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ReviewAnnals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine2009

Methodological issues in research on web-based behavioral interventions.

Brian G Danaher, John R Seeley

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Review in Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 120 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

120 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Brian G DanaherOregon Research Institute, 1715 Franklin Boulevard, Eugene, OR 97403, USA. briand@ori.org
John R Seeley

Funding

XChew Net--Internet Smokeless Tobacco CessationR01CA084225 · NCI · OREGON RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI SEVERSON, HERBERT H · 2001 to 2011
$3.5M
QuitSpit: An Internet-Based Smokeless Tobacco Cessation Program for TeensR01CA118575 · NCI · OREGON RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI SEVERSON, HERBERT H · 2006 to 2010
$2.0M
NCI NIH HHS CA118575NCI NIH HHS CA84225NCI NIH HHS R01 CA084225NCI NIH HHS R01 CA118575
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundWeb-based behavioral intervention research is rapidly growing. PURPOSE: We review methodological issues shared across Web-based intervention research to help inform future research in this area.

methodsWe examine measures and their interpretation using exemplar studies and our research.

resultsWe report on research designs used to evaluate Web-based interventions and recommend newer, blended designs. We review and critique methodological issues associated with recruitment, engagement, and social validity.

conclusionsWe suggest that there is value to viewing this burgeoning realm of research from the broader context of behavior change research. We conclude that many studies use blended research designs, that innovative mantling designs such as the Multiphase Optimization Strategy and Sequential Multiple Assignment Randomized Trial methods hold considerable promise and should be used more widely, and that Web-based controls should be used instead of usual care or no-treatment controls in public health research. We recommend topics for future research that address participant recruitment, engagement, and social validity.

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InternetBehavior TherapyHumansPatient Acceptance of Health CarePatient SatisfactionPatient SelectionResearch DesignTherapy, Computer-Assisted

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PMID19806416
PMCPMC3846298

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