Predictors and moderators of treatment efficacy in reducing custodial grandmothers' psychological distress.

ABSTRACT: It is increasingly recommended that hypothesis-generating studies be conducted after initial RCTs in order to identify moderators of differential treatment efficacy on individual outcomes. Such analyses are important because they help clarify the best inclusion and exclusion criteria or choice of stratification for maximizing power in subsequent RCTs, reduce the chances of discarding interventions that may appear to lack efficacy when only average treatment effects are taken into consideration, and facilitate the matching of individual clients to treatment alternatives. We identified predictors and moderators of treatment-related change in psychological distress among custodial grandmothers (n = 343) assigned within a prior RCT to behavior parent training (BPT), cognitive behavior t

SUBMITTER: Smith GC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8846565 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature