A Systematic Survey of Control Groups in Behavioral and Social Science Trials
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Resumo: | Behavioral and social sciences randomized controlled trials (BSSTs) have a significant role in life sciences. Choosing an appropriate control or comparator group for BSSTs is critical, to provide true intervention effects. The objective of this study was to determine the types of control groups used in BSSTs, and the rationale provided to justify these choices. We conducted a systematic survey of BSST protocols published between January 2012 and October 2016 in the Cochrane Library and Medline databases. We randomly selected 200 protocols. The study selection and data extraction were performed independently in duplicate. The most frequent control groups were active concurrent (97/200, 48.5%), and no treatment concurrent controls (88/200, 44.0%). The majority of studies (71.5%) did not provide justification for comparators choice. We concluded that BSSTs trials compare interventions to active and no treatment controls however the majority of trials lacked rationale for the selection of the study comparator. |
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A Systematic Survey of Control Groups in Behavioral and Social Science Trialsbehavioral and social sciences researchcomparatorsystematic surveyBehavioral and social sciences randomized controlled trials (BSSTs) have a significant role in life sciences. Choosing an appropriate control or comparator group for BSSTs is critical, to provide true intervention effects. The objective of this study was to determine the types of control groups used in BSSTs, and the rationale provided to justify these choices. We conducted a systematic survey of BSST protocols published between January 2012 and October 2016 in the Cochrane Library and Medline databases. We randomly selected 200 protocols. The study selection and data extraction were performed independently in duplicate. The most frequent control groups were active concurrent (97/200, 48.5%), and no treatment concurrent controls (88/200, 44.0%). The majority of studies (71.5%) did not provide justification for comparators choice. We concluded that BSSTs trials compare interventions to active and no treatment controls however the majority of trials lacked rationale for the selection of the study comparator.Department of Health Research Methods Evidence and Impact (HEI) McMaster UniversityFather Sean O’Sullivan Research Institute McMaster UniversityDundas Valley Secondary SchoolFaculty of Health Sciences McMaster UniversityDepartment of Dermatology and Radiotherapy Botucatu Medical School Universidade Estadual Paulista UNESPMcMaster Integrative Neuroscience Discovery and Study McMaster University HamiltonMedical Sciences McMaster University HamiltonIntegrated Sciences McMaster UniversityHealth Sciences McMaster UniversityPsychology Neuroscience and Behaviour McMaster UniversityCentre for Evaluation of Medicine St. Joseph’s Healthcare HamiltonArts and Science McMaster UniversityDepartment of Medicine McMaster UniversityCentre for Development of Best Practices in Health Yaoundé Central HospitalDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences McMaster UniversityDepartment of Dermatology and Radiotherapy Botucatu Medical School Universidade Estadual Paulista UNESPMcMaster UniversityDundas Valley Secondary SchoolUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)McMaster University HamiltonSt. Joseph’s Healthcare HamiltonYaoundé Central HospitalWang, MeiSun, GuangwenChang, YapingJin, YanlingLeenus, AlvinMaaz, MuhammadLi, GuoweiBhatt, MehaAbbade, Luciana P. F. [UNESP]Nwosu, IkunnaZielinski, LauraSanger, NitikaBantoto, BiancaLuo, CandiceShams, IetaShahid, HamnahAdachi, JonathanMbuagbaw, LawrenceLevine, MitchellSamaan, ZainabThabane, Lehana2018-12-11T17:17:36Z2018-12-11T17:17:36Z2018-07-01info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/article538-545application/pdfhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1049731517718940Research on Social Work Practice, v. 28, n. 5, p. 538-545, 2018.1552-75811049-7315http://hdl.handle.net/11449/17581210.1177/10497315177189402-s2.0-850413611472-s2.0-85041361147.pdfScopusreponame:Repositório Institucional da UNESPinstname:Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)instacron:UNESPengResearch on Social Work Practice0,883info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2024-01-03T06:27:03Zoai:repositorio.unesp.br:11449/175812Repositório InstitucionalPUBhttp://repositorio.unesp.br/oai/requestopendoar:29462024-01-03T06:27:03Repositório Institucional da UNESP - Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)false |
