Reporting dose in complex self-management support interventions for long-term conditions: is it defined by researchers and received by participants? A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The minimum clinically effective dose, and whether this is received in randomised controlled trials (RCTs) of complex self-management interventions in long-term conditions (LTCs), can be unclear. The Template for Intervention Description and Replication (TIDieR) checklist states that dose should be clearly reported to ensure validity and reliable implementation.

Objectives

To identify whether the expected minimum clinically effective dose, and the dose participants received is reported within research articles and if reporting has improved since the TIDieR checklist was published.

Methods

Four databases were systematically searched (MEDLINE, PsycINFO, AMED and CINAHL) to identify published reports between 2008 and 2022 for RCTs investigating complex self-ma

SUBMITTER: Rookes TA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9389087 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature