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ArticleApplied nursing research : ANR2014

Revisiting a non-significant findings study: a parent mentor intervention trial as exemplar.

Susan Sullivan-Bolyai, Carol Bova, Lesley Lowes, Sue Channon

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Article in Applied nursing research : ANR, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Parents' information and support needs when their child is diagnosed with type 1 diabetes: a qualitative study.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2016
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Susan Sullivan-BolyaiNYU College of Nursing. Electronic address: ssb7@nyu.edu.
Carol BovaUniversity of Massachusetts, Worcester.
Lesley LowesCardiff University, Wales.
Sue ChannonCardiff University, Wales.

Funding

PETS-D: Parent Education Through Simulation-DiabetesR01NR011317 · NINR · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI SULLIVAN-BOLYAI, SUSAN · 2010 to 2013
$1.7M
NINR NIH HHS 1R01NR011317NINR NIH HHS R01 NR011317
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to describe an interactive process for revising a parent social support intervention study with non-significant quantitative findings but strong clinical significance. We will present the methodological challenges that were problematic in the original intervention that potentially contributed to the non-significant findings, and a revised plan of action for conducting a future parent social support intervention. Of note, we have reconsidered the theory used to frame the original study, the randomization process, the intervention clarity and fidelity plan, what measures would better capture the effect, and the development of a more robust analysis plan that considers intra-family correlation, mediation and moderation (mixed model analysis). We will present the revision for each of these methods supported by recent empirical literature. Although this process may not be appropriate for all non-significant interventions, it should be considered with any study that has clinical significance.

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MentorsParentsHumansModels, TheoreticalNon-significant findingsParent social supportTheory-driven interventions

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PMID24661347
PMCPMC4127375

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