Browsing by Subject "intervention research"

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    Beyond Data Capture: Using REDCap™ to Facilitate Web-Based Therapeutic Intervention Research
    (Wolters Kluwer, 2019-05) Crane, Stacey; Comer, Robert Skipworth; Arenson, Andrew D.; Draucker, Claire; School of Nursing
    Background Limited guidelines to assist nurse researchers who use web-based interventions are available. Nurses must develop the supporting technology enabling participants to complete study activities and collected data while maintaining data security and participant confidentiality. Objectives To describe how the authors used advanced Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCapTM) functionality to support the data management infrastructure of an interactive, web-based therapeutic intervention. Methods The data management infrastructure for the WISER intervention pilot study consisted of two components: a website for presentation of the intervention and participant account management and a REDCap project for data capture and storage. REDCap application programming interface (API) connected these two components using HTML links and data exchanges. Results We completed an initial pilot study of WISER with 14 participants using the REDCap-based infrastructure. Minimal technical difficulties were encountered. Discussion REDCap is cost-effective, readily available, and through its advanced functionality is able to facilitate confidential, secure interactions with participants, robust data management, and seamless participant progression in web-based intervention research.
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    Job burnout in mental health providers: A meta-analysis of 35 years of intervention research.
    (APA, 2018) Dreison, Kimberly C.; Luther, Lauren; Bonfils, Kelsey A.; Sliter, Michael T.; McGrew, John H.; Salyers, Michelle P.; Psychology, School of Science
    Burnout is prevalent among mental health providers and is associated with significant employee, consumer, and organizational costs. Over the past 35 years, numerous intervention studies have been conducted but have yet to be reviewed and synthesized using a quantitative approach. To fill this gap, we performed a meta-analysis on the effectiveness of burnout interventions for mental health workers. We completed a systematic literature search of burnout intervention studies that spanned more than 3 decades (1980 to 2015). Each eligible study was independently coded by 2 researchers, and data were analyzed using a random-effects model with effect sizes based on the Hedges’ g statistic. We computed an overall intervention effect size and performed moderator analyses. Twenty-seven unique samples were included in the meta-analysis, representing 1,894 mental health workers. Interventions had a small but positive effect on provider burnout (Hedges’ g = .13, p = .006). Moderator analyses suggested that person-directed interventions were more effective than organization-directed interventions at reducing emotional exhaustion (Qbetween = 6.70, p = .010) and that job training/education was the most effective organizational intervention subtype (Qbetween = 12.50, p < .001). Lower baseline burnout levels were associated with smaller intervention effects and accounted for a significant proportion of effect size variability. The field has made limited progress in ameliorating mental health provider burnout. Based on our findings, we suggest that researchers implement a wider breadth of interventions that are tailored to address unique organizational and staff needs and that incorporate longer follow-up periods.
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    Why Does Treatment Fidelity Matter?
    (2015-07) Stone, Jennifer A. M.; Department of Radiation Oncology, IU School of Medicine
    Treatment fidelity is a relatively new concept in intervention research and has been discussed in scientific literature only in the last 25 y. Intervention fidelity improves power by reducing unintended variability in treatment effect, and it supports external validity by allowing for replication. As more self-administered complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) treatments are being studied, the issue of fidelity concerns is becoming more of a burden to researchers. Despite the critical role of fidelity, no comprehensive, structured guide exists.