Module 4

Clinical Behavioural Trial Designs

Assoc. Prof. Sylvie Lambert, McGill University (Canada)

59 minutes

Summary - Module 4

This module focuses on evaluating behavioural interventions through different trial designs, exploring alternative trial designs used to evaluate components of a behavioral intervention and overviewing the strengths and weaknesses of each of the explored trial designs.

Presented by Sylvie Lambert, PhD

PRE-READINGS:

Sidani, S. & Braden, C. J. (2021). Nursing and Health Interventions: Design, Evaluation, and Implementation. 2nd Edition. Wiley Blackwell. Chapter 14.

Lambert, S.D., Ould Brahim, L., Moodie, E.E.M. (2023). Being SMART about behavioral intervention trials for the management of chronic conditions: Lessons learned using Sequential Multiple Assignment Randomized Trials (SMARTs). In: Yu B, Broglio K, eds. Case Studies in Innovative Clinical Trials. Chapman & Hall

SUPPLEMENTAL:

Klasnja P, Hekler EB, Shiffman S, Boruvka A, Almirall D, Tewari A, Murphy SA. Microrandomized trials: An experimental design for developing just-in-time adaptive interventions. Health Psychol. 2015 Dec;34S(0):1220-8.

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Assessment

Complete the assessment after you have:

  • viewed the recording

  • completed the readings