2015 The journal of behavioral health services & research
* A cluster randomized trial of adding peer specialists to intensive case management teams in the Veterans Health Administration.
- Use of peer specialists (PSs)--individuals with serious mental illness who use their experiences to help others with serious mental illness--is increasing. However, their impact on patient outcomes has not been demonstrated definitively. This cluster randomized, controlled trial within the Veterans Health Administration compared patients served by three intensive case management teams that each deployed two PSs for 1 year, to the patients of three similar teams without PSs (Usual Care). All patients (PS group = 149, Usual Care = 133) had substantial psychiatric inpatient histories and a primary Axis 1 psychiatric disorder. Before and after the year PSs worked, patients were surveyed on their recovery, quality of life, activation (health self-management efficacy), interpersonal relations, and symptoms. Patients in the PS group improved significantly more (z = 2.00, df = 1, p = 0.05) than those receiving Usual Care on activation. There were no other significant differences. PSs helped patients become more active in treatment, which can promote recovery.
=>一団にする, 集める, 分派, 集団, グループ, 分類する, 演奏家グループ, 集まる, 分ける
Overview of noun group
The noun group has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (1345) group, grouping -- (any number of entities (members) considered as a unit)
2. (1) group, radical, chemical group -- ((chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single
unit and forming part of a molecule)
3. group, mathematical group -- (a set that is closed, associative, has an identity element and
every element has an inverse)
Overview of verb group
The verb group has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (4) group -- (arrange into a group or groups; "Can you group these shapes together?")
2. (1) group, aggroup -- (form a group or group together)
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