Cargando…
How big does the effect of an intervention have to be? Application of two novel methods to determine the smallest worthwhile effect of a fall prevention programme: a study protocol
INTRODUCTION: This project concerns the identification of the smallest worthwhile effect (SWE) of exercise-based programmes to prevent falls in older people. The SWE is the smallest effect that justifies the costs, risks and inconveniences of an intervention and is used to inform the design and inte...
Autores principales: | , , , , , , |
---|---|
Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
Publicado: |
BMJ Publishing Group
2013
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3586108/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23388197 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002355 |
_version_ | 1782261267578224640 |
---|---|
author | Franco, Marcia Rodrigues Ferreira, Manuela L Howard, Kirsten Sherrington, Catherine Rose, John Haines, Terry P Ferreira, Paulo |
author_facet | Franco, Marcia Rodrigues Ferreira, Manuela L Howard, Kirsten Sherrington, Catherine Rose, John Haines, Terry P Ferreira, Paulo |
author_sort | Franco, Marcia Rodrigues |
collection | PubMed |
description | INTRODUCTION: This project concerns the identification of the smallest worthwhile effect (SWE) of exercise-based programmes to prevent falls in older people. The SWE is the smallest effect that justifies the costs, risks and inconveniences of an intervention and is used to inform the design and interpretation of systematic reviews and randomised clinical trials. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: This study will comprise two different methodological approaches: the benefit-harm trade-off method and the discrete choice experiment to estimate the SWE of exercise interventions to prevent falls in older people. In the benefit-harm trade-off method, hypothetical scenarios with the benefits, costs, risks and inconveniences associated with the intervention will be presented to each participant. Then, assuming a treatment effect of certain magnitude, the participant will be asked if he or she would choose to have the intervention. The size of the hypothetical benefit will be varied up and down until it is possible to identify the SWE for which the participant would choose to have the intervention. In the discrete choice experiment, the same attributes (benefits, costs, risks and inconveniences) with varying levels will be presented as choice sets, and participants will be asked to choose between these choice sets. With this approach, we will determine the probability that a person will consider the effects of an intervention to be worthwhile, given the particular costs, risks and inconveniences. For each of the two approaches, participants will be interviewed in person and on different occasions. A subsample of the total cohort will participate in both interviews. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: This project has received Ethics Approval from the University of Sydney Human Ethics Committee (Protocol number: 14404). Findings will be disseminated through conference presentations, seminars and peer-reviewed scientific journals. |
format | Online Article Text |
id | pubmed-3586108 |
institution | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
language | English |
publishDate | 2013 |
publisher | BMJ Publishing Group |
record_format | MEDLINE/PubMed |
spelling | pubmed-35861082013-03-11 How big does the effect of an intervention have to be? Application of two novel methods to determine the smallest worthwhile effect of a fall prevention programme: a study protocol Franco, Marcia Rodrigues Ferreira, Manuela L Howard, Kirsten Sherrington, Catherine Rose, John Haines, Terry P Ferreira, Paulo BMJ Open Geriatric Medicine INTRODUCTION: This project concerns the identification of the smallest worthwhile effect (SWE) of exercise-based programmes to prevent falls in older people. The SWE is the smallest effect that justifies the costs, risks and inconveniences of an intervention and is used to inform the design and interpretation of systematic reviews and randomised clinical trials. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: This study will comprise two different methodological approaches: the benefit-harm trade-off method and the discrete choice experiment to estimate the SWE of exercise interventions to prevent falls in older people. In the benefit-harm trade-off method, hypothetical scenarios with the benefits, costs, risks and inconveniences associated with the intervention will be presented to each participant. Then, assuming a treatment effect of certain magnitude, the participant will be asked if he or she would choose to have the intervention. The size of the hypothetical benefit will be varied up and down until it is possible to identify the SWE for which the participant would choose to have the intervention. In the discrete choice experiment, the same attributes (benefits, costs, risks and inconveniences) with varying levels will be presented as choice sets, and participants will be asked to choose between these choice sets. With this approach, we will determine the probability that a person will consider the effects of an intervention to be worthwhile, given the particular costs, risks and inconveniences. For each of the two approaches, participants will be interviewed in person and on different occasions. A subsample of the total cohort will participate in both interviews. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: This project has received Ethics Approval from the University of Sydney Human Ethics Committee (Protocol number: 14404). Findings will be disseminated through conference presentations, seminars and peer-reviewed scientific journals. BMJ Publishing Group 2013-02-05 /pmc/articles/PMC3586108/ /pubmed/23388197 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002355 Text en Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. For permission to use (where not already granted under a licence) please go to http://group.bmj.com/group/rights-licensing/permissions This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial License, which permits use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non commercial and is otherwise in compliance with the license. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/ and http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/legalcode. |
spellingShingle | Geriatric Medicine Franco, Marcia Rodrigues Ferreira, Manuela L Howard, Kirsten Sherrington, Catherine Rose, John Haines, Terry P Ferreira, Paulo How big does the effect of an intervention have to be? Application of two novel methods to determine the smallest worthwhile effect of a fall prevention programme: a study protocol |
title | How big does the effect of an intervention have to be? Application of two novel methods to determine the smallest worthwhile effect of a fall prevention programme: a study protocol |
title_full | How big does the effect of an intervention have to be? Application of two novel methods to determine the smallest worthwhile effect of a fall prevention programme: a study protocol |
title_fullStr | How big does the effect of an intervention have to be? Application of two novel methods to determine the smallest worthwhile effect of a fall prevention programme: a study protocol |
title_full_unstemmed | How big does the effect of an intervention have to be? Application of two novel methods to determine the smallest worthwhile effect of a fall prevention programme: a study protocol |
title_short | How big does the effect of an intervention have to be? Application of two novel methods to determine the smallest worthwhile effect of a fall prevention programme: a study protocol |
title_sort | how big does the effect of an intervention have to be? application of two novel methods to determine the smallest worthwhile effect of a fall prevention programme: a study protocol |
topic | Geriatric Medicine |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3586108/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23388197 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002355 |
work_keys_str_mv | AT francomarciarodrigues howbigdoestheeffectofaninterventionhavetobeapplicationoftwonovelmethodstodeterminethesmallestworthwhileeffectofafallpreventionprogrammeastudyprotocol AT ferreiramanuelal howbigdoestheeffectofaninterventionhavetobeapplicationoftwonovelmethodstodeterminethesmallestworthwhileeffectofafallpreventionprogrammeastudyprotocol AT howardkirsten howbigdoestheeffectofaninterventionhavetobeapplicationoftwonovelmethodstodeterminethesmallestworthwhileeffectofafallpreventionprogrammeastudyprotocol AT sherringtoncatherine howbigdoestheeffectofaninterventionhavetobeapplicationoftwonovelmethodstodeterminethesmallestworthwhileeffectofafallpreventionprogrammeastudyprotocol AT rosejohn howbigdoestheeffectofaninterventionhavetobeapplicationoftwonovelmethodstodeterminethesmallestworthwhileeffectofafallpreventionprogrammeastudyprotocol AT hainesterryp howbigdoestheeffectofaninterventionhavetobeapplicationoftwonovelmethodstodeterminethesmallestworthwhileeffectofafallpreventionprogrammeastudyprotocol AT ferreirapaulo howbigdoestheeffectofaninterventionhavetobeapplicationoftwonovelmethodstodeterminethesmallestworthwhileeffectofafallpreventionprogrammeastudyprotocol |