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| Title |
The Use of Deception in Public Health Behavioral Intervention Trials: A Case Study of Three Online Alcohol Trials
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| Published in |
The American Journal of Bioethics, October 2013
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| DOI | 10.1080/15265161.2013.839751 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Jim McCambridge, Kypros Kypri, Preben Bendtsen, John Porter |
| Abstract |
Some public health behavioral intervention research studies involve deception. A methodological imperative to minimize bias can be in conflict with the ethical principle of informed consent. As a case study, we examine the specific forms of deception used in three online randomized controlled trials evaluating brief alcohol interventions. We elaborate our own decision making about the use of deception in these trials, and present our ongoing findings and uncertainties. We discuss the value of the approach of pragmatism for examining these kinds of ethical issues that can arise in research on public health interventions. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 11 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 36% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 27% |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 9% |
| Unknown | 3 | 27% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 9 | 82% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 9% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 9% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 56 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 2% |
| Singapore | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 54 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 10 | 18% |
| Student > Master | 9 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 7 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 5 | 9% |
| Other | 3 | 5% |
| Other | 8 | 14% |
| Unknown | 14 | 25% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 17 | 30% |
| Psychology | 8 | 14% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 4 | 7% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 3 | 5% |
| Social Sciences | 3 | 5% |
| Other | 7 | 13% |
| Unknown | 14 | 25% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 13. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 25 March 2014.
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#2,846,315
of 25,371,288 outputs
Outputs from The American Journal of Bioethics
#289
of 2,124 outputs
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#25,840
of 224,574 outputs
Outputs of similar age from The American Journal of Bioethics
#5
of 30 outputs
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