The Template for Intervention Description and Replication as a Measure of Intervention Reporting Quality: Rasch Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine whether the 12 items of the Template for Intervention Description and Replication (TIDieR) can be combined into a single summary score reflecting intervention reporting completeness and quality.

Design

Systematic review and reanalysis of published data. After a systematic search of the published literature, 16 review articles were retrieved with 489 sets of 12 TIDieR ratings of experimental intervention, comparator, or the 2 combined as reported in primary studies. These 489 sets were recoded into a common format and analyzed using Rasch analysis for binary items.

Setting

Not applicable.

Participants

Not applicable.

Interventions

Not applicable.

Main outcome measures

Psychometric qualities of a Rasch Analysis-based TIDieR su

SUBMITTER: Dijkers MP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7853349 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature