Evidence-Based Outcome Research: A Practical Guide to Conducting Randomized Controlled Trials for Psychosocial Interventions

✍ Scribed by Arthur M. Nezu (editor), Christine Maguth Nezu (editor)

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 513
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This edited volume provides both conceptual and practical information for conducting and evaluating evidence-based outcome studies. It encompasses psychotherapy research for traditional mental health disorders (eg. depression, anxiety), as well as psychosocial-based treatments provided to medical patient populations to have impact either on the disease process itself (pain, cardiovascular risk) or to improve the quality of life of such individuals. This is a hands-on book, whose major emphasis is on the practical nuts-and-bolts implementation of psychosocial-based RCTs from conception to completion.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents
About the Editors
About the Contributors
SECTION I: CONCEPTUAL ISSUES
1 The “Devil Is in the Details”: Recognizing and Dealing With Threats to Validity in Randomized Controlled Trials
2 Explanation of the CONSORT Statement With Application to Psychosocial Interventions
SECTION II: ASSESSMENT ISSUES
3 Clinical Interviews
4 Behavioral Assessment
5 Self-Report Measures
SECTION III: METHODOLOGICAL AND DESIGN ISSUES
6 Sample Size and Statistical Power
7 Subject Selection
8 Research Participant Recruitment and Retention
9 Random Assignment Procedures
10 Research Designs
11 Efficacy and Effectiveness in Developing Treatment Manuals
12 Selecting, Training, and Supervising Therapists
13 Ensuring Treatment Integrity
SECTION IV: DATA ANALYSIS ISSUES
14 Data Analytic Frameworks: Analysis of Variance, Latent Growth, and Hierarchical Models
15 Analyzing and Presenting Outcomes
16 Methods for Capturing the Process of Change
17 Assessing the Clinical Significance of Outcome Results
18 Assessing the Effect Size of Outcome Research
SECTION V: SPECIAL TOPICS
19 Ethical Issues
20 Relevance of RCTs to Diverse Groups
21 Multisite Intervention Studies
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