N-of-1 randomised controlled trials in health psychology and behavioural medicine: A commentary on Nyman et al., 2016
Author(s)
McDonald, Suzanne
Araujo-Soares, Vera
Sniehotta, Falko F
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2016
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N-of-1 Randomised Controlled Trials (N-of-1 RCTs) are an important recent addition to the repertoire of study designs in health psychology and behavioural medicine. They provide an opportunity to evaluate the effect of interventions on one individual by randomly allocating different time periods to repeated intervention and control conditions and comparing responses. N-of-1 methods can be used to test health behavioural theories and interventions in line with the Medical Research Council’s recommendations for the development and evaluation of complex interventions (Medical Research Council, 2008) and recent guidance has been ...
View more >N-of-1 Randomised Controlled Trials (N-of-1 RCTs) are an important recent addition to the repertoire of study designs in health psychology and behavioural medicine. They provide an opportunity to evaluate the effect of interventions on one individual by randomly allocating different time periods to repeated intervention and control conditions and comparing responses. N-of-1 methods can be used to test health behavioural theories and interventions in line with the Medical Research Council’s recommendations for the development and evaluation of complex interventions (Medical Research Council, 2008) and recent guidance has been published to facilitate the assessment of quality and reporting of N-of-1 RCTs (Vohra et al., 2015) reflecting the increasing focus on quantitative single-case methods.
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View more >N-of-1 Randomised Controlled Trials (N-of-1 RCTs) are an important recent addition to the repertoire of study designs in health psychology and behavioural medicine. They provide an opportunity to evaluate the effect of interventions on one individual by randomly allocating different time periods to repeated intervention and control conditions and comparing responses. N-of-1 methods can be used to test health behavioural theories and interventions in line with the Medical Research Council’s recommendations for the development and evaluation of complex interventions (Medical Research Council, 2008) and recent guidance has been published to facilitate the assessment of quality and reporting of N-of-1 RCTs (Vohra et al., 2015) reflecting the increasing focus on quantitative single-case methods.
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Journal Title
Psychology & Health
Volume
31
Issue
3
Subject
Curriculum and pedagogy
Psychology
Science & Technology
Social Sciences
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Psychology, Multidisciplinary