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Attention placebo control in randomized controlled trials of psychosocial interventions: theory and practice.

Lukka Popp, Silvia Schneider

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Trial report in Trials, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02313493 (Improving Mental Health in First Time Parents - A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study), which is not on this map. Cited by 41 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT02313493 naunknown statusnot on this map

Improving Mental Health in First Time Parents - A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study

TypeinterventionalSponsorRuhr University of BochumRan2012 to 2015Enrolled78ConditionsMental Disorders During PregnancyArmsBaby Triple P
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

41 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Lukka PoppDepartment of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany. lukka.popp@rub.de.
Silvia SchneiderDepartment of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany. silvia.schneider@rub.de.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

unlabelledAttention placebo control (APC) is considered a highly valid control condition when conducting trials of social interventions. Unfortunately, an appropriate APC condition is rarely used. This letter discusses the tension between methodological and ethical requirements of an APC group in psychosocial interventions based on our experiences with a randomized controlled efficacy study of a parent training program. To prevent negative side effects and high drop-out rates, feasible and accepted attention control conditions are discussed. The paradigms of placebo research must be adapted to the special challenges of psychosocial intervention research.

trial registrationClinicaltrials.gov NCT02313493 : registered 10 December 2014.

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Education, NonprofessionalParentingPlacebosResearch DesignGermanyHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHumansParentsPatient DropoutsPatient SelectionPeer GroupResearch SubjectsSample SizeSelf-Help GroupsPlacebos

Identifiers

PMID25872619
PMCPMC4404062

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