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SynthesisAnnals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine2016

Effect Sizes and Primary Outcomes in Large-Budget, Cardiovascular-Related Behavioral Randomized Controlled Trials Funded by NIH Since 1980.

Veronica L Irvin, Robert M Kaplan

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Synthesis in Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Veronica L IrvinCollege of Public Health and Human Sciences, School of Social & Behavioral Health Sciences, Oregon State University, 457 Waldo Hall, Corvallis, OR, 97331, USA. Veronica.irvin@oregonstate.edu.
Robert M KaplanAgency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD, USA.

Funding

Intramural NIH HHS ZIA CL060082
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeWe reviewed large-budget, National Institutes of Health (NIH)-supported randomized controlled trials (RCTs) with behavioral interventions to assess (1) publication rates, (2) trial registration, (3) use of objective measures, (4) significant behavior and physiological change, and (5) effect sizes.

methodsWe identified large-budget grants (>$500,000/year) funded by NIH (National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) or National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)) for cardiovascular disease (dates January 1, 1980 to December 31, 2012). Among 106 grants that potentially met inclusion criteria, 20 studies were not published and 48 publications were excluded, leaving 38 publications for analysis. ClinicalTrials.gov abstracts were used to determine whether outcome measures had been pre-specified.

resultsThree fourths of trials were registered in ClinicalTrials.gov and all published pre-specified outcomes. Twenty-six trials reported a behavioral outcome with 81 % reporting significant improvements for the target behavior. Thirty-two trials reported a physiological outcome. All were objectively measured, and 81 % reported significant benefit. Seventeen trials reported morbidity outcomes, and seven reported a significant benefit. Nine trials assessed mortality, and all were null for this outcome.

conclusionsBehavioral trials complied with trial registration standards. Most reported a physiological benefit, but few documented morbidity or mortality benefits.

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PsychotherapyCardiovascular DiseasesFemaleHumansMaleNational Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (U.S.)National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (U.S.)Randomized Controlled Trials as TopicResearch Support as TopicTreatment OutcomeUnited StatesBehaviorCardiovascularEffect sizesInterventionPeriodicals as topics/statisticsPublication statisticsRandomized controlled trials as topics/statisticsTrial registration

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PMID26507906
PMCPMC4744141

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