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HelpedMotivation
Talks that explore your reasons helped a bit, but no better than standard treatment.
1 tool tested
HelpedGoals
After-school programmes for personal and social skills may raise grades and test scores.
25 studies pooled
HelpedGoals
Motivational talks helped more people quit smoking, though trials varied.
31 studies pooled · 9,485 people · 1 tool tested
HelpedGoals
Talks helped non-pregnant smokers stay off cigarettes longer, by a little
21 studies pooled · 8,165 people · 1 tool tested
HelpedGoals
Help for thoughts and feelings raised exercise and eased low mood in rheumatoid arthritis.
5 studies pooled · 340 people · 4 tools tested
HelpedMotivation
Support may help cancer caregivers cope and feel surer, but did not ease depression
8 studies pooled · 757 people · 2 tools tested
HelpedMotivation
Feedback and seeing others succeed may build belief in getting active
27 studies pooled · 5,501 people · 3 tools tested
HelpedFocus
Training to rebuild thinking skills may give small gains in attention after brain injury.
9 studies pooled · 2,014 people · 1 tool tested
HelpedGoals
Programmes to eat well or move more helped; those that tracked progress helped more.
122 studies pooled · 44,747 people · 1 tool tested
HelpedGoals
College programmes may help grades and motivation, and keep a few more students enrolled.
107 studies pooled · 11,183 people · 2 tools tested
HelpedOther outcomes
Teaching people about cancer pain eased pain a little, pooled studies found
9 studies pooled · 1 tool tested
HelpedGoals
Talking and support treatments helped people cut illegal drug use
34 studies pooled · 2,340 people · 2 tools tested
HelpedGoals
Pedometers helped people walk more in trials; a step goal went with bigger gains.
8 studies pooled · 277 people · 2 tools tested
HelpedGoals
Programmes cut college students' drinking, and their drinking problems for longer
38 studies pooled · 13,750 people
No comparisonMotivation
Biofeedback may help with migraine, and the help lasted over a year.
7 studies pooled · 68 people
HelpedMotivation
Changing people's intentions also changed what they did, by a small to medium amount.
47 studies pooled · 8,802 people
HelpedGoals
Spreading study over sessions helped people remember more than studying all at once.
254 studies pooled
HelpedGoals
Vouchers for clean drug tests helped people stay off drugs in 30 studies
30 studies pooled · 1 tool tested
HelpedGoals
Quit programmes for teens may work: 9 in 100 quit, against 6 in 100
48 studies pooled · 2 tools tested
HelpedGoals
Writing about what they studied gave students small gains in what they learned.
46 studies pooled
HelpedGoals
Motivational talks beat no treatment for drinking, drugs and diet, but not smoking
1 tool tested
HelpedGoals
Help with taking medicines worked a little, and no single method stood out.
41 studies pooled · 8,885 people · 1 tool tested
