Factors differentiating dropouts from completers in a longitudinal, multicenter clinical trial

Nursing Research

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 109-116

  Moser, Debra K ^a   Dracup, Kathleen ^b   Doering, Lynn V ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CPR training; Longitudinal studies; Subject dropout

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; PATIENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESUSCITATION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CALIFORNIA; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CAREGIVERS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDIES; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEPRIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 0034150179     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006199-200003000-00008     Document Type: Article

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