Improving the design and analytic methods used in NIH-funded clinical trials involving behavioral interventions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7146845 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David M Murray (0000-0003-0797-9269, Associate Director for Prevention, Director, Office of Disease Prevention, National Institutes of Health , 6705 Rockledge Drive, Room 734B, Bethesda, MD 20892), Jane M Simoni (0000-0002-8711-1576, Associate Director for Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, Director, Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, National Institutes of Health , 31 Center Drive, Building 31, Room B1C19, Bethesda, MD 20892) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2025-01-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Annals of Behavioral Medicine (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0883-6612 • E-ISSN: 1532-4796 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/abm/kaaf026 |
| PMID | 40257118 |
| OpenAlex | W4409623288 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
Behavioral interventions are widely used in clinical trials supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). When behavioral interventions involve group-formatted components and/or shared interventionists, they require special design and analytic methods not needed in trials that do not involve these features. The NIH Office of Disease Prevention (ODP) and the NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) offer resources to make it easier for investigators to use appropriate methods to evaluate these interventions. This commentary draws attention to these issues and highlights the ODP and OBSSR resources available to investigators. We urge investigators to take advantage of these resources to learn about and adopt appropriate sample size and analytic methods for trials to evaluate behavioral interventions so that their results will be reliable and reproducible. That is the best way to advance the science of behavioral interventions to improve health
Alternative medicine · Behavioral medicine · Behavioural sciences · Clinical trial · Health psychology · Management science · Medical education · Pathology · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Psychotherapist · Public health · Research design · Applied Psychology · Behavioral Health and Interventions · Clinical Psychology · Health Policy Implementation Science · Medicine · Mental Health Research Topics · Nursing · Psychology
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |