Wait-List Control Groups-based Study
A Wait-List Control Groups-based Study is an interventional treatment study in which the intervention group receives the intervention being studied, while the waitlist control group does not receive the intervention immediately.
- AKA: Waitlist-Controlled Interventional Study.
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- Example(s):
- one that is an Mindfulness Practice Research Study.
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- See: Treatment Group, Control Group, Outcomes Research.
References
2022
- (Wikipedia, 2022) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wait_list_control_group Retrieved:2022-12-30.
- A wait list control group, also called a wait list comparison, is a group of participants included in an outcome study that is assigned to a waiting list and receives intervention after the active treatment group. This control group serves as an untreated comparison group during the study, but eventually goes on to receive treatment at a later date. Wait list control groups are often used when it would be unethical to deny participants access to treatment, provided the wait is still shorter than that for routine services. [1]
- ↑ Elliott SA, Brown JS. (2002). What are we doing to waiting list controls? Behav Res Ther. 2002 Sep; 40(9): 1047–52.
2022
- HTTP://chat.openai.com
- Q: what is a wait list control group-based research study?
- A: A waitlist control group-based research study is a type of study that compares the effects of an intervention (such as a treatment, therapy, or program) to a waitlist control group. In this type of study, the intervention group receives the intervention being studied, while the waitlist control group does not receive the intervention immediately. Instead, they are placed on a "waitlist" and receive the intervention at a later time, typically after the study has ended.
Waitlist control group studies are commonly used in research to assess the effectiveness of an intervention. They allow researchers to compare the outcomes of the intervention group to the outcomes of the waitlist control group and determine if the intervention had a significant effect.
For example, a waitlist control group study might compare the effects of a mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) program to a waitlist control group in a group of individuals with high levels of stress. The MBSR group would receive the MBSR program, while the waitlist control group would not receive the program until after the study has ended. The researchers could then compare the stress levels of the two groups to see if the MBSR program was effective in reducing stress.
Waitlist control group studies have some limitations, including the fact that the waitlist control group may not be representative of the general population and that the waitlist control group may experience frustration or disappointment at not receiving the intervention immediately. However, they can still provide valuable information about the effectiveness of an intervention and are an important tool in research.
2019
- (Vonderlin et al., 2020) ⇒ Ruben Vonderlin, Miriam Biermann, Martin Bohus, and Lisa Lyssenko. (2020). “Mindfulness-based Programs in the Workplace: A Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.” Mindfulness, 11(7). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-020-01328-3
- QUOTE: ... In their study design, 79% of the studies compared intervention effects to passive control or wait-list control groups (k = 42). ITT methods were reported to analyze data in less than half of the studies (k = 21, 40%). Follow-up data up for a period up to 12 weeks after post-measurement was reported in 18 studies (34%), with a mean time lag of 9.11 weeks (SD = 3.58). Only seven studies (13%) included longer follow-up periods, ranging from 16 weeks to 3 years (m = 46.12, SD = 48.91), of which two did not report between-group effect sizes because the wait-list controls had participated in the program by the time of follow-up assessment. Consequently, none of the review outcomes contained sufficient data for a meta-analytical synthesis of longer follow-up periods. ...