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This page last updated: 15/10/2018

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Interventions directed to the consumer (Group 1) (73)
Counseling (3)
Medication or genetic or diet counseling (2)
Interventions for improving medication-taking ability and adherence in older adults prescribed multiple medications (protocol stage)
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 (7)
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 (6)
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
Presentation of aversive visual images in health communication for changing health behaviour (protocol stage)
Information provision (22)
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 (7)
Decision aids for people considering taking part in clinical trials
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 for pregnant women about caesarean birth
Interventions for improving medication-taking ability and adherence in older adults prescribed multiple medications (protocol stage)
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 (protocol stage)
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)
Telephone interventions, delivered by healthcare professionals, for providing education and psychosocial support for informal caregivers of adults with diagnosed illnesses
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
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 for improving medication-taking ability and adherence in older adults prescribed multiple medications (protocol stage)
Interventions to increase patient and family involvement in escalation of care for acute life-threatening illness in community health and hospital settings (protocol stage)
About medication (4)
Interventions for improving medication-taking ability and adherence in older adults prescribed multiple medications (protocol stage)
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 (6)
About disease/condition (1)
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 (protocol stage)
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 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 (protocol stage)
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 (protocol stage)
Time-limited home-care reablement services for maintaining and improving the functional independence of older adults
Social support (6)
Emotional/psychosocial support (6)
Telephone interventions, delivered by healthcare professionals, for providing education and psychosocial support for informal caregivers of adults with diagnosed illnesses
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 (protocol stage)
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
Patient advocacy (0)
Other (9)
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 multimorbidity in decision-making during primary care consultations (protocol stage)
Interventions for supporting informal caregivers of patients in the terminal phase of a disease
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 (protocol stage)
Reporting of consumer preferences (0)
Satisfaction with usual care (0)
Patient diaries (0)
History taking or patient profiling (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 (protocol stage)
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)
Interventions for communication exchange between providers and consumers (Group 3) (22)
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 (protocol stage)
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)
Negotiation or decision making (9)
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 (protocol stage)
Informed consent (1)
Interventions to promote informed consent for patients undergoing surgical and other invasive healthcare procedures
Shared decision making (5)
Decision aids for people facing health treatment or screening decisions
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 (protocol stage)
Shared decision making interventions for people with mental health conditions
Patient-held medical record (4)
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 (protocol stage)
Other (5)
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
Interventions for communication between consumers (Group 4) (7)
Peer support (3)
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)
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 (protocol stage)
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)
Cultural competence education for health professionals
Interventions for improving medical students' interpersonal communication in medical consultations (protocol stage)
Interventions for improving medication-taking ability and adherence in older adults prescribed multiple medications (protocol stage)
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 (protocol stage)
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) (19)
Structure and delivery of care (15)
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 (4)
Specialist nurses or pharmacists providing the intervention (1)
Interventions for improving medication-taking ability and adherence in older adults prescribed multiple medications (protocol stage)
Health plan choices (0)
Convenience of location of care (0)
Appointment choices (2)
Email for the coordination of healthcare appointments and attendance reminders
Group medical appointments for people with physical illness (protocol stage)
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 (protocol stage)
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 (6)
Remote consultation by telephone or internet (4)
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
Interactive Health Communication Applications (2)
Interactive computer-based interventions for sexual health promotion
Interactive Health Communication Applications for people with chronic disease
Other (1)
Telephone follow-up, initiated by a hospital-based health professional, for postdischarge problems in patients discharged from hospital to home
Supportive environment (4)
Change in context of care (2)
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)
Imagery (0)
Music (0)
Virtual reality (1)
Virtual reality simulation for reducing pain in children (protocol stage)
Placebo effect (1)
Physical or psychological (1)
Placebo interventions for all clinical conditions
Other (0)