Or, in a more everyday example, it could be a way to find someone who can give you study advice without the hassle of having to ask a classmate directly or find a senior studying the same subject.
As a result of a recently implemented legally binding study advice, Dutch students have to perform well during their education.
In five studies, control participants received one to one advice to increase their physical activity and, in one study, advice was group based.
In most previous studies, advice, recommendation or encouragement from health professionals has been found to increase the likelihood of attendance [ 47].
Further, in the aforementioned studies, advice was mostly transferred through the use of paper or in the form of books or instruction materials.
In 54% of those studies, advice or referral was handed out to control group participants, and the assessments used varied widely.
Examples of Pragmatic recommendations included liaising closely with trial sites (Implementation advice), revising the term 'manual' (Recommendation for language to use) and providing online information about the study (Advice about dissemination).
In the MORE Energy study, advice will not only be tailored, but will be offered in such a way that participants can choose the advices that fulfil their specific needs at specific moments.
There is a growing body of literature on study techniques for college students (e.g. Paulk, 2000; Nist-Olejnik and Holschuh, 2008; van Blerkom, 2008), and online study advice is now available from many colleges and universities.
If medical or obstetric complications arise while a participant is involved in the study advice will be taken from the woman's lead obstetrician on whether she should withdraw from the intervention.
