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Effectiveness of an Interventional Program to Improve Blood Pressure Control in Hypertensive Patients at High Risk for Developing Heart Failure: HERO…

2010

J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). The Efectividad de un Programa de Intervencion en el Control de la Presion Arterial de los Hipertensos en Riesgo de Desarrollar Insuficiencia Cardiaca (HEROIC) study was designed to assess whether an educational program for primary care physicians could improve blood pressure (BP) control in hypertensive patients at high risk for developing heart failure. The program contained a combination of educational training (live group sessions or online training) and information feedback. Two hundred twenty-six physicians completed the program and provided valid data in 2489 patients before and 2168 after 1 year. There was a small but significant reduction of −1.1 mm Hg…

Blood pressure controlMaleRiskmedicine.medical_specialtyEndocrinology Diabetes and MetabolismDeveloping heartBlood PressurePrimary carePhysiciansInternal MedicineMedicineHumansProspective StudiesPractice Patterns Physicians'Intensive care medicineAntihypertensive AgentsAgedHeart FailurePrimary Health Carebusiness.industrymedicine.diseaseOriginal PapersBlood pressureCross-Sectional StudiesTreatment OutcomeSpainHeart failureEmergency medicineHypertensionPractice Guidelines as TopicEducation Medical ContinuingFemaleCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinebusinessInformation feedbackEducational programEducational trainingJournal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.)
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Control Structures in Motivational Psychology

1996

Abstract Motivational processes in psychology have been interpreted from many different viewpoints. In the general case, they present an information feedback structure, with goals and disturbances, in a similar way most control systems behave. In this contribution, this similarity is analysed and examples of motivational processes corresponding to the most common control system structures are given. This comparison will be fruitful from both sides: to explore a new field of control theory application and to provide a new framework to the analysis of these complex processes.

Cognitive scienceControl theory (sociology)Structure (mathematical logic)business.industryControl systemField (Bourdieu)Similarity (psychology)Artificial intelligenceControl (linguistics)ViewpointsPsychologybusinessInformation feedbackIFAC Proceedings Volumes
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Socio-affective characteristics and properties of extrinsic feedback in physiotherapy

2000

Background and Purpose The usual approach in physiotherapy is to communicate the desired action by means of some combination of verbal instruction and explanation, visual demonstration and manual assistance. Patients' and physiotherapists' communication and acts express socio-affective elements which influence the atmosphere governing this interaction. The purpose of this study was to investigate the socio-affective characteristics of the verbal, visual and manual feedback given to their patients by physiotherapists in the performance of their duties. Method Data were collected by videotaping patient–physiotherapist interaction. Systematic observation was used to depict physiotherapists' an…

medicine.medical_specialtyCommunicationEmotionsReproducibility of ResultsPhysical Therapy Sports Therapy and RehabilitationProfessional-Patient RelationsMiddle AgedSequential organizationVerbal cuesNonverbal communicationAction (philosophy)Visual guidancePhysical therapymedicineHumansCuesPsychologyInformation feedbackPhysical Therapy ModalitiesAgedPhysiotherapy Research International
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