Ten Practical Recommendations for Improving Blinding Integrity and Reporting in Psychotherapy Trials
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Previous studies have frequently reported replacing outcome assessors in the event they become unblinded.
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- Authors
- Mataix-Cols, D., & Andersson, E.
- Affiliations
- Centre for Psychiatry Research, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Karolinska Institutet (SE)
- ORCID
- Andersson, Erik
- Venue
- JAMA Psychiatry
- Publisher
- American Medical Association (AMA)
- Published
- 2021-09-01
- Volume
- 78
- Issue
- 9
- Pages
- 943
- ISSN
- 2168-622X (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W3176938380
- Cited by
- 23
- References
- 9
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 6
- FWCI
- 3.36
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- JAMA Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Statistics and Probability › Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty › Meta-analysis and systematic reviews
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
- Keywords
- blinding, trial reporting, reporting quality
- MeSH terms
- Clinical Trials as Topic, Humans, Psychotherapy, Research Design, Single-Blind Method, Outcome Assessment, Health Care
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