Manuscript Details

Lefever, J. E. B., Bigelow, K. M., Carta, J. J., Borkowski, J. G., Grandfield, E., McCune, L., Irvin, D. W., & Warren, S. F. (2017). Long-term impact of a cell phone-enhanced parenting intervention. [Study 1: SafeCare Parent-Child Interaction (PCI) module]. Child Maltreatment, 22(4), 305-315. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077559517723125

Peer Reviewed

Model(s): SafeCare Parent-Child Interaction (PCI) module
Study Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov
Indeterminate rating
This manuscript received an indeterminate rating. That means HomVEE reviewers lacked sufficient information on one or more features of the study design required to receive a rating of moderate or high. A rating of indeterminate is not a statement about the quality of the research or the research design.

Study reviewed under: Handbook of Procedures and Standards, Version 2.3
Study design characteristics contributing to rating
Design Random assignment compromised? Attrition Baseline equivalence Confounding factors? Valid, reliable measures?
Randomized controlled trial No High

Indeterminate

No

Yes
Notes from the review of this manuscript

This manuscript describes participant outcomes for two versions of the model: SafeCare Parent-Child Interaction (PCI) module and a Cellular Phone-Enhanced Version of SafeCare PCI module. This review addresses the SafeCare PCI module contrast. The review of the Cellular Phone-Enhanced Version of SafeCare PCI module is addressed under Lefever et al. (2017; Study 2). 

This manuscript received an indeterminate rating because HomVEE reviewers could not verify two important details about the study. First, the authors used a method called maximum likelihood estimation, which is an acceptable missing data approach under HomVEE standards. However, HomVEE could not confirm whether the specific estimation approach met all requirements under HomVEE Version 2 Standards. Second, HomVEE reviewers could not determine, based on available information, whether the intervention and comparison groups were equivalent on race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status in the analyzed sample at baseline.