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| Title |
Intervention description is not enough: evidence from an in-depth multiple case study on the untold role and impact of context in randomised controlled trials of seven complex interventions
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| Published in |
Trials, June 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/1745-6215-13-95 |
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| Authors |
Mary Wells, Brian Williams, Shaun Treweek, Joanne Coyle, Julie Taylor |
| Abstract |
A number of single case reports have suggested that the context within which intervention studies take place may challenge the assumptions that underpin randomised controlled trials (RCTs). However, the diverse ways in which context may challenge the central tenets of the RCT, and the degree to which this information is known to researchers or subsequently reported, has received much less attention. In this paper, we explore these issues by focusing on seven RCTs of interventions varying in type and degree of complexity, and across diverse contexts. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 82 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 28 | 34% |
| United States | 7 | 9% |
| Australia | 6 | 7% |
| Canada | 5 | 6% |
| New Zealand | 2 | 2% |
| Austria | 1 | 1% |
| Guinea | 1 | 1% |
| Spain | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 31 | 38% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 36 | 44% |
| Members of the public | 33 | 40% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 10 | 12% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 3 | 4% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 262 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 3 | 1% |
| Portugal | 2 | <1% |
| Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
| Ethiopia | 1 | <1% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| Qatar | 1 | <1% |
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 251 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 54 | 21% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 47 | 18% |
| Student > Master | 35 | 13% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 14 | 5% |
| Other | 13 | 5% |
| Other | 49 | 19% |
| Unknown | 50 | 19% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 70 | 27% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 35 | 13% |
| Social Sciences | 31 | 12% |
| Psychology | 22 | 8% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 8 | 3% |
| Other | 29 | 11% |
| Unknown | 67 | 26% |