Publications by authors named "Patricia Garatva"

This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (intervention). The objectives are as follows: To determine the effects of psychological interventions for depression in people with diabetes mellitus.

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  • The BETTER-CARE study is investigating a personalized follow-up care system for breast cancer patients in Germany, focusing on individual needs and risks of long-term therapy side effects.
  • It is a cluster-randomized controlled trial involving 30 centers aiming to recruit 1,140 patients, with the primary goal of improving health-related quality of life.
  • The pilot phase showed that the approach is feasible, and if successful, it could become a part of routine care in Germany.
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The challenge of sustaining user engagement in eHealth interventions is a pressing issue with significant implications for the effectiveness of these digital health tools. This study investigates user engagement in a cognitive-behavioral therapy-based eHealth intervention for procrastination, using a dataset from a randomized controlled trial of 233 university students. Various machine learning models, including Decision Tree, Gradient Boosting, Logistic Regression, Random Forest, and Support Vector Machines, were employed to predict patterns of user engagement.

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Introduction: Comprehensive evidence on prevalence and incidence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and symptoms (PTSS) in people with chronic somatic diseases (CD) is lacking.

Objective: To systematically and meta-analytically examine prevalence and incidence of PTSD and PTSS in people with CD compared with people without CD.

Methods: MEDLINE, Embase, and PsycINFO were searched from inception (1946) to June 2020.

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