Best, W;
Sze, WP;
Edmundson, A;
Nickels, L;
(2019)
What counts as evidence? Swimming against the tide: Valuing both clinically informed experimentally controlled case series and randomized controlled trials in intervention research.
Evidence-Based Communication Assessment and Intervention
, 13
(3)
pp. 107-135.
10.1080/17489539.2019.1597444.
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Abstract
Research into intervention with people with speech and language needs often takes the form of single case/case series experimental studies (SCEDs) or randomised controlled trials (RCTs). This paper explores the nature of these designs, including their strengths/weaknesses and highlights the value of understanding the intervention outcomes for individual participants. An online survey gathered information on speech and language therapists’ views on their use of the different research designs. We conclude that both research designs are used to inform practice. SCEDs, in particular, are used in developing theories of intervention and informing therapy with individuals. Sound experimental intervention studies of both designs are needed.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | What counts as evidence? Swimming against the tide: Valuing both clinically informed experimentally controlled case series and randomized controlled trials in intervention research |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1080/17489539.2019.1597444 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/17489539.2019.1597444 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Evidence-based practice, small-n design, language therapy, aphasia rehabilitation research, language disorders |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences > Language and Cognition |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10074979 |
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