Developing a reporting guideline for social and psychological intervention trials

Journal article

Objectives: 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. Met...

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Authors: Grant, S; Mayo-Wilson, E; Hopewell, S; Macdonald, G; Moher, D

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL CRIMINOLOGY
• Volume: 9
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 355-367
• Publication date: 2013-09-01
• DOI: 10.1007/s11292-013-9180-5
• EISSN: 1572-8315
• ISSN: 1573-3750
• Language: English
• Keywords: RCT; CONSORT-SPI; Reporting standards; Randomised controlled trial; Reporting guideline