Selecting and describing control conditions in mobile health randomized controlled trials: a proposed typology.
Selecting and describing control conditions in mobile health randomized controlled trials: a proposed typology.
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10.1038/s41746-023-00923-7
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2023-09-30
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15.2
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Hundreds of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have tested the efficacy of mobile health (mHealth) tools for a wide range of mental and behavioral health outcomes. These RCTs have used a variety of control condition types which dramatically influence the scientific inferences that can be drawn from a given study. Unfortunately, nomenclature across mHealth RCTs is inconsistent and meta-analyses commonly combine control conditions that differ in potentially important ways. We propose a typology of control condition types in mHealth RCTs. We define 11 control condition types, discuss key dimensions on which they differ, provide a decision tree for selecting and identifying types, and describe the scientific inferences each comparison allows. We propose a five-tier comparison strength gradation along with four simplified categorization schemes. Lastly, we discuss unresolved definitional, ethical, and meta-analytic issues related to the categorization of control conditions in mHealth RCTs.
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DOI:
10.1177/1745691620968771
发表时间:
2022-01
期刊:
Perspectives on psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science
影响因子:
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作者:
Goldberg SB;Riordan KM;Sun S;Davidson RJ
通讯作者:
Davidson RJ
影响因子:
7.4
作者:
Arean PA;Hallgren KA;Jordan JT;Gazzaley A;Atkins DC;Heagerty PJ;Anguera JA
通讯作者:
Anguera JA
影响因子:
2.8
作者:
Enock, Philip M.;Hofmann, Stefan G.;McNally, Richard J.
通讯作者:
McNally, Richard J.
影响因子:
10.3
作者:
Dear, B. F.;Staples, L. G.;Titov, N.
通讯作者:
Titov, N.
影响因子:
4.2
作者:
Freedland, Kenneth E.
通讯作者:
Freedland, Kenneth E.