Individuals who were identified as high-risk drinkers received a brief intervention given by the attending doctor.
55 56 57 We ensured that the patients, outcome assessors, and care providers were blinded during the study period; they were all unaware of the randomisation and intervention given by the anaesthesiologists.
It is worth noting that the interventions given by a therapist were tailor-made, predominantly with a group format and taking longer than 8 weeks, whereas interventions delivered by nurses or nurses and therapists combined were predominantly standardised, individual and given over an 8-week period or shorter.
Since most people having SMDs with sick leave consult their general practitioner (GP) at an early stage, a tailored intervention given by GPs is justified.
Our study showed that MMI as a group intervention given by non-expert therapists may be a promising treatment for mild to moderate mental disorders and problems in primary health care.
This study suggests that a brief smoking cessation intervention given by trained practice nurses as part of routine cervical screening is acceptable, feasible and has the potential to motivate women to stop smoking without deterring them from attending for future cervical screening.
All individual TM interventions were given by the same therapist.
Oral and written information about the efficacy and potential complications for each type of surgical intervention was given by the treating neurologist.
Important descriptions of this type of intervention are given by the studies of Gerdner 64, 65 and Gerdner et al 66 but also by other researchers in this field.
If the hospital and nursing home wards agree to participate in the cross-level educational intervention programme, an official introduction of the intervention will be given by the research team during staff meetings.
