Demanding attention: reconsidering the role of attention control groups in behavioral intervention research.

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.

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4. Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Depression and Self-Care in Heart Failure Patients: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA internal medicine · 2015
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5. A randomized controlled trial to assess the clinical and cost effectiveness of a nurse-led Antenatal Asthma Management Service in South Australia (AAMS study).BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2014
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6. Information without Implementation: A Practical Example for Developing a Best Practice Education Control Group.Behavioral sleep medicine
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7. Psychological interventions for depression in people with diabetes mellitus.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025
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11. A pilot and feasibility study of a randomized clinical trial testing a self-compassion intervention aimed to increase physical activity behaviour among people with prediabetes.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2022
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12. Goals for Reaching Optimal Wellness (GROWell): A clinical trial protocol of a digital dietary intervention for pregnant and postpartum people with prenatal overweight or obesity.Contemporary clinical trials · 2022
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13. Effects of a waiting list control design on alcohol consumption among online help-seekers: protocol for a randomised controlled trial.BMJ open · 2021
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14. Caregiver Speaks Study Protocol: A Technologically-Mediated Storytelling Intervention for Hospice Family Caregivers of Persons Living With Dementia.The American journal of hospice & palliative care · 2021
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15. CHECK: A randomized trial evaluating the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of home visitation in pediatric weight loss treatment.Contemporary clinical trials · 2020
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16. Mindfulness Training and Physical Health: Mechanisms and Outcomes.Psychosomatic medicine · 2019
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17. For You and Your Baby (4YYB): Adapting the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Text4Baby Program for Saudi Arabia.JMIR research protocols · 2017
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18. Clinical neurocardiology defining the value of neuroscience-based cardiovascular therapeutics.The Journal of physiology · 2016
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19. Mindfulness and Cardiovascular Disease Risk: State of the Evidence, Plausible Mechanisms, and Theoretical Framework.Current cardiology reports · 2015
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  Can attention control conditions have detrimental effects on behavioral medicine randomized trials?2013

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