Focus on research methods threats to validity in randomized clinical trials

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 79-87

  Fogg, Louis ^a   Gross, Deborah ^b  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Randomized clinical trials; Threats to validity of research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; PATIENT DROPOUTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 0034132265     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-240x(200002)23:1<79::aid-nur9>3.0.co;2-r     Document Type: Article

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