These trials should focus on standardised theory-based psychological therapies, rather than multimodal approaches which combine a variety of approaches.
The acupuncture intervention was performed according to a treatment protocol developed and agreed by acupuncture practitioners, which allowed for individualised treatment within a standardised theory-driven framework.
In theory, having a standardised version for the North and South will help matters enormously if the countries do unify in the future".
Compared with the regular training, several self-management and behavioural change techniques from theoretical frameworks, e.g. social-cognitive theory, are incorporated in the protocolised, standardised training.
First, Indian philosophers did not principally engage in discussions with representatives of the materialist school, except for standardised dismissive refutations of a few basic materialist theories, which are mentioned by Indian philosophers in their works in order to render a 'complete' picture of the philosophical spectrum.
To further evolve our understanding of the quality of RCTs conducted in medical education, we aim to explore the adherence to standardised quality criteria as well as the use of theory in recent literature.
In medicine, the concept of benefit or value is not standardised, which can be explained by the lack of a theory of medicine [ 13].
As a consequence, the "noise" related to items in standardised instruments experienced as irrelevant by participants will be reduced, which in theory will have the potential to make the COPM more responsive to capturing the effects of reablement.
Much of it is about using "nudge" theory to encourage changes in behaviour and to get away from standardised (and ignored) health and safety notices and approaches to building management.
Accessing human factors and reliability theory, 16 we have developed systems to increase consistency in care such as care bundles, standardised processes and safety huddles.
But standardised to whose technology?
