ArticleThe American journal of psychiatry2005
Impact of referral source and study applicants' preference for randomly assigned service on research enrollment, service engagement, and evaluative outcomes.
Article in The American journal of psychiatry, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Strategies to improve recruitment to randomised trials.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018Pooled it
- Assessment of preferences for treatment: validation of a measure.Research in nursing & health · 2009Trial
- Supported employment outcomes of a randomized controlled trial of ACT and clubhouse models.Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) · 2006Trial
- Examining the influence of treatment preferences on attrition, adherence and outcomes: a protocol for a two-stage partially randomized trial.BMC nursing · 2015Article
- Viability of using employment rates from randomized trials as benchmarks for supported employment program performance.Administration and policy in mental health · 2010Article
- Preference in random assignment: implications for the interpretation of randomized trials.Administration and policy in mental health · 2009Article
- Transforming Dissatisfaction with Services into Self-Determination: A Social Psychological Perspective on Community Program Effectiveness.Journal of applied social psychology · 2009Article
- Hidden Empirical Research Ethics: A Review of Three Health Journals from 2005 through 2006.Journal of empirical research on human research ethics : JERHRE · 2008Article
- When programs benefit some people more than others: tests of differential service effectiveness.Administration and policy in mental health · 2008Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe inability to blind research participants to their experimental conditions is the Achilles' heel of mental health services research. When one experimental condition receives more disappointed participants, or more satisfied participants, research findings can be biased in spite of random assignment. The authors explored the potential for research participants' preference for one experimental program over another to compromise the generalizability and validity of randomized controlled service evaluations as well as cross-study comparisons.
methodThree Cox regression analyses measured the impact of applicants' service assignment preference on research project enrollment, engagement in assigned services, and a service-related outcome, competitive employment.
resultsA stated service preference, referral by an agency with a low level of continuity in outpatient care, and willingness to switch from current services were significant positive predictors of research enrollment. Match to service assignment preference was a significant positive predictor of service engagement, and mismatch to assignment preference was a significant negative predictor of both service engagement and employment outcome.
conclusionsReferral source type and service assignment preference should be routinely measured and statistically controlled for in all studies of mental health service effectiveness to provide a sound empirical base for evidence-based practice.
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