Treatment‐as‐usual in effectiveness studies: What is it and does it matter?
Autor: | Kjell Hansson, Lars Brännström, Martin L. Olsson, Cecilia Andrée Löfholm |
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Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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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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