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A Systematic Survey of Control Groups in Behavioral and Social Science Trials |
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A Systematic Survey of Control Groups in Behavioral and Social Science Trials |
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A Systematic Survey of Control Groups in Behavioral and Social Science Trials Wang, Mei behavioral and social sciences research comparator systematic survey |
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A Systematic Survey of Control Groups in Behavioral and Social Science Trials |
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A Systematic Survey of Control Groups in Behavioral and Social Science Trials |
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A Systematic Survey of Control Groups in Behavioral and Social Science Trials |
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A Systematic Survey of Control Groups in Behavioral and Social Science Trials |
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A Systematic Survey of Control Groups in Behavioral and Social Science Trials |
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Wang, Mei |
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Wang, Mei Sun, Guangwen Chang, Yaping Jin, Yanling Leenus, Alvin Maaz, Muhammad Li, Guowei Bhatt, Meha Abbade, Luciana P. F. [UNESP] Nwosu, Ikunna Zielinski, Laura Sanger, Nitika Bantoto, Bianca Luo, Candice Shams, Ieta Shahid, Hamnah Adachi, Jonathan Mbuagbaw, Lawrence Levine, Mitchell Samaan, Zainab Thabane, Lehana |
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author |
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Sun, Guangwen Chang, Yaping Jin, Yanling Leenus, Alvin Maaz, Muhammad Li, Guowei Bhatt, Meha Abbade, Luciana P. F. [UNESP] Nwosu, Ikunna Zielinski, Laura Sanger, Nitika Bantoto, Bianca Luo, Candice Shams, Ieta Shahid, Hamnah Adachi, Jonathan Mbuagbaw, Lawrence Levine, Mitchell Samaan, Zainab Thabane, Lehana |
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McMaster University Dundas Valley Secondary School Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) McMaster University Hamilton St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton Yaoundé Central Hospital |
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Wang, Mei Sun, Guangwen Chang, Yaping Jin, Yanling Leenus, Alvin Maaz, Muhammad Li, Guowei Bhatt, Meha Abbade, Luciana P. F. [UNESP] Nwosu, Ikunna Zielinski, Laura Sanger, Nitika Bantoto, Bianca Luo, Candice Shams, Ieta Shahid, Hamnah Adachi, Jonathan Mbuagbaw, Lawrence Levine, Mitchell Samaan, Zainab Thabane, Lehana |
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behavioral and social sciences research comparator systematic survey |
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behavioral and social sciences research comparator systematic survey |
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Behavioral and social sciences randomized controlled trials (BSSTs) have a significant role in life sciences. Choosing an appropriate control or comparator group for BSSTs is critical, to provide true intervention effects. The objective of this study was to determine the types of control groups used in BSSTs, and the rationale provided to justify these choices. We conducted a systematic survey of BSST protocols published between January 2012 and October 2016 in the Cochrane Library and Medline databases. We randomly selected 200 protocols. The study selection and data extraction were performed independently in duplicate. The most frequent control groups were active concurrent (97/200, 48.5%), and no treatment concurrent controls (88/200, 44.0%). The majority of studies (71.5%) did not provide justification for comparators choice. We concluded that BSSTs trials compare interventions to active and no treatment controls however the majority of trials lacked rationale for the selection of the study comparator. |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1049731517718940 Research on Social Work Practice, v. 28, n. 5, p. 538-545, 2018. 1552-7581 1049-7315 http://hdl.handle.net/11449/175812 10.1177/1049731517718940 2-s2.0-85041361147 2-s2.0-85041361147.pdf |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1049731517718940 http://hdl.handle.net/11449/175812 |
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Research on Social Work Practice, v. 28, n. 5, p. 538-545, 2018. 1552-7581 1049-7315 10.1177/1049731517718940 2-s2.0-85041361147 2-s2.0-85041361147.pdf |
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