Treating rural paediatric obesity through telemedicine vs. telephone: Outcomes from a cluster randomized controlled trial.

Objective: The objective of the current study was to examine the feasibility of telemedicine vs. telephone for the delivery of a multidisciplinary weekly family-based behavioural group intervention to treat paediatric obesity delivered to families living in rural areas using a randomized controlled trial methodology.

Methods: 103 rural children and their families were recruited.

Treating rural pediatric obesity through telemedicine: outcomes from a small randomized controlled trial.

Objective: The objective of the current study was to examine the effectiveness of a multidisciplinary weekly family-based behavioral group delivered via telemedicine to rural areas, compared with a standard physician visit intervention.

Methods: A randomized controlled trial was conducted with 58 rural children and their families comparing a family-based behavioral intervention delivered via telemedicine to a structured physician visit condition. Outcome measures included child body mass index z-score (BMIz), 24-hr dietary recalls, accelerometer data, Child Behavior Checklist, Behavioral Pediatrics Feeding Assessment Scale, and feasibility and fidelity.

Treating sleep problems in dementia caregivers based on parent-child interventions.

Background: Interventions developed for improving sleep in parents of young children or in developmentally delayed children might also prove effective for persons with dementia and their caregivers.

Methods: We selectively reviewed the literature for interventions effective in improving sleep in parents of young children or in developmentally delayed children.

Results: Graduated extinction and adult fading have been minimally explored in dementia populations.

Treating rural pediatric obesity through telemedicine: baseline data from a randomized controlled trial.

Objective: To describe baseline characteristics of participants in a pediatric obesity intervention tailored specifically to rural families delivered via telemedicine.

Methods: Randomized-control trial comparing a family-based behavioral intervention to a usual care condition. Participants Fifty-eight first through fifth graders and their parents from the rural Midwest.

Deficits in processing speed in patients with multiple sclerosis: evidence from explicit and covert measures.

Cognitive slowing in individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS) has been documented by numerous studies employing explicitly timed measures in which speed of responding is an obvious focus of task performance. The present study examined information processing speed in MS patients and controls with a computerized battery of covertly timed as well as explicitly timed measures. The explicit measures were derived from two tests requiring rapid serial processing of visual stimuli, the Stroop Test and a Picture Naming Test.