A separate researcher will collect the data, and feed them in to a PC for a computerized treatment advice based on pre-defined criteria as per protocol.
While only very few Dutch GP cooperatives make (experimental) use of computerized telephone advice systems (TAS) [ 6], nationwide telephone nurses do have access to a broad set of written protocols for the most acute problems, developed by the Dutch College of General Practitioners.
Prior studies have used either computerized individually tailored advice [ 14- 17] or motivational interviewing alone [ 18, 19] to increase MVPA among adolescents with limited success.
Computerized decision support, online prescribing advice and prescribing monitoring can help achieve improved prescribing patterns.
To this end, studies in adolescents are needed that use a factorial design (such as the study by Blow et al. 2006) to test the relative efficacy of clinician advice versus the computerized component.
The intervention was defined as verbal advice, written materials or computerized counseling.
For inclusion in this review, articles had to describe the evaluation of a 'second-' or 'third'-generation computerized intervention in which tailored nutrition advice was generated through a computerized system.
Interventions were considered to be computer tailored if the tailored advice was generated through a computerized process.
