At a minimum, the simple provision of a booklet explaining to patients how to self manage their symptoms using vestibular rehabilitation exercises seems to have lasting benefits, without incurring any additional resource use relative to routine care.
These included: participatory women's groups (Azad 2010), community awareness meetings (Baqui 2008; Bhutta 2011; Klerman 2001; Kumar 2008; Wahlstrom 2011); the provision of information booklets and cassettes and mass media campaigns (Midhet 2010; Villar 1992; Wu 2011); and home education sessions (Kirkwood 2013; le Roux 2013; Omer 2008).
Provision of an information booklet "Waterworks after Hip Surgery" A "Waterworks after Hip Surgery" booklet was developed for this pilot, and tested with focus groups of patients to ensure relevance to the target group.
For instance, provision of an information booklet on stroke significantly increased the knowledge of risk factors and warning signs in a sample of hospitalised stroke patients and their carers [ 12].
Provision of information through booklets on how to manage the child can be helpful [ 12].
14 Another telephone coaching intervention in disadvantaged communities in the United States was found to be no more effective than provision of a patient education booklet.
Firstly, it evaluated a new model of treatment provision for chronic dizziness, by means of booklet based management in primary care with or without remote expert telephone support, and we have shown this intervention to be an acceptable and effective method of managing dizziness.
The interventions for the parent study aimed at improving paediatric care through provision of clinical practice guideline booklets and a 5 day training focusing on improving skills in the first 48 hours of admission and supporting guideline uptake [ 9].
Despite careful preparation of the food record as an easy-to-carry booklet and provision of portion aids to facilitate accurate recordings, we acknowledge that misreporting may still occur given the limited motivation and possible poor portion size estimation among adolescents [ 62, 63].
The UC group received the UC of that centre, that is, education by the nurses, provision of the resource 'Understanding Nutrition – a booklet from the Queensland Cancer Fund' and oral nutrition supplement samples.
