Much of the current evidence base for pharmacological treatment of drug use comes from studies that have taken place in an in-patient or residential setting.
However, it cannot be assumed that adopting a more rigorous approach to diagnosis using only the disease-based definition of symptomatic knee OA would be an improvement although much of the current evidence for the effectiveness of interventions has been based on participants defined in this way.
As we are aware of no similar work in the area of child sexual abuse in youth-oriented organisations, this study makes a much needed contribution to current evidence on offending patterns.
However, despite the increasing professionalization and standardization of humanitarian work (2), there is a consensus that the evidence base for much current practice remains weak (3, 4).
The application of antiseptic washes to the vaginal area during labour has received much current interest, but there is insufficient evidence of its effectiveness in preventing maternal infection [ 27, 31, 32].
Collectively the current evidence has raised much interest in the functional role of pericytes in maturation of tumor blood vessels, triggering enthusiasm for the potential benefits of targeting pericytes for future cancer therapy.
In terms of the current evidence in this field, much of it has focused around 'polypharmacy' studies.
Even if self-efficacy was a mediator, the current evidence suggest that its effect was much less important than resilience.
Its new survey of investors, published today, reveals that that there is much more interest in the concept of saving the planet while investing than current evidence suggests.
In summary, then, we cannot infer from current evidence that patients' perceived susceptibility or severity of illness contributes much to their motivation to change health behavior, nor that these perceptions can be altered by the provision of new information.
