{"title":"Improving the design and analytic methods used in NIH-funded clinical trials involving behavioral interventions.","authors":"David M Murray, Jane M Simoni","doi":"10.1093/abm/kaaf026","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Behavioral interventions are widely used in clinical trials supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). When behavioral interventions involve group-formatted components and/or shared interventionists, they require special design and analytic methods not needed in trials that do not involve these features. The NIH Office of Disease Prevention (ODP) and the NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) offer resources to make it easier for investigators to use appropriate methods to evaluate these interventions. This commentary draws attention to these issues and highlights the ODP and OBSSR resources available to investigators. We urge investigators to take advantage of these resources to learn about and adopt appropriate sample size and analytic methods for trials to evaluate behavioral interventions so that their results will be reliable and reproducible. That is the best way to advance the science of behavioral interventions to improve health.</p>","PeriodicalId":7939,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Behavioral Medicine","volume":"59 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6000,"publicationDate":"2025-01-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12010243/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Annals of Behavioral Medicine","FirstCategoryId":"102","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1093/abm/kaaf026","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Behavioral interventions are widely used in clinical trials supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). When behavioral interventions involve group-formatted components and/or shared interventionists, they require special design and analytic methods not needed in trials that do not involve these features. The NIH Office of Disease Prevention (ODP) and the NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) offer resources to make it easier for investigators to use appropriate methods to evaluate these interventions. This commentary draws attention to these issues and highlights the ODP and OBSSR resources available to investigators. We urge investigators to take advantage of these resources to learn about and adopt appropriate sample size and analytic methods for trials to evaluate behavioral interventions so that their results will be reliable and reproducible. That is the best way to advance the science of behavioral interventions to improve health.
期刊介绍:
Annals of Behavioral Medicine aims to foster the exchange of knowledge derived from the disciplines involved in the field of behavioral medicine, and the integration of biological, psychosocial, and behavioral factors and principles as they relate to such areas as health promotion, disease prevention, risk factor modification, disease progression, adjustment and adaptation to physical disorders, and rehabilitation. To achieve these goals, much of the journal is devoted to the publication of original empirical articles including reports of randomized controlled trials, observational studies, or other basic and clinical investigations. Integrative reviews of the evidence for the application of behavioral interventions in health care will also be provided. .