Forbin
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Being a U.S. citizen, I am sometimes confused by the many similar acronyms used in Britain (FINE, PACE, SMILE, etc..). I thought I would post their derivations for those who have wondered (like me) where these come from.
NICE
National
Institute for Health and
Care
Excellence
https://www.nice.org.uk/
FINE
Fatigue
Intervention by
Nurses
Evaluation
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20418251
PACE*
Pacing, graded
Activity, and
Cognitive behaviour therapy: a randomised
Evaluation
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(11)60096-2/abstract
Follow-up
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0366(15)00317-X/abstract
*[In addition to its relation to "pacing," "pace" is also a form of the Latin "pax" meaning "peace."]
SMILE
Specialist
Medical
Intervention &
Lightning [Process]
Evaluation
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3879423/
(ongoing trial?)
NICE
National
Institute for Health and
Care
Excellence
https://www.nice.org.uk/
FINE
Fatigue
Intervention by
Nurses
Evaluation
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20418251
PACE*
Pacing, graded
Activity, and
Cognitive behaviour therapy: a randomised
Evaluation
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(11)60096-2/abstract
Follow-up
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0366(15)00317-X/abstract
*[In addition to its relation to "pacing," "pace" is also a form of the Latin "pax" meaning "peace."]
SMILE
Specialist
Medical
Intervention &
Lightning [Process]
Evaluation
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3879423/
(ongoing trial?)
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