'Care as usual' involves regular appointments with midwives in the antenatal clinic.
In both treatment conditions, treatment as usual involves usual care (i.e. standard/routine treatment, including no treatment) as typically provided by the PCP according to the Dutch PCP clinical guidelines (NHG-guidelines) [ 35].
Seventy-two participants who complained to their general practitioner about reduced daily functioning due to prolonged stress or who responded to an online health survey on stress were randomly assigned to OC formats or treatment as usual, involving e.g., unstandardized consultations with their general practitioner.
Future studies should focus on the feasibility of brief and digital interventions, single-focus versus integrated CBT/MI, clear descriptions of what treatment-as-usual involves, possible predefined moderators and mediators of treatment outcomes, long-term follow-ups, alcohol outcome measures such as reliable clinical change and cost-effectiveness.
As usual, it involved large amounts of money.
As usual that involved disentangling a bevy of curious children who were enjoying crawling through the legs of the surveying equipment.
Costa, as usual, was involved in all of the action and should have been awarded a penalty when he was brought down by Skrtel in the first half, while the Spain international's head-to-head clash with Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard earned both players yellow cards.
In the Netherlands, primary "care as usual" for smoking cessation involves the use of a protocol for low intensity health education and promotion, the so-called "H-MIS" [ 22].
Unfortunately, as usual there are more costs involved and I soon got a call from the quantity surveyor on my way home.
