Unique features of this intervention include the use of a population-based sample, telephone and internet-based assessments, and development of a highly individualized web-based intervention.
Strengths of this intervention include the theoretical framework underpinning the intervention [ 50], the RCT methodology and good participant retention.
Based on our experience in these two studies, we would propose that a coaching intervention include the following features: The coach should have shared experiences with the parents being coached.
10 11 Important strengths of the intervention include the individualised programme and the one-to-one sessions in a private gym; these have not as yet been evaluated in endometrial patients with cancer.
Three perspectives relevant to PA maintenance that inform our intervention include the Transtheoretical Model (TTM) [ 41- 43], Rothman's theory regarding differential decision criteria for initiation versus maintenance [ 44], and the relapse prevention model [ 45].
Positive aspects of the present intervention include the nutrition knowledge of the women improved greatly, thus the intervention should optimally have positive effect on both the women themselves and their babies.
(Table 1) Additional core principles underlying the intervention include the discussion of all forms of renal replacement therapy as reasonable treatment options and the avoidance of coercion of potential living donors toward donation in all discussions.
Nurses who smoke are less likely to intervene [ 11], and other common barriers to intervention include the perceived lack of necessary skills, time, and patient motivation, and perceptions that providing advice or brief interventions is ineffective [ 15].
Key input parameters underlying this summary measure of population health under the scenario of no intervention include the population's demographic structure, epidemiological rates (incidence, prevalence, remission and case fatality) and health state valuations (HSV; the valuation of time spent in a particular health state, such as being blind or having diabetes, relative to full health [ 40]).
