TY - JOUR
T1 - Developing a reporting guideline for social and psychological intervention trials
AU - Mayo-Wilson, Evan
AU - Montgomery, Paul
AU - Hopewell, Sally
AU - Macdonald, Geraldine
AU - Moher, David
AU - Grant, Sean
PY - 2013/10
Y1 - 2013/10
N2 - Social and psychological interventions are often complex. Understanding randomised controlled trials (RCTs) of these complex interventions requires a detailed description of the interventions tested and the methods used to evaluate them. However, RCT reports often omit, or inadequately report, this information. Incomplete and inaccurate reporting hinders the optimal use of research, wastes resources and fails to meet ethical obligations to research participants and consumers. In this paper, we explain how reporting guidelines have improved the quality of reports in medicine, and describe the ongoing development of a new reporting guideline for RCTs: CONSORT-SPI (an extension for social and psychological interventions). We invite readers to participate in the project by visiting our website, in order to help us reach the bestinformed consensus on these guidelines (http://tinyurl.com/CONSORT-study).
AB - Social and psychological interventions are often complex. Understanding randomised controlled trials (RCTs) of these complex interventions requires a detailed description of the interventions tested and the methods used to evaluate them. However, RCT reports often omit, or inadequately report, this information. Incomplete and inaccurate reporting hinders the optimal use of research, wastes resources and fails to meet ethical obligations to research participants and consumers. In this paper, we explain how reporting guidelines have improved the quality of reports in medicine, and describe the ongoing development of a new reporting guideline for RCTs: CONSORT-SPI (an extension for social and psychological interventions). We invite readers to participate in the project by visiting our website, in order to help us reach the bestinformed consensus on these guidelines (http://tinyurl.com/CONSORT-study).
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U2 - 10.1192/bjp.bp.112.123745
DO - 10.1192/bjp.bp.112.123745
M3 - Article
C2 - 24029534
AN - SCOPUS:84883560337
SN - 0007-1250
VL - 203
SP - 250
EP - 254
JO - British Journal of Psychiatry
JF - British Journal of Psychiatry
IS - 4
ER -