A systematic review of financial incentives given in the healthcare setting; do they effectively improve physical activity levels?

Background: According to current physical activity guidelines, a substantial percentage of the population in high-income countries is inactive, and inactivity is an important risk factor for chronic conditions and mortality. Financial incentives may encourage people to become more active. The objective of this review was to provide insight in the effectiveness of financial incentives used for promoting physical activity in the healthcare setting.

Green Care Farms: An Innovative Type of Adult Day Service to Stimulate Social Participation of People With Dementia.

To explore the value of day services at green care farms (GCFs) in terms of social participation for people with dementia. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with people with dementia who attended day services at a GCF (GCF group, = 21), were on a waiting list (WL) for day services at a GCF (WL group, = 12), or attended day services in a regular day care facility (RDCF group, = 17) and with their family caregivers. People with dementia in the GCF and WL group were primarily males, with an average age of 71 and 76 years, respectively, who almost all had a spousal caregiver.

Integrated care programs for patients with psychological comorbidity: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Objective: Presently, little is known about the characteristics and impact of integrated care programs for patients with psychological comorbidity. The aim was to provide an overview of these integrated care programs and their effectiveness.

Methods: Systematic literature review including papers published between 1995 and 2014.

Comprehensive care programs for patients with multiple chronic conditions: a systematic literature review.

Objective: To provide insight into the characteristics of comprehensive care programs for patients with multiple chronic conditions and their impact on patients, informal caregivers, and professional caregivers.

Methods: Systematic literature search in multiple electronic databases for English language papers published between January 1995 and January 2011, supplemented by reference tracking and a manual search on the internet. Wagner's chronic care model (CCM) was used to define comprehensive care.