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| Design | Attrition | Baseline equivalence | Confounding factors? | Valid, reliable measures? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randomized controlled trial | High |
Not established on race/ethnicity, SES, or baseline measures of the outcome in the analyzed sample |
None |
Not assessed in manuscripts reviewed under Handbook of Procedures and Standards, Version 1 |
Notes from the review of this manuscript
In addition to the randomized controlled trial, the study included a non-experimental group design (NED) study that compared the intervention group from the RCT to a comparison group of children from the community who did not have a history of maltreatment. This design had a confounding factor because all members of the intervention group were referred for risk of maltreatment, but members of the community sample did not have a history of maltreatment. Therefore, HomVEE is unable to separate the impact of the home visiting model from the impact of a risk of maltreatment. Thus, all findings from the NED comparison receive a low rating.