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Control Group Design: Enhancing Rigor in Research of Mind-Body Therapies for Depression

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Kinser, Patricia Anne, Robins, Jo Lynne·2013·Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

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Although a growing body of research suggests that mind-body therapies may be appropriate to integrate into the treatment of depression, studies consistently lack methodological sophistication particularly in the area of control groups. In order to better understand the relationship between control group selection and methodological rigor, we provide a brief review of the literature on control group design in yoga and tai chi studies for depression, and we discuss challenges we have faced in the design of control groups for our recent clinical trials of these mind-body complementary therapies for women with depression. To address the multiple challenges of research about mind-body therapies, we suggest that researchers should consider 4 key questions: whether the study design matches the research question; whether the control group addresses performance, expectation, and detection bias; whether the control group is ethical, feasible, and attractive; and whether the control group is designed to adequately control for nonspecific intervention effects. Based on these questions, we provide specific recommendations about control group design with the goal of minimizing bias and maximizing validity in future research.

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Authors: Kinser, P. A., & Robins, J. L.
Affiliations: Virginia Commonwealth University (US)
Corresponding author: Kinser, Patricia Anne
ORCID: Kinser, Patricia Anne
Robins, Jo Lynne
Venue: Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2013
Volume: 2013
Pages: 1-10
ISSN: 1741-427X (ISSN-L)
1741-4288
DOI: 10.1155/2013/140467
PMC: PMC3638639
OpenAlex: W1994579861
Cited by: 155
References: 50
Citations by year: 2026: 6 · 2025: 9 · 2024: 12 · 2023: 16 · 2022: 20 · 2021: 17 · 2020: 11 · 2019: 16 · 2018: 13 · 2017: 15 · 2016: 8 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 6 · 2013: 2
FWCI: 7.42
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: hybrid
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Licence: cc-by
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Locations: Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine (publishedVersion, cc-by)
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PubMed (publishedVersion)
VCU Scholars Compass (Virginia Commonwealth University) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
Funders: National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (5-T32-AT000052)
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Statistics and Probability › Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials
Keywords: control group design, mind-body interventions, depression, yoga, Tai Chi, complementary therapy, methodological quality, performance bias, expectation bias, detection bias, women with depression, clinical trials

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