Manuscript Details

Carta, J. J., Lefever, J. B., Bigelow, K., Borkowski, J., & Warren, S. F. (2013). Randomized trial of a cellular-phone enhanced home visitation parenting intervention. [Study 2: Cellular Phone-Enhanced Version of SafeCare Parent-Child Interaction (PCI) module]. Pediatrics, 132(2), S167–S173. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2013-1021Q

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 Indeterminate

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 Cellular Phone-Enhanced Version of PCI contrast. The review of the SafeCare PCI module is addressed under Carta et al. (2013; Study 1). 

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 multiple imputation to handle missing data, which is an acceptable missing data approach under HomVEE standards. However, HomVEE could not confirm whether the specific imputation approach met all requirements under HomVEE Version 2 Standards. Second, HomVEE reviewers could not determine, based on available information, whether study attrition was low and whether the intervention and comparison groups were equivalent on race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status in the analyzed sample at baseline.