At the end of the intervention period, the first author, with formal training in qualitative research, conducted interviews with the four intervention doctors to understand their experience and views with regard to implementation of the intervention, adaptations that they made to the initial intervention, impact of the intervention on patients, and sustainability of the intervention.
Goodyer et al. [ 9] found that about one-fifth of depressed adolescents responded to a brief initial intervention (mean of 3 sessions).
A series of questionnaires were sent to intervention coordinators in each country in order to ensure that all preparatory procedures were correctly conducted and that the interventions implemented at each site were faithful to the initial intervention models of SEYLE.
Short-term weight outcomes at 6 months are presented separately to permit comparison of predictors at the end of the initial intervention period with predictors of long-term weight outcomes at end of study.
The initial intervention was part of a comprehensive health promotion project in three units of Austria's largest provider of residential aged care in Vienna, which offers a mix of assisted living (in apartment structures) and nursing care in different types of ward structure.
By the conclusion of the initial intervention period, the running costs of the DPP had totalled $174.3 million (USD) (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/databases/alerts/diabetes01.html).nih.gov/databases/alerts/diabetes01.html
The treatment objectives for the extended-care phase included the maintenance of healthy eating behaviors and physical activity levels achieved during the initial intervention and continued reinforcement of behavioral weight management skills.
The relationship between type of initial intervention and subsequent symptom improvement and resource utilization has not been explored in detail.
Previous reports also suggest that patients usually present within days and up to 35 weeks after initial intervention, with an average of 11.5 weeks [13].
The initial intervention should be administration of volume (crystalloids or colloids).
