- Framework of problems / Comprehensive
- Errors in study inclusion or omission of relevant studies
- Concerns about a systematic review of mediators of PTSD treatments: A commentary on Alpert and colleagues (2023)
| Ref ID | 1063 |
| First Author | J. Sonis |
| Journal | CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY REVIEW |
| Year Of Publishing | 2023 |
| URL | https://www-sciencedirect-com.sheffield.idm.oclc.org/science/article/pii/S0272735823000818?via%3Dihub |
| Keywords |
Missing data Mental health |
| Problem(s) |
Errors in study inclusion or omission of relevant studies |
| Number of systematic reviews included | 1 |
| Summary of Findings | The letter authors found the following concerns relating to the conduct of the systematic review. The authors did not: 1) include the causal mediation framework to help guide the methodological standards included in the review; 2) recognize the ramifications of the fact that many of the included studies used time, rather than treatment type, as the primary independent variable of interest; 3) include assessment of mediator-outcome confounding in their list of methodological standards. Another limitation was exclusive focus on statistical significance and a vote-counting approach for assessing mediators the PTSD research literature. |
| Did the article find that the problem(s) led to qualitative changes in interpretation of the results? | Not Applicable |
| Are the methods of the article described in enough detail to replicate the study? |