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Ensuring treatment fidelity in a multi-site behavioral intervention study: implementing NIH Behavior Change Consortium recommendations in the SMART trial.

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Robb, SL; Burns, DS; Docherty, SL; Haase, JE
Published in: Psycho-oncology
November 2011

The Stories and Music for Adolescent/Young Adult Resilience during Transplant (SMART) study (R01NR008583; U10CA098543; U10CA095861) is an ongoing multi-site Children's Oncology Group randomized clinical trial testing the efficacy of a therapeutic music video intervention for adolescents/young adults (11-24 years of age) with cancer undergoing stem cell transplant. Treatment fidelity strategies from our trial are consistent with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Behavior Change Consortium Treatment Fidelity Workgroup (BCC) recommendations and provide a successful working model for treatment fidelity implementation in a large, multi-site behavioral intervention study. In this paper, we summarize 20 specific treatment fidelity strategies used in the SMART trial and how these strategies correspond with NIH BCC recommendations in five specific areas: (1) study design, (2) training providers, (3) delivery of treatment, (4) receipt of treatment, and (5) enactment of treatment skills. Increased use and reporting of treatment fidelity procedures is essential in advancing the reliability and validity of behavioral intervention research. The SMART trial provides a strong model for the application of fidelity strategies to improve scientific findings and addresses the absence of published literature, illustrating the application of BCC recommendations in behavioral intervention studies.

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Psycho-oncology

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EISSN

1099-1611

ISSN

1057-9249

Publication Date

November 2011

Volume

20

Issue

11

Start / End Page

1193 / 1201

Related Subject Headings

  • Young Adult
  • United States
  • Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
  • Patient Compliance
  • Oncology & Carcinogenesis
  • Neoplasms
  • National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
  • Music Therapy
  • Humans
  • Child
 

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Robb, S. L., Burns, D. S., Docherty, S. L., & Haase, J. E. (2011). Ensuring treatment fidelity in a multi-site behavioral intervention study: implementing NIH Behavior Change Consortium recommendations in the SMART trial. Psycho-Oncology, 20(11), 1193–1201. https://doi.org/10.1002/pon.1845
Robb, Sheri L., Debra S. Burns, Sharron L. Docherty, and Joan E. Haase. “Ensuring treatment fidelity in a multi-site behavioral intervention study: implementing NIH Behavior Change Consortium recommendations in the SMART trial.Psycho-Oncology 20, no. 11 (November 2011): 1193–1201. https://doi.org/10.1002/pon.1845.
Robb, Sheri L., et al. “Ensuring treatment fidelity in a multi-site behavioral intervention study: implementing NIH Behavior Change Consortium recommendations in the SMART trial.Psycho-Oncology, vol. 20, no. 11, Nov. 2011, pp. 1193–201. Epmc, doi:10.1002/pon.1845.
Journal cover image

Published In

Psycho-oncology

DOI

EISSN

1099-1611

ISSN

1057-9249

Publication Date

November 2011

Volume

20

Issue

11

Start / End Page

1193 / 1201

Related Subject Headings

  • Young Adult
  • United States
  • Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
  • Patient Compliance
  • Oncology & Carcinogenesis
  • Neoplasms
  • National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
  • Music Therapy
  • Humans
  • Child