Non-pharmacological intervention
non-pharmacological intervention (NPI) is any type of healthcare intervention which is not primarily based on
Non-pharmacological interventions may be intended to
Non-pharmacological interventions can call on various fields of expertise, such as surgery, medical devices, rehabilitation, psychotherapy, and behavioral interventions.[6]
Nomenclature
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The term "non-pharmaceutical intervention", which is sometimes used, is inaccurate. "Pharmaceutical" refers to activities related to pharmacy practise or to the manufacture of medicinal products by pharmaceutical companies, principally emphasizing the role of the formulation of medicines in those activities, rather than their therapeutic use. "Pharmacological" relates to the study of how drugs act and how they are used in therapeutic practise. "Non-pharmacological" therefore relates to how interventions that are not based on drugs are used in therapeutic practise.
This is reflected in the definitions of "pharmacological" and "pharmaceutical" given in the Merriam-Webster Dictionary:
pharmacological [adapted from the definition of "pharmacology"]: of or relating to the properties and reactions of drugs especially with relation to their therapeutic value;[7]
pharmaceutical: of, relating to, or engaged in pharmacy or the manufacture and sale of pharmaceuticals.[8]
The term "non-pharmacologic intervention" is an acceptable alternate description, although Webster-Merriam says that the variant "pharmacologic" is less commonly used than "pharmacological".
Examples
Hypertension
The first line of treatment for
See also
- Disease surveillance
- Environmental medicine
- Global Health Initiatives
- Health education
- Health policy
- Health promotion
- Human nutrition
- Hygiene
- Infant mortality
- Infection control
- Lifestyle medicine
- Medical device
- Occupational therapy
- Physical medicine and rehabilitation
- Population health
- Prevention of mental disorders
- Preventive healthcare
- Psychotherapy
- Public health intervention
- Social determinants of health
- Social prescribing
- Transmission (medicine)
- Universal health care
- Workplace health promotion
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Further reading
- Boutron I, Ravaud P, Moher D, eds. (2012). Randomized clinical trials of nonpharmacological treatments. Boca Raton: CRC Press. ISBN 9781420088021.
External links
- Checklist for reporting of non-pharmacologic treatment interventions (an extension of the CONSORT statement for Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials).