Recording harms in randomised controlled trials of behaviour change interventions: a scoping review and map of the evidence

Randomised controlled trials evaluate diverse interventions. This can include medical interventions such as drugs or surgical procedures, or behaviour change interventions that aim to change a habit, belief, or attitude to improve health e.g., healthy eating, psychological wellbeing. Harms are often recorded poorly or inconsistently within randomised controlled trials of behaviour change interventions. This scoping review aimed to collate and describe literature on categories, definitions, and mechanisms of harms from behaviour change interventions; methods of identifying plausible harms; and recommendations for recording harms.
Source: Journal of Clinical Epidemiology - Category: Epidemiology Authors: Tags: Review Source Type: research