Department of Neurosciences, Center for Contextual Psychiatry, KU Leuven, Kapucijnenvoer 33 blok I, 3000, Leuven, Belgium.
Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, P.O. Box 616 (VIJV1), 6200 MD, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Syst Rev. 2018 Jan 18;7(1):7. doi: 10.1186/s13643-018-0673-1.
Due to a number of methodological advantages and theoretical considerations, more and more studies in clinical psychology research employ the Experience Sampling Method (ESM) as a data collection technique. Despite this growing interest, the absence of methodological guidelines related to the use of ESM has resulted in a large heterogeneity of designs while the potential effects of the design itself on the response behavior of the participants remain unknown. The objectives of this systematic review are to investigate the associations between the design characteristics and the data quality and feasibility of studies relying on ESM in severe psychiatric disorders.
We will search for all published studies using ambulatory assessment with patients suffering from major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, and psychotic disorder or individuals at high risk for these disorders. Electronic database searches will be performed in PubMed and Web of Science with no restriction on the publication date. Two reviewers will independently screen original studies in a title/abstract phase and a full-text phase based on the inclusion criteria. The information related to the design and sample characteristics, data quality, and feasibility will be extracted. We will provide results in terms of a descriptive synthesis, and when applicable, a meta-analysis of the findings will be conducted.
Our results will attempt to highlight how the feasibility and data quality of ambulatory assessment might be related to the methodological characteristics of the study designs in severe psychiatric disorders. We will discuss these associations in different subsamples if sufficient data are available and will examine limitations in the reporting of the methods of ambulatory studies in the current literature.
The protocol for this systematic review was registered on PROSPERO (PROSPERO 2017: CRD42017060322 ) and is available in full on the University of York website ( http://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/display_record.asp?ID=CRD42017060322 ).
由于一些方法学优势和理论考虑,越来越多的临床心理学研究采用经验采样法(ESM)作为数据收集技术。尽管对此兴趣日益浓厚,但缺乏与 ESM 使用相关的方法学准则,导致设计的多样性很大,而设计本身对参与者反应行为的潜在影响仍然未知。本系统评价的目的是调查严重精神障碍患者依赖 ESM 的研究中设计特征与数据质量和可行性之间的关系。
我们将搜索所有使用移动评估的已发表研究,这些研究对象患有重度抑郁症、双相情感障碍和精神病性障碍,或患有这些障碍的高风险个体。电子数据库搜索将在 PubMed 和 Web of Science 中进行,不限制出版日期。两名审查员将根据纳入标准独立筛选原始研究的标题/摘要阶段和全文阶段。将提取与设计和样本特征、数据质量和可行性相关的信息。我们将提供描述性综合结果,如果有应用的话,将对发现进行荟萃分析。
我们的结果将尝试强调在严重精神障碍中,移动评估的可行性和数据质量可能与研究设计的方法学特征相关。如果有足够的数据,我们将在不同的子样本中讨论这些关联,并检查当前文献中移动研究方法报告的局限性。
本系统评价的方案已在 PROSPERO(PROSPERO 2017:CRD42017060322)中注册,并可在约克大学网站(http://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/display_record.asp?ID=CRD42017060322)上全文查看。