department.
Rotation will be determined by the availability of the OTs to deliver the specific intervention, that is, the single component interventions, or the combined programme.
Furthermore, the design permits only causal conclusions about the combined programme of nursing and physical therapy counselling and not about the components separately.
A review on combined programmes for people with dementia and their caregivers showed the effectiveness of four out of the 22 programmes for couples [ 7].
Finally, given the increasing number of combined nutrition and stimulation interventions being tested, there is a significant need for evidence of cost-effectiveness for combined programmes.
Overall, combined programmes tend to be more effective in children and adolescents because beneficial modifications are kept for long-term.
Isolated (e.g. physical activity, sedentary behaviours, diet) and combined programmes have been investigated with relevant findings [ 24- 26].
