Treatment‐as‐usual in effectiveness studies: What is it and does it matter?

Autor:	Kjell Hansson, Lars Brännström, Martin L. Olsson, Cecilia Andrée Löfholm
Rok vydání:	2012
Předmět:	Psychotherapist Evidence-based practice Sociology and Political Science Recidivism Psychological intervention Treatment as usual Controlled studies Psychology Affect (psychology) Multisystemic therapy Clinical psychology
Zdroj:	International Journal of Social Welfare. 22:25-34
ISSN:	1468-2397 1369-6866
Popis:	A hallmark of an evidence-based practice (EBP) is the systematic appraisal of research related to the effectiveness of interventions. This study addressed the issue of interpreting results from effectiveness studies that use treatment-as-usual (TAU) as a comparator. Using randomised controlled studies that evaluate the effectiveness of multisystemic therapy as an illustrative example, we show that TAU includes a wide variety of treatment alternatives. Estimated treatment effects on recidivism suggest that TAU seems to contain a greater variation in underlying risk than experimental conditions, supporting the hypothesis that the content of TAU could affect outcomes. Implications for the realisation of an EBP are discussed.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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