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This page last updated: 15/10/2018

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Interventions directed to the consumer (Group 1) (77)
Counseling (3)
Medication or genetic or diet counseling (2)
Interventions for improving medication-taking ability and adherence in older adults prescribed multiple medications
Interventions to enhance adherence to dietary advice for preventing and managing chronic diseases in adults
Cognitive behavioural counseling for coping (1)
Psychosocial interventions for informal caregivers of people living with cancer
Cross-cultural communication (0)
Health promotion (6)
Participation in screening programs (0)
Smoking cessation (0)
Vaccination programs (1)
Parents' and informal caregivers' views and experiences of communication about routine childhood vaccination: a synthesis of qualitative evidence
Heart programs (0)
Healthy behaviour change (5)
Interactive computer-based interventions for sexual health promotion
Email for the provision of information on disease prevention and health promotion
Interventions implemented through sporting organisations for increasing participation in sport
Interventions to enhance adherence to dietary advice for preventing and managing chronic diseases in adults
Policy interventions implemented through sporting organisations for promoting healthy behaviour change
Information provision (24)
About trial participation (2)
Audio-visual presentation of information for informed consent for participation in clinical trials
Decision aids for people considering taking part in clinical trials
About choices (9)
Decision aids for people considering taking part in clinical trials
Decision coaching for people making healthcare decisions (protocol stage)
Email for the provision of information on disease prevention and health promotion
Information or education interventions for adult intensive care unit (ICU) patients and their carers
Information to encourage pregnant women to attempt vaginal birth has not been shown to change caesarean birth rates
Information to encourage pregnant women to attempt vaginal birth has not been shown to change caesarean birth rates
Interventions for improving medication-taking ability and adherence in older adults prescribed multiple medications
Using alternative statistical formats for presenting risks and risk reductions
Interventions to support the decision-making process for older people facing the possibility of long-term residential care
Patient-specific details (5)
Adult patient access to electronic health records
Visual feedback of individuals' medical imaging results for changing health behaviour
Mobile phone messaging for communicating results of medical investigations
Personalised risk communication for informed decision making about taking screening tests
Email for communicating results of diagnostic medical investigations to patients
About available health services (6)
Face-to-face interventions for informing or educating parents about early childhood vaccination
Information or education interventions for adult intensive care unit (ICU) patients and their carers
Interventions aimed at communities to inform and/or educate about early childhood vaccination
Information interventions for orienting patients and their carers to cancer care facilities
Provision of a surgeon's performance data for people considering elective surgery
Telephone interventions, delivered by healthcare professionals, for providing education and psychosocial support for informal caregivers of adults with diagnosed illnesses
Genetic risk assessment (2)
Disclosing to parents newborn carrier status identified by routine blood spot screening
Effects of communicating DNA-based disease risk estimates on risk-reducing behaviours
Instruction (7)
About treatment (2)
Interventions to increase patient and family involvement in escalation of care for acute life-threatening illness in community health and hospital settings
Interventions for improving medication-taking ability and adherence in older adults prescribed multiple medications
About medication (4)
Interventions for improving medication-taking ability and adherence in older adults prescribed multiple medications
Multimedia educational interventions for consumers about prescribed and over-the-counter medications
Interventions to improve safe and effective medicines use by consumers: an overview of systematic reviews
Written information about individual medicines for consumers
On discharge (1)
Written and verbal information versus verbal information only for patients being discharged from acute hospital settings to home
Prescriptions for screening or exercise (0)
Marketing/advertising (2)
To improve awareness (2)
Mass media interventions for reducing mental health-related stigma
Unbranded advertising of prescription medicines to the public by pharmaceutical companies (protocol stage)
To participate in research (0)
Consumer education (8)
About disease/condition (3)
Targeted client communication via mobile devices for improving maternal, neonatal, and child health
Targeted client communication via mobile devices for improving sexual and reproductive health
Factors that influence women’s engagement with breastfeeding support: a qualitative evidence synthesis (protocol stage)
About treatment/procedure (3)
Information or education interventions for adult intensive care unit (ICU) patients and their carers
Interventions for improving medication-taking ability and adherence in older adults prescribed multiple medications
Interventions to promote informed consent for patients undergoing surgical and other invasive healthcare procedures
About risk reduction (2)
Face-to-face interventions for informing or educating parents about early childhood vaccination
Interventions aimed at communities to inform and/or educate about early childhood vaccination
Sex education (0)
Reminder systems directed to the consumer (6)
To attend screening (0)
To have vaccination (0)
To keep appointments (2)
Email for the coordination of healthcare appointments and attendance reminders
Mobile phone messaging reminders for attendance at healthcare appointments
To take medication (4)
Interventions for improving medication-taking ability and adherence in older adults prescribed multiple medications
Reminder packaging for improving adherence to self-administered long-term medications
Interventions to improve safe and effective medicines use by consumers: an overview of systematic reviews
Interventions for enhancing medication adherence
Skills training (5)
Information use (1)
Interventions for enhancing consumers' online health literacy
Relaxation techniques (1)
Interventions for supporting informal caregivers of patients in the terminal phase of a disease
Self-examination methods (0)
Communication skills (1)
Interventions before consultations for helping patients address their information needs
Self-care skills (2)
Interventions for improving medication-taking ability and adherence in older adults prescribed multiple medications
Time-limited home-care reablement services for maintaining and improving the functional independence of older adults
Social support (6)
Emotional/psychosocial support (6)
Information or education interventions for adult intensive care unit (ICU) patients and their carers
Interventions for improving medication-taking ability and adherence in older adults prescribed multiple medications
Interventions for supporting informal caregivers of patients in the terminal phase of a disease
Psychosocial interventions for informal caregivers of people living with cancer
Training and supportive programs for palliative care volunteers in community settings
Telephone interventions, delivered by healthcare professionals, for providing education and psychosocial support for informal caregivers of adults with diagnosed illnesses
Patient advocacy (0)
Other (10)
Assessing the effects of solid versus liquid dosage forms of oral medications on adherence and acceptability in children (protocol stage)
Framing of health information messages
Gender differences in health literacy of migrants: a synthesis of qualitative evidence (protocol stage)
Goal setting and strategies to enhance goal pursuit for adults with acquired disability participating in rehabilitation
Interventions for improving health literacy in migrants (protocol stage)
Interventions for involving older patients with multi-morbidity in decision-making during primary care consultations
Interventions for supporting informal caregivers of patients in the terminal phase of a disease
Interventions to enable communication for adult patients requiring an artificial airway with or without mechanical ventilator support (protocol stage)
Mobile phone messaging for preventive health care
Notification and support for people exposed to the risk of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) (or other prion diseases) through medical treatment (iatrogenically)
Interventions from the consumer (Group 2) (4)
Consumer participation in reviews, committees, policy formulation (1)
Methods of consumer involvement in developing healthcare policy and research, clinical practice guidelines and patient information material
Feedback (1)
Consumer reporting of self-monitoring (1)
Interventions for improving medication-taking ability and adherence in older adults prescribed multiple medications
Reporting of consumer preferences (0)
Satisfaction with usual care (0)
Patient diaries (0)
History taking or patient profiling (0)
Medical history (0)
Socio-economic factors (0)
Measurement of patient expectations (0)
Information-seeking initiated by the consumer, or information given by the consumer to the provider (2)
During consultations (2)
Interventions for improving medication-taking ability and adherence in older adults prescribed multiple medications
Interventions for improving older patients' involvement in primary care episodes
Surveys of consumers (0)
Development or assessment of questionnaires (0)
Provider education (0)
Other (0)
Participation in trials (0)
Interventions for communication exchange between providers and consumers (Group 3) (24)
Discussion (individual, group) (4)
Information or education interventions for adult intensive care unit (ICU) patients and their carers
Interventions for improving medication-taking ability and adherence in older adults prescribed multiple medications
Interventions for improving communication with children and adolescents about a family member's cancer
Interventions for improving communication with children and adolescents about their cancer
Interview (0)
Motivational interview/therapy (0)
Consultation process (0)
Negotiation or decision making (10)
Care plans (1)
Information or education interventions for adult intensive care unit (ICU) patients and their carers
Goal setting (0)
Compliance contracts (2)
Contracts between patients and healthcare practitioners for improving patients' adherence to treatment, prevention and health promotion activities
Interventions for improving medication-taking ability and adherence in older adults prescribed multiple medications
Informed consent (1)
Interventions to promote informed consent for patients undergoing surgical and other invasive healthcare procedures
Shared decision making (6)
Decision aids for people facing health treatment or screening decisions
Decision coaching for people making healthcare decisions (protocol stage)
Personalised care planning for adults with chronic or long-term health conditions
Information or education interventions for adult intensive care unit (ICU) patients and their carers
Interventions for improving medication-taking ability and adherence in older adults prescribed multiple medications
Shared decision making interventions for people with mental health conditions
Patient-held medical record (4)
Health card or booklet (0)
Information sheet specific to particular patient (1)
Email for communicating results of diagnostic medical investigations to patients
Recording of consultation (1)
Recordings or summaries of consultations for people with cancer
Patient summaries (1)
Information or education interventions for adult intensive care unit (ICU) patients and their carers
Medication record (1)
Interventions for improving medication-taking ability and adherence in older adults prescribed multiple medications
Other (6)
Consumers and health providers working in partnership for the promotion of person-centred health services: a co-produced qualitative evidence synthesis (protocol stage)
