As appropriate for an effectiveness design, couple counselling was provided as usual by the agency counsellors.
In order to avoid the implementation of effective and affordable strategies that do not apply to the target population and to determine whether an intervention is appropriate for further effectiveness testing, studies that examine the feasibility and acceptability of such approaches [ 26, 27] are first needed.
The stepped wedge design may also be appropriate for cost-effectiveness analyses of interventions that have already been shown to be effective.
Meanwhile, the Province of British Columbia, Canada, has implemented new, results-based, legislation, the Forest and Range Practices Act 2003, which sets objectives for 11 public 'Values' that require appropriate C&I for effectiveness evaluation.
According to a previous review of migraine prophylaxis, the primary outcome assessed at 3 4 months after randomisation is considered as the most appropriate time point for effectiveness assessment.
Hence, cost alone is neither a sufficient nor an appropriate core measure for effectiveness, which should be based upon improved quality of the decision-making process and decision quality.
Thus, a pragmatic design using a usual care group is appropriate for evaluating overall effectiveness in a moxibustion trial [ 19].
Regression of calcified plaque is not likely, and this measure is unlikely to be appropriate for assessing the effectiveness of intervention approaches.
This naturalistic design is appropriate for descriptive and effectiveness studies [ 30], and will allow us to build evidence based on current practice.
It introduces common evaluation standards and tools translated in multiple European languages, appropriate for measuring the effectiveness of current interventions and their applicability in other settings.
