Control conditions for randomised trials of behavioural interventions in psychiatry: a decision framework.

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In psychiatry, comparative analyses of therapeutic options and the aggregation of data from clinical trials across different therapeutic approaches play an important role in clinical decision making, treatment guidelines, and health policy. This approach assumes that trials of pharmacological and behavioural therapies generally produce the same level of evidence when properly designed. However, trial design… Read more »

Patient education for people with multiple sclerosis-associated fatigue: A systematic review.

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BACKGROUND: Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory and neurodegenerative disease often causing decreased quality of life, social withdrawal and unemployment. Studies examining the effect of pharmacological interventions demonstrated only minor effects, whereas non-pharmacological interventions as e.g. patient education programs have shown promising results. OBJECTIVE: We aim to systematically review the literature to determine the effect… Read more »