Goal setting and strategies to enhance goal pursuit for adults with acquired disability participating in rehabilitation
Interventions for improving patients' trust in doctors and groups of doctors
Interventions for interpersonal communication about end of life care between health practitioners and affected people (protocol stage)
Email for clinical communication between patients/caregivers and healthcare professionals
Clients’ perceptions and experiences of targeted digital communication accessible via mobile devices for reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health: a qualitative evidence synthesis
Interventions for communication between consumers (Group 4) (7)
Focus groups (0)
Peer support (3)
Self-help groups (0)
Learning together (0)
Sharing experiences (3)
Consumer-providers of care for adult clients of statutory mental health services
Peer support interventions for parents and carers of children with complex needs (protocol stage)
Peer support telephone calls for improving health
Group education (0)
Group visits (0)
Buddy systems (0)
Individual self-help (3)
Individual self-help (1)
Self-formulated conditional plans for changing health behaviour among healthcare consumers and health professionals (protocol stage)
Lay help (1)
Self-management education programmes by lay leaders for people with chronic conditions
Self-management learning by oneself (1)
Community-based self-management programs for improving participation in life activities in older adults with chronic conditions (protocol stage)
Skills training (0)
Support (1)
Family teamwork (0)
Presence of family member, carer or other person during education session, or consultation, or treatment, in support of patient (1)
Interventions for improving medication-taking ability and adherence in older adults prescribed multiple medications
Other (0)
Interventions for communication to the healthcare provider from another source (Group 5) (8)
Education programs (4)
Skills training in communication or patient-centred care skills (4)
Interventions for improving medical students' interpersonal communication in medical consultations
Cultural competence education for health professionals
Interventions for improving medication-taking ability and adherence in older adults prescribed multiple medications
Interventions for providers to promote a patient-centred approach in clinical consultations
Reminder systems for the clinician (1)
Interventions for improving medication-taking ability and adherence in older adults prescribed multiple medications
Other (3)
Interventions to enhance adherence to dietary advice for preventing and managing chronic diseases in adults
Using alternative statistical formats for presenting risks and risk reductions
Email for clinical communication between healthcare professionals
Service delivery interventions (Group 6) (22)
Structure and delivery of care (17)
Family access to healthcare provider or to hospitalised patient (2)
Visiting hours (1)
Information or education interventions for adult intensive care unit (ICU) patients and their carers
Rooming-in (1)
Information or education interventions for adult intensive care unit (ICU) patients and their carers
Parent rooms (0)
Healthcare provision (3)
Specialist nurses or pharmacists providing the intervention (1)
Interventions for improving medication-taking ability and adherence in older adults prescribed multiple medications
Health plan choices (0)
Convenience of location of care (0)
Appointment choices (1)
Email for the coordination of healthcare appointments and attendance reminders
Consumer as healthcare provider (1)
Consumer-providers of care for adult clients of statutory mental health services
Treatment or care changes/choices (1)
Administration or packaging of medication (1)
Interventions for improving medication-taking ability and adherence in older adults prescribed multiple medications
Extent of physical examination (0)
Coordination of care (1)
Discharge planning coordination (1)
Information or education interventions for adult intensive care unit (ICU) patients and their carers
Case management (0)
Team care (0)
Technology-based interventions (7)
Remote consultation by telephone or internet (5)
Automated telephone communication systems for preventive healthcare and management of long-term conditions
Mobile phone messaging for facilitating self-management of long-term illnesses
Email for communicating results of diagnostic medical investigations to patients
Email for clinical communication between patients/caregivers and healthcare professionals
Clients’ perceptions and experiences of targeted digital communication accessible via mobile devices for reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health: a qualitative evidence synthesis
Interactive Health Communication Applications (2)
Interactive computer-based interventions for sexual health promotion
Interactive Health Communication Applications for people with chronic disease
Other (3)
Interventions to enable communication for adult patients requiring an artificial airway with or without mechanical ventilator support (protocol stage)
Telephone follow-up, initiated by a hospital-based health professional, for postdischarge problems in patients discharged from hospital to home
Effects of consumers and health providers working in partnership on health services planning, delivery and evaluation
Supportive environment (5)
Change in context of care (2)
Hospital versus home care (0)
Home visits (0)
Family care versus professional care (2)
Family-centred care for hospitalised children aged 0-12 years
Family-centred interventions for Indigenous early childhood well-being by primary healthcare services (protocol stage)
Environmental effects (0)
Colours (0)
Background music (0)
Imagery (0)
Visual or psychological imagery as relaxation technique (0)
Guided imagery (0)
Music (0)
Virtual reality (2)
What are the benefits and risks of using virtual reality in a healthcare setting to distract children from pain?
What are the benefits and risks of using virtual reality in a healthcare setting to distract children from pain?
Placebo effect (1)
Physical or psychological (1)
Placebo interventions for all clinical conditions
Other (0)
Touch (0)