We collected details on study objective, intervention type and disease category, design, methodology and background data such as sponsorship.
Patient adherence to the internet intervention will be explored by examining objective intervention usage data automatically collected by the LifeGuide internet intervention.
Such proportionate universalism would define "tailoring" as much in terms of the scale and intensity of action required for those most in need, as much as any changes in objective intervention form.
Furthermore, these studies exhibited a marked lack of comparability (e.g., objectives, interventions, populations, outcomes), in addition to inconsistent effects.
The second step is to translate the information generated by the assessment into program priorities, goals, objectives, interventions, and policy.
Also, while there were no apparent associations between having a rationale and most other characteristics (objectives, interventions, etc), no formal statistical tests were performed to confirm this.
The lack of comparability is observed for each study parameter, which include the definition of the objectives, interventions (e.g., activities, materials, content), controls, populations, implementations, evaluations, outcomes, (validated) instruments, analyses, and control for confounders (Additional file 1).
Study objectives, intervention, and data assessment pertain to the individual patient level.
There are also fundamental difficulties in comparing interventions with diverse objectives, intervention targets, measurement methods, and outcomes.
A substantial number reported 'no difficulties' when trying to achieve dietary objectives (intervention: 33%-52%; usual care: 33% to 67%).
