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

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.

Sun, Shufang (författare)
Carlbring, PerStockholms universitet,Klinisk psykologi(Swepub:su)pecar (författare)
Torous, John (författare)
Stockholms universitetKlinisk psykologi (creator_code:org_t)

Av författaren/redakt...: Goldberg, Simon ...; Sun, Shufang; Carlbring, Per; Torous, John